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York County, Virginia
8,930 Black residents · 12.7% of the county · ranked 32 of 133 in Virginia by Black population
York County is a Virginia county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, York County held 70,045 residents in all, of whom 8,930 — 12.7% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 70,045 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,930 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 12.7% |
| Rank by Black population among Virginia counties | 32 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 two-census record for York County: 8,751 Black residents in 2010 and 8,930 in 2020. The population grew by 2.0%, and the Black share in York County moved from 13.4% to 12.7%.
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
York County 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 York County's 8,930 of them give it rank 32 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 York County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black York County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The York County page holds the frame around them — 70,045 people in all, 8,930 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.