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Stafford County, Virginia
30,400 Black residents · 19.4% of the county · ranked 15 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
Stafford County is a Virginia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Stafford County held 156,927 residents in all, of whom 30,400 — 19.4% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 156,927 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 30,400 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 19.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 15 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 Stafford County: 21,881 Black residents in 2010 and 30,400 in 2020. The population grew by 38.9%, and the Black share in Stafford County moved from 17.0% to 19.4%.
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 1.6 million is spread across 133 counties and county equivalents; Stafford County holds 30,400 of it, rank 15 in the state's order. The county page for Stafford County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Stafford County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Stafford County page holds the frame around them — 156,927 people in all, 30,400 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.