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Nottoway County, Virginia
5,813 Black residents · 37.2% of the county · ranked 45 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
Nottoway County is a Virginia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Nottoway County held 15,642 residents in all, of whom 5,813 — 37.2% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 15,642 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,813 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 37.2% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 45 of 133 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
The two-census record for Nottoway County: 6,227 Black residents in 2010 and 5,813 in 2020. The population declined by 6.6%, and the Black share in Nottoway County moved from 39.3% to 37.2%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
The state's Black population of 1.6 million is spread across 133 counties and county equivalents; Nottoway County holds 5,813 of it, rank 45 in the state's order. The county page for Nottoway County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Nottoway County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Nottoway County page holds the frame around them — 15,642 people in all, 5,813 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.