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Toombs County, Georgia
7,023 Black residents · 26.0% of the county · ranked 59 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
Toombs County is a Georgia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Toombs County held 27,030 residents in all, of whom 7,023 — 26.0% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 27,030 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 7,023 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 26.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 59 of 159 |
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 Toombs County: 6,767 Black residents in 2010 and 7,023 in 2020. The population grew by 3.8%, and the Black share in Toombs County moved from 24.9% to 26.0%.
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
Toombs County is one of 159 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Georgia. Together they hold the state's 3.3 million Black residents, and Toombs County's 7,023 of them give it rank 59 of 159 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Toombs County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Toombs County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Toombs County page holds the frame around them — 27,030 people in all, 7,023 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.