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Putnam County, Georgia
5,419 Black residents · 24.6% of the county · ranked 74 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
The gazetteer enters Putnam County, Georgia, on its published figures: a total population of 22,047 in 2020, with 5,419 Black residents counted alone — 24.6% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 22,047 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,419 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 24.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 74 of 159 |
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 Putnam County: 5,522 Black residents in 2010, 5,419 in 2020 — declined by 1.9% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 26.0% to 24.6%.
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 state's Black population of 3.3 million is spread across 159 counties and county equivalents; Putnam County holds 5,419 of it, rank 74 in the state's order. The county page for Putnam County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Putnam County, Georgia, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Putnam County page gives the frame they stand in: 22,047 residents in all, 5,419 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.