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Williamsburg city, Virginia

5,699 Black residents · 36.9% of the county · ranked 48 of 133 in Virginia by Black population

The gazetteer enters Williamsburg city, Virginia, on its published figures: a total population of 15,425 in 2020, with 5,699 Black residents counted alone — 36.9% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.

Black share of state population — Virginia 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	15,425
Black residents (alone), 2020	5,699
Black share of the county, 2020	36.9%
Rank by Black population among Virginia counties	48 of 133

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 Williamsburg city: 1,968 Black residents in 2010, 5,699 in 2020 — grew by 189.6% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 14.0% to 36.9%.

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

Williamsburg city is one of 133 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Virginia. Together they hold the state's 1.6 million Black residents, and Williamsburg city's 5,699 of them give it rank 48 of 133 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 Williamsburg city are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Williamsburg city — 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 Williamsburg city page is their frame: 15,425 residents, 5,699 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.