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Starkville, Mississippi
8,445 Black residents · 34.7% of the place
Starkville is a city in Mississippi, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 24,360 residents in all, 8,445 of them Black alone — 34.7% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 24,360 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,445 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 34.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Mississippi places | 23 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
Across the last two censuses, the Black population of Starkville grew — 8,274 in 2010 and 8,445 in 2020, a change of +2.1%. The Black share of Starkville moved from 34.6% to 34.7% 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
Of the 428 places the Census Bureau counts in Mississippi, Starkville ranks 23 by Black population, with 8,445 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Starkville within its official bounds, printed as released.
Institutions
Starkville is a place of 24,360 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 Starkville itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.