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Beaufort County, North Carolina
10,303 Black residents · 23.1% of the county · ranked 47 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
The gazetteer enters Beaufort County, North Carolina, on its published figures: a total population of 44,652 in 2020, with 10,303 Black residents counted alone — 23.1% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 44,652 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 10,303 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 23.1% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 47 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 published record across two censuses for Beaufort County: 12,223 Black residents in 2010, 10,303 in 2020 — declined by 15.7% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 25.6% to 23.1%.
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, Beaufort County among them; it stands 47 by Black population, with 10,303 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 Beaufort County, North Carolina, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Beaufort 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 Beaufort County page is their frame: 44,652 residents, 10,303 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.