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Alamance County, North Carolina
34,014 Black residents · 19.8% of the county · ranked 12 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
Alamance County is a North Carolina county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Alamance County held 171,415 residents in all, of whom 34,014 — 19.8% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 171,415 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 34,014 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 19.8% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 12 of 100 |
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 Alamance County: 28,369 Black residents in 2010 and 34,014 in 2020. The population grew by 19.9%, and the Black share in Alamance County moved from 18.8% to 19.8%.
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 2.1 million is spread across 100 counties and county equivalents; Alamance County holds 34,014 of it, rank 12 in the state's order. The county page for Alamance County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Alamance County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Alamance County page holds the frame around them — 171,415 people in all, 34,014 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.