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Sussex County, Virginia
5,781 Black residents · 53.4% of the county · ranked 46 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
Sussex County is a Virginia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Sussex County held 10,829 residents in all, of whom 5,781 — 53.4% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 10,829 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,781 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 53.4% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 46 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 Sussex County: 7,023 Black residents in 2010 and 5,781 in 2020. The population declined by 17.7%, and the Black share in Sussex County moved from 58.1% to 53.4%.
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
Within Virginia, the Census Bureau counts 133 counties and county equivalents, Sussex County among them; it stands 46 by Black population, with 5,781 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 Sussex County, Virginia, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Sussex 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 Sussex County page is their frame: 10,829 residents, 5,781 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.