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East Highland Park, Virginia
12,695 Black residents · 83.9% of the place
In the published counts, East Highland Park, Virginia, holds 12,695 Black residents among 15,131 people in all — a Black share of 83.9%, against the statewide 18.6%.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 15,131 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 12,695 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 83.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia places | 16 of 672 |
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 East Highland Park: 12,584 Black residents in 2010, 12,695 in 2020 — grew by 0.9% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 85.1% to 83.9%.
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
East Highland Park stands in the gazetteer as one of the 672 places the Census Bureau counts in Virginia. East Highland Park's Black population of 12,695 ranks 16 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for East Highland Park as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
East Highland Park is a place of 15,131 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 East Highland Park itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.