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Washington County, Georgia

10,724 Black residents · 53.7% of the county · ranked 43 of 159 in Georgia by Black population

The gazetteer enters Washington County, Georgia, on its published figures: a total population of 19,988 in 2020, with 10,724 Black residents counted alone — 53.7% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.

Black share of state population — Georgia highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

Measure	Figure
Total population, 2020	19,988
Black residents (alone), 2020	10,724
Black share of the county, 2020	53.7%
Rank by Black population among Georgia counties	43 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 Washington County: 11,173 Black residents in 2010, 10,724 in 2020 — declined by 4.0% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 52.7% to 53.7%.

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

Washington 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 Washington County's 10,724 of them give it rank 43 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 Washington County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Washington 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 Washington County page is their frame: 19,988 residents, 10,724 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.