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La Vergne, Tennessee
9,816 Black residents · 25.4% of the place
In the published counts, La Vergne, Tennessee, holds 9,816 Black residents among 38,719 people in all — a Black share of 25.4%, against the statewide 15.8%.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 38,719 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,816 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 25.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Tennessee places | 9 of 504 |
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 La Vergne: 7,491 Black residents in 2010, 9,816 in 2020 — grew by 31.0% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 23.0% to 25.4%.
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
The gazetteer enters La Vergne among Tennessee's 504 counted places, at rank 9 by Black population on a count of 9,816. The figures for La Vergne are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
La Vergne is a place of 38,719 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 La Vergne itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.