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Fresno, Texas

13,913 Black residents · 56.8% of the place

Fresno is a census-designated place in Texas, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 24,486 residents in all, 13,913 of them Black alone — 56.8% of the place.

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Black share of state population — Texas highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 202024,486
Black residents (alone), 202013,913
Black share of the place, 202056.8%
Rank by Black population among Texas places36 of 1860

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 Fresno grew — 11,387 in 2010 and 13,913 in 2020, a change of +22.2%. The Black share of Fresno moved from 59.7% to 56.8% 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

Of the 1860 places the Census Bureau counts in Texas, Fresno ranks 36 by Black population, with 13,913 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Fresno within its official bounds, printed as released.

Institutions

In Fresno, a place of 24,486, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Fresno itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.