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Largo, Maryland
10,223 Black residents · 88.1% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 11,605 people in Largo, Maryland, and 10,223 of them — 88.1% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Largo is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 11,605 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 10,223 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 88.1% |
| Rank by Black population among Maryland places | 43 of 536 |
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 Largo: 9,805 Black residents in 2010 and 10,223 in 2020. The population grew by 4.3%, and the Black share in Largo moved from 91.6% to 88.1%.
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
Largo stands in the gazetteer as one of the 536 places the Census Bureau counts in Maryland. Largo's Black population of 10,223 ranks 43 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Largo as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
Largo is a place of 11,605 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 Largo itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.