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Hampton, Virginia
67,915 Black residents · 49.5% of the place
Hampton is a city in Virginia, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 137,148 residents in all, 67,915 of them Black alone — 49.5% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 137,148 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 67,915 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 49.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia places | 6 of 672 |
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 Hampton declined — 68,104 in 2010 and 67,915 in 2020, a change of -0.3%. The Black share of Hampton moved from 49.6% to 49.5% 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
Hampton stands in the gazetteer as one of the 672 places the Census Bureau counts in Virginia. Hampton's Black population of 67,915 ranks 6 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Hampton as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
In Hampton, a place of 137,148, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Hampton itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.