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Center Point, Alabama
12,184 Black residents · 74.3% of the place
Center Point is a city in Alabama, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 16,406 residents in all, 12,184 of them Black alone — 74.3% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 16,406 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 12,184 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 74.3% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama places | 14 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
Across the last two censuses, the Black population of Center Point grew — 10,635 in 2010 and 12,184 in 2020, a change of +14.6%. The Black share of Center Point moved from 62.9% to 74.3% over the same span.
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
Of the 593 places the Census Bureau counts in Alabama, Center Point ranks 14 by Black population, with 12,184 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Center Point within its official bounds, printed as released.
Institutions
Center Point is a place of 16,406 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 Center Point itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.