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Norfolk, Virginia
95,594 Black residents · 40.2% of the place
Norfolk is a city in Virginia, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 238,005 residents in all, 95,594 of them Black alone — 40.2% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 238,005 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 95,594 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 40.2% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia places | 1 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
Across the last two censuses, the Black population of Norfolk declined — 104,672 in 2010 and 95,594 in 2020, a change of -8.7%. The Black share of Norfolk moved from 43.1% to 40.2% 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
Norfolk stands in the gazetteer as one of the 672 places the Census Bureau counts in Virginia. Norfolk's Black population of 95,594 ranks 1 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Norfolk as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
The institutions of Norfolk — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 238,005 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Norfolk: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.