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Richmond County, Georgia
114,201 Black residents · 55.3% of the county · ranked 7 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
The gazetteer enters Richmond County, Georgia, on its published figures: a total population of 206,607 in 2020, with 114,201 Black residents counted alone — 55.3% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 206,607 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 114,201 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 55.3% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 7 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 Richmond County: 108,633 Black residents in 2010, 114,201 in 2020 — grew by 5.1% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 54.2% to 55.3%.
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; Richmond County holds 114,201 of it, rank 7 in the state's order. The county page for Richmond County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Richmond 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 Richmond County page gives the frame they stand in: 206,607 residents in all, 114,201 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.