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Lufkin, Texas
9,156 Black residents · 26.8% of the place
Lufkin is a city in Texas, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 34,143 residents in all, 9,156 of them Black alone — 26.8% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 34,143 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,156 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 26.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas places | 55 of 1860 |
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 Lufkin declined — 9,603 in 2010 and 9,156 in 2020, a change of -4.7%. The Black share of Lufkin moved from 27.4% to 26.8% 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
Of the 1860 places the Census Bureau counts in Texas, Lufkin ranks 55 by Black population, with 9,156 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Lufkin within its official bounds, printed as released.
Institutions
Lufkin is a place of 34,143 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 Lufkin itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.