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Lexington-Fayette urban county, Kentucky
48,076 Black residents · 14.9% of the place
Lexington-Fayette urban county is a community in Kentucky, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 322,570 residents in all, 48,076 of them Black alone — 14.9% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 322,570 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 48,076 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 14.9% |
| Rank by Black population among Kentucky places | 3 of 555 |
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 Lexington-Fayette urban county grew — 42,972 in 2010 and 48,076 in 2020, a change of +11.9%. The Black share of Lexington-Fayette urban county moved from 14.5% to 14.9% 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
The gazetteer enters Lexington-Fayette urban county among Kentucky's 555 counted places, at rank 3 by Black population on a count of 48,076. The figures for Lexington-Fayette urban county are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
The institutions of Lexington-Fayette urban county — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 322,570 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Lexington-Fayette urban county: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.