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Hopewell, Virginia
9,852 Black residents · 42.8% of the place
Hopewell is a city in Virginia, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 23,033 residents in all, 9,852 of them Black alone — 42.8% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 23,033 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,852 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 42.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia places | 20 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 Hopewell grew — 8,367 in 2010 and 9,852 in 2020, a change of +17.7%. The Black share of Hopewell moved from 37.0% to 42.8% 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 672 places the Census Bureau counts in Virginia, Hopewell ranks 20 by Black population, with 9,852 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Hopewell within its official bounds, printed as released.
Institutions
Hopewell is a place of 23,033 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 Hopewell itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.