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Newport News, Virginia
78,687 Black residents · 42.2% of the place
In the published counts, Newport News, Virginia, holds 78,687 Black residents among 186,247 people in all — a Black share of 42.2%, against the statewide 18.6%.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 186,247 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 78,687 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 42.2% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia places | 4 of 672 |
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 published record across two censuses for Newport News: 73,514 Black residents in 2010, 78,687 in 2020 — grew by 7.0% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 40.7% to 42.2%.
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
Newport News stands in the gazetteer as one of the 672 places the Census Bureau counts in Virginia. Newport News's Black population of 78,687 ranks 4 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Newport News as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
In Newport News, a place of 186,247, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Newport News itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.