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Chatham County, North Carolina
7,914 Black residents · 10.4% of the county · ranked 55 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
In Chatham County, North Carolina, the 2020 Census counted 76,285 people, 7,914 of them Black alone. At 10.4%, Chatham County's Black share stands against the state's 20.5% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 76,285 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 7,914 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 10.4% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 55 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
In 2010 Chatham County counted 8,392 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 7,914. The population declined by 5.7% across the decade, and the Black share in Chatham County moved from 13.2% to 10.4%.
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, Chatham County among them; it stands 55 by Black population, with 7,914 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 Chatham County, North Carolina, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Chatham 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 Chatham County page is their frame: 76,285 residents, 7,914 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.