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Galveston, Texas
9,030 Black residents · 16.8% of the place
In the published counts, Galveston, Texas, holds 9,030 Black residents among 53,695 people in all — a Black share of 16.8%, against the statewide 12.2%.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 53,695 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,030 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 16.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas places | 56 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
The published record across two censuses for Galveston: 9,145 Black residents in 2010, 9,030 in 2020 — declined by 1.3% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 19.2% to 16.8%.
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
Galveston stands in the gazetteer as one of the 1860 places the Census Bureau counts in Texas. Galveston's Black population of 9,030 ranks 56 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Galveston as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
In Galveston, a place of 53,695, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Galveston itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.