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Independence, Missouri
10,678 Black residents · 8.7% of the place
Independence is a city in Missouri, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 123,011 residents in all, 10,678 of them Black alone — 8.7% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 123,011 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 10,678 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 8.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Missouri places | 11 of 1082 |
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 Independence grew — 6,498 in 2010 and 10,678 in 2020, a change of +64.3%. The Black share of Independence moved from 5.6% to 8.7% 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
Independence stands in the gazetteer as one of the 1082 places the Census Bureau counts in Missouri. Independence's Black population of 10,678 ranks 11 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Independence as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
In Independence, a place of 123,011, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Independence itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.