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Anson County, North Carolina
9,871 Black residents · 44.8% of the county · ranked 49 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
Anson County is a North Carolina county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Anson County held 22,055 residents in all, of whom 9,871 — 44.8% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 22,055 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,871 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 44.8% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 49 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 Anson County: 13,090 Black residents in 2010 and 9,871 in 2020. The population declined by 24.6%, and the Black share in Anson County moved from 48.6% to 44.8%.
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
Within North Carolina, the Census Bureau counts 100 counties and county equivalents, Anson County among them; it stands 49 by Black population, with 9,871 Black residents of the state's 2.1 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Anson County, North Carolina, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Anson County — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Anson County page is their frame: 22,055 residents, 9,871 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.