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Suffolk city, Virginia
39,701 Black residents · 42.1% of the county · ranked 12 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
In Suffolk city, Virginia, the 2020 Census counted 94,324 people, 39,701 of them Black alone. At 42.1%, Suffolk city's Black share stands against the state's 18.6% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 94,324 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 39,701 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 42.1% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 12 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
In 2010 Suffolk city counted 36,120 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 39,701. The population grew by 9.9% across the decade, and the Black share in Suffolk city moved from 42.7% to 42.1%.
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
Within Virginia, the Census Bureau counts 133 counties and county equivalents, Suffolk city among them; it stands 12 by Black population, with 39,701 Black residents of the state's 1.6 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Suffolk city, Virginia, exactly as published.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Suffolk city, Virginia, 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 Suffolk city page gives the frame they stand in: 94,324 residents in all, 39,701 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.