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Glenn Heights, Texas

8,720 Black residents · 55.1% of the place

The 2020 Census counted 15,819 people in Glenn Heights, Texas, and 8,720 of them — 55.1% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Glenn Heights is built on.

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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, 202015,819
Black residents (alone), 20208,720
Black share of the place, 202055.1%
Rank by Black population among Texas places57 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 two-census record for Glenn Heights: 5,644 Black residents in 2010 and 8,720 in 2020. The population grew by 54.5%, and the Black share in Glenn Heights moved from 50.0% to 55.1%.

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, Glenn Heights ranks 57 by Black population, with 8,720 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Glenn Heights within its official bounds, printed as released.

Institutions

In Glenn Heights, a place of 15,819, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Glenn Heights itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.