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Petersburg city, Virginia
24,811 Black residents · 74.2% of the county · ranked 17 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
Petersburg city is a Virginia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Petersburg city held 33,458 residents in all, of whom 24,811 — 74.2% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 33,458 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 24,811 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 74.2% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 17 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 Petersburg city: 25,646 Black residents in 2010 and 24,811 in 2020. The population declined by 3.3%, and the Black share in Petersburg city moved from 79.1% to 74.2%.
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
Within Virginia, the Census Bureau counts 133 counties and county equivalents, Petersburg city among them; it stands 17 by Black population, with 24,811 Black residents of the state's 1.6 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Petersburg city, Virginia, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Petersburg city's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Petersburg city page holds the frame around them — 33,458 people in all, 24,811 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.