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Leesylvania, Virginia

8,620 Black residents · 40.7% of the place

The 2020 Census counted 21,193 people in Leesylvania, Virginia, and 8,620 of them — 40.7% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Leesylvania is built on.

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Black share of state population — Virginia highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 202021,193
Black residents (alone), 20208,620
Black share of the place, 202040.7%
Rank by Black population among Virginia places22 of 672

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race).

The Setting

As a census-designated place of Virginia, Leesylvania is one of 672 places in the state's published file. Rank 22 by Black population, with a Black share of 40.7% against the state's 18.6%, it enters this edition on its 2020 count alone — the redistricting file carries no 2010 figure for Leesylvania under its present bounds.

The Record

Of the 672 places the Census Bureau counts in Virginia, Leesylvania ranks 22 by Black population, with 8,620 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Leesylvania within its official bounds, printed as released.

Institutions

The institutions of Leesylvania — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 21,193 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Leesylvania: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.