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Fayetteville, Georgia
8,481 Black residents · 44.7% of the place
Fayetteville is a city in Georgia, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 18,957 residents in all, 8,481 of them Black alone — 44.7% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 18,957 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,481 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 44.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia places | 48 of 675 |
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 Fayetteville grew — 5,402 in 2010 and 8,481 in 2020, a change of +57.0%. The Black share of Fayetteville moved from 33.9% to 44.7% 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 Fayetteville among Georgia's 675 counted places, at rank 48 by Black population on a count of 8,481. The figures for Fayetteville are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
The institutions of Fayetteville — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 18,957 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Fayetteville: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.