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Thursday, December 2, 2010
How Many African-Americans in the Tri-Cities?
Have you wondered how many black people there are, in Bristol, Kingsport and Johnson City?
We have the numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau from 2005 to 2007.
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Out of a total of 45,315 residents in Kingsport, 2,093 people are African-American.
In Johnson City, out of 57,192 total residents, 3,773 people are African-American.
In Bristol, Tennessee, 672 African-Americans live among a total of 25,606 (see the chart for Bristol, Virginia for which only 2000 population figures are available).
This list will be updated, once the 2010 Census Count is completed, and released.