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Union City, Georgia

22,918 Black residents · 85.4% of the place

The 2020 Census counted 26,830 people in Union City, Georgia, and 22,918 of them — 85.4% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Union City is built on.

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Black share of state population — Georgia highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 202026,830
Black residents (alone), 202022,918
Black share of the place, 202085.4%
Rank by Black population among Georgia places14 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 two-census record for Union City: 16,005 Black residents in 2010 and 22,918 in 2020. The population grew by 43.2%, and the Black share in Union City moved from 82.3% to 85.4%.

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 Union City among Georgia's 675 counted places, at rank 14 by Black population on a count of 22,918. The figures for Union City are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.

Institutions

The institutions of Union City — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 26,830 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Union City: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.