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Wilcox County, Alabama
7,483 Black residents · 70.6% of the county · ranked 37 of 67 in Alabama by Black population
In Wilcox County, Alabama, the 2020 Census counted 10,600 people, 7,483 of them Black alone. At 70.6%, Wilcox County's Black share stands against the state's 25.8% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 10,600 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 7,483 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 70.6% |
| Rank by Black population among Alabama counties | 37 of 67 |
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
In 2010 Wilcox County counted 8,465 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 7,483. The population declined by 11.6% across the decade, and the Black share in Wilcox County moved from 72.5% to 70.6%.
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
Within Alabama, the Census Bureau counts 67 counties and county equivalents, Wilcox County among them; it stands 37 by Black population, with 7,483 Black residents of the state's 1.3 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 Wilcox County, Alabama, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Wilcox County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Wilcox County page holds the frame around them — 10,600 people in all, 7,483 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.