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Thomasville, Georgia
9,930 Black residents · 52.6% of the place
In the published counts, Thomasville, Georgia, holds 9,930 Black residents among 18,881 people in all — a Black share of 52.6%, against the statewide 31.0%.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 18,881 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,930 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 52.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia places | 38 of 675 |
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 Thomasville: 9,904 Black residents in 2010, 9,930 in 2020 — grew by 0.3% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 53.8% to 52.6%.
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 Thomasville among Georgia's 675 counted places, at rank 38 by Black population on a count of 9,930. The figures for Thomasville are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
Thomasville is a place of 18,881 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 Thomasville itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.