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Cabarrus County, North Carolina
42,622 Black residents · 18.9% of the county · ranked 8 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
The gazetteer enters Cabarrus County, North Carolina, on its published figures: a total population of 225,804 in 2020, with 42,622 Black residents counted alone — 18.9% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 225,804 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 42,622 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 18.9% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 8 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 Cabarrus County: 27,219 Black residents in 2010, 42,622 in 2020 — grew by 56.6% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 15.3% to 18.9%.
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
Cabarrus County is one of 100 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in North Carolina. Together they hold the state's 2.1 million Black residents, and Cabarrus County's 42,622 of them give it rank 8 of 100 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Cabarrus County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Cabarrus County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Cabarrus County page holds the frame around them — 225,804 people in all, 42,622 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.