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Bear, Delaware
8,969 Black residents · 38.9% of the place
In the published counts, Bear, Delaware, holds 8,969 Black residents among 23,060 people in all — a Black share of 38.9%, against the statewide 22.1%.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 23,060 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,969 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 38.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Delaware places | 3 of 79 |
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 Bear: 6,682 Black residents in 2010, 8,969 in 2020 — grew by 34.2% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 34.5% to 38.9%.
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
Bear stands in the gazetteer as one of the 79 places the Census Bureau counts in Delaware. Bear's Black population of 8,969 ranks 3 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Bear as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
Bear is a place of 23,060 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 Bear itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.