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Spartanburg, South Carolina
17,071 Black residents · 44.1% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 38,732 people in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and 17,071 of them — 44.1% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Spartanburg is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 38,732 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 17,071 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 44.1% |
| Rank by Black population among South Carolina places | 7 of 475 |
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 Spartanburg: 18,255 Black residents in 2010 and 17,071 in 2020. The population declined by 6.5%, and the Black share in Spartanburg moved from 49.3% to 44.1%.
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
The gazetteer enters Spartanburg among South Carolina's 475 counted places, at rank 7 by Black population on a count of 17,071. The figures for Spartanburg are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
Spartanburg is a place of 38,732 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 Spartanburg itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.