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Shelby County, Alabama
28,939 Black residents · 13.0% of the county · ranked 7 of 67 in Alabama by Black population
Shelby County is a Alabama county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Shelby County held 223,024 residents in all, of whom 28,939 — 13.0% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 223,024 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 28,939 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 13.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama counties | 7 of 67 |
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 Shelby County: 20,732 Black residents in 2010 and 28,939 in 2020. The population grew by 39.6%, and the Black share in Shelby County moved from 10.6% to 13.0%.
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 1.3 million is spread across 67 counties and county equivalents; Shelby County holds 28,939 of it, rank 7 in the state's order. The county page for Shelby County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Shelby County — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Shelby County page is their frame: 223,024 residents, 28,939 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.