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Columbus, Mississippi
15,395 Black residents · 63.9% of the place
In the published counts, Columbus, Mississippi, holds 15,395 Black residents among 24,084 people in all — a Black share of 63.9%, against the statewide 36.6%.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 24,084 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 15,395 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 63.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi places | 7 of 428 |
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 Columbus: 14,187 Black residents in 2010, 15,395 in 2020 — grew by 8.5% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 60.0% to 63.9%.
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
Columbus stands in the gazetteer as one of the 428 places the Census Bureau counts in Mississippi. Columbus's Black population of 15,395 ranks 7 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Columbus as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
Columbus is a place of 24,084 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 Columbus itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.