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Troup County, Georgia
24,287 Black residents · 35.0% of the county · ranked 23 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
The gazetteer enters Troup County, Georgia, on its published figures: a total population of 69,426 in 2020, with 24,287 Black residents counted alone — 35.0% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 69,426 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 24,287 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 35.0% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 23 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 published record across two censuses for Troup County: 22,394 Black residents in 2010, 24,287 in 2020 — grew by 8.5% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 33.4% to 35.0%.
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
Within Georgia, the Census Bureau counts 159 counties and county equivalents, Troup County among them; it stands 23 by Black population, with 24,287 Black residents of the state's 3.3 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 Troup County, Georgia, exactly as published.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Troup County, Georgia, 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 Troup County page gives the frame they stand in: 69,426 residents in all, 24,287 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.