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Pittsylvania County, Virginia
12,417 Black residents · 20.5% of the county · ranked 23 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
Pittsylvania County is a Virginia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Pittsylvania County held 60,501 residents in all, of whom 12,417 — 20.5% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 60,501 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 12,417 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 20.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 23 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 Pittsylvania County: 14,018 Black residents in 2010 and 12,417 in 2020. The population declined by 11.4%, and the Black share in Pittsylvania County moved from 22.1% to 20.5%.
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, Pittsylvania County among them; it stands 23 by Black population, with 12,417 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 Pittsylvania County, Virginia, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Pittsylvania County — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Pittsylvania County page is their frame: 60,501 residents, 12,417 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.