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Mansfield, Texas
15,822 Black residents · 21.8% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 72,602 people in Mansfield, Texas, and 15,822 of them — 21.8% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Mansfield is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 72,602 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 15,822 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 21.8% |
| Rank by Black population among Texas places | 31 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
The two-census record for Mansfield: 7,982 Black residents in 2010 and 15,822 in 2020. The population grew by 98.2%, and the Black share in Mansfield moved from 14.2% to 21.8%.
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, Mansfield ranks 31 by Black population, with 15,822 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Mansfield within its official bounds, printed as released.
Institutions
Mansfield is a place of 72,602 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 Mansfield itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.