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St. Charles County, Missouri
20,894 Black residents · 5.2% of the county · ranked 4 of 115 in Missouri by Black population
The gazetteer enters St. Charles County, Missouri, on its published figures: a total population of 405,262 in 2020, with 20,894 Black residents counted alone — 5.2% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 405,262 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 20,894 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 5.2% |
| Rank by Black population among Missouri counties | 4 of 115 |
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 St. Charles County: 14,960 Black residents in 2010, 20,894 in 2020 — grew by 39.7% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 4.1% to 5.2%.
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 699,840 is spread across 115 counties and county equivalents; St. Charles County holds 20,894 of it, rank 4 in the state's order. The county page for St. Charles County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black St. Charles County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The St. Charles County page holds the frame around them — 405,262 people in all, 20,894 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.