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Prince Edward County, Virginia
9,269 Black residents · 42.4% of the county · ranked 31 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
Prince Edward County is a Virginia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Prince Edward County held 21,849 residents in all, of whom 9,269 — 42.4% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 21,849 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,269 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 42.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 31 of 133 |
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 Prince Edward County: 7,756 Black residents in 2010 and 9,269 in 2020. The population grew by 19.5%, and the Black share in Prince Edward County moved from 33.2% to 42.4%.
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 state's Black population of 1.6 million is spread across 133 counties and county equivalents; Prince Edward County holds 9,269 of it, rank 31 in the state's order. The county page for Prince Edward County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Prince Edward County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Prince Edward County page holds the frame around them — 21,849 people in all, 9,269 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.