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Ridgeland, Mississippi
9,622 Black residents · 39.5% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 24,340 people in Ridgeland, Mississippi, and 9,622 of them — 39.5% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Ridgeland is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 24,340 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,622 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 39.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi places | 17 of 428 |
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 Ridgeland: 7,864 Black residents in 2010 and 9,622 in 2020. The population grew by 22.4%, and the Black share in Ridgeland moved from 32.7% to 39.5%.
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
Ridgeland stands in the gazetteer as one of the 428 places the Census Bureau counts in Mississippi. Ridgeland's Black population of 9,622 ranks 17 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Ridgeland as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
Ridgeland is a place of 24,340 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 Ridgeland itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.