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Auburn, Alabama
14,009 Black residents · 18.4% of the place
In the published counts, Auburn, Alabama, holds 14,009 Black residents among 76,143 people in all — a Black share of 18.4%, against the statewide 25.8%.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 76,143 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 14,009 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 18.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama places | 12 of 593 |
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 Auburn: 8,834 Black residents in 2010, 14,009 in 2020 — grew by 58.6% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 16.5% to 18.4%.
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
Auburn stands in the gazetteer as one of the 593 places the Census Bureau counts in Alabama. Auburn's Black population of 14,009 ranks 12 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Auburn as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
Auburn is a place of 76,143 people, and it carries its institutions at its own scale — congregations, schools, and businesses recorded in the federal counts as counts, and in this gazetteer as part of the county and state frames above this entry. The entry's work is the fixing of Auburn itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.