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Upson County, Georgia
7,899 Black residents · 28.5% of the county · ranked 53 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
Upson County is a Georgia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Upson County held 27,700 residents in all, of whom 7,899 — 28.5% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 27,700 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 7,899 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 28.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 53 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 Upson County: 7,590 Black residents in 2010 and 7,899 in 2020. The population grew by 4.1%, and the Black share in Upson County moved from 28.0% to 28.5%.
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, Upson County among them; it stands 53 by Black population, with 7,899 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 Upson County, Georgia, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Upson 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 Upson County page is their frame: 27,700 residents, 7,899 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.