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46 of Alabama's 80 majority-African American municipalities (57.5%) are located within the Black Belt. As of the 2000 census, [6] Alabama's 18-county Black Belt region had a population of 589,041 (13.25% of the state's total population). There were 226,191 households and 153,357 families residing within the region.
Counties of Alabama Alabama counties (clickable map) Location State of Alabama Number 67 Populations Greatest: 662,895 (Jefferson) Least: 7,341 (Greene) Average: 76,246 (2023) Areas Largest: 1,590 sq mi (4,100 km 2) (Baldwin) Smallest: 535 sq mi (1,390 km 2) (Etowah) Average: 782 sq mi (2,030 km 2) Government County government Subdivisions cities, towns, unincorporated communities, census ...
Map illustrating Alabama's census county divisions. The State of Alabama is divided into 67 counties. All counties are further subdivided into census county divisions (CCD). [1] A CCD is a relatively permanent statistical area delineated cooperatively by the Census Bureau and state and local government authorities.
By 1894, political commentators used the term "Black Belt" so often that the term was already very well known in the United States. The Nation reported in 1894: . There are 12 counties in Alabama in each of which the blacks are twice as numerous as the whites.
The Center for the Study of the Black Belt at the University of West Alabama serves as the local coordinating authority. The Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area was designated on January 5, 2023, as part of the National Heritage Area Act of 2022, which created the National Heritage Area System under the National Park Service. [1]
This list of majority-Black counties in the United States covers the counties and county-equivalents in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of United States Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the population in each county that is Black or African American. The data source for the list is the 2020 United States Census. [1]
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Macon County is a county located in the east central part of the U.S. state of Alabama.As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,532. [1] Its county seat is Tuskegee. [2] Its name is in honor of Nathaniel Macon, a member of the United States Senate from North Carolina.