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Roanoke city, Virginia
27,470 Black residents · 27.5% of the county · ranked 16 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
Roanoke city is a Virginia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Roanoke city held 100,011 residents in all, of whom 27,470 — 27.5% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 100,011 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 27,470 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 27.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 16 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 Roanoke city: 27,612 Black residents in 2010 and 27,470 in 2020. The population declined by 0.5%, and the Black share in Roanoke city moved from 28.5% to 27.5%.
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
Roanoke city is one of 133 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Virginia. Together they hold the state's 1.6 million Black residents, and Roanoke city's 27,470 of them give it rank 16 of 133 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Roanoke city are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Roanoke city's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Roanoke city page holds the frame around them — 100,011 people in all, 27,470 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.