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Warren County, Kentucky
12,933 Black residents · 9.6% of the county · ranked 4 of 120 in Kentucky by Black population
Warren County is a Kentucky county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Warren County held 134,554 residents in all, of whom 12,933 — 9.6% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 134,554 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 12,933 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 9.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Kentucky counties | 4 of 120 |
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 Warren County: 10,311 Black residents in 2010 and 12,933 in 2020. The population grew by 25.4%, and the Black share in Warren County moved from 9.1% to 9.6%.
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
Warren County is one of 120 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Kentucky. Together they hold the state's 362,417 Black residents, and Warren County's 12,933 of them give it rank 4 of 120 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 Warren County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Warren 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 Warren County page is their frame: 134,554 residents, 12,933 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.