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Worth County, Georgia

5,273 Black residents · 25.4% of the county · ranked 77 of 159 in Georgia by Black population

The gazetteer enters Worth County, Georgia, on its published figures: a total population of 20,784 in 2020, with 5,273 Black residents counted alone — 25.4% 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	20,784
Black residents (alone), 2020	5,273
Black share of the county, 2020	25.4%
Rank by Black population among Georgia counties	77 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 Worth County: 5,978 Black residents in 2010, 5,273 in 2020 — declined by 11.8% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 27.6% to 25.4%.

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

The state's Black population of 3.3 million is spread across 159 counties and county equivalents; Worth County holds 5,273 of it, rank 77 in the state's order. The county page for Worth County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.

Institutions

Black Worth County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Worth County page holds the frame around them — 20,784 people in all, 5,273 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.