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Forest Park, Georgia
9,427 Black residents · 47.3% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 19,932 people in Forest Park, Georgia, and 9,427 of them — 47.3% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Forest Park is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 19,932 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,427 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 47.3% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia places | 42 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
The two-census record for Forest Park: 6,964 Black residents in 2010 and 9,427 in 2020. The population grew by 35.4%, and the Black share in Forest Park moved from 37.7% to 47.3%.
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 Forest Park among Georgia's 675 counted places, at rank 42 by Black population on a count of 9,427. The figures for Forest Park are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
Forest Park is a place of 19,932 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 Forest Park itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.