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Perry County, Alabama
5,936 Black residents · 69.7% of the county · ranked 41 of 67 in Alabama by Black population
The gazetteer enters Perry County, Alabama, on its published figures: a total population of 8,511 in 2020, with 5,936 Black residents counted alone — 69.7% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 8,511 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,936 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 69.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama counties | 41 of 67 |
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 published record across two censuses for Perry County: 7,276 Black residents in 2010, 5,936 in 2020 — declined by 18.4% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 68.7% to 69.7%.
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 1.3 million is spread across 67 counties and county equivalents; Perry County holds 5,936 of it, rank 41 in the state's order. The county page for Perry County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Perry County, Alabama, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Perry County page gives the frame they stand in: 8,511 residents in all, 5,936 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.