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Dothan, Alabama
23,896 Black residents · 33.6% of the place
Dothan is a city in Alabama, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 71,072 residents in all, 23,896 of them Black alone — 33.6% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 71,072 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 23,896 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 33.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama places | 6 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 Dothan grew — 21,312 in 2010 and 23,896 in 2020, a change of +12.1%. The Black share of Dothan moved from 32.5% to 33.6% 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
The gazetteer enters Dothan among Alabama's 593 counted places, at rank 6 by Black population on a count of 23,896. The figures for Dothan are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
In Dothan, a place of 71,072, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Dothan itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.