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Duplin County, North Carolina
11,604 Black residents · 23.8% of the county · ranked 42 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
In Duplin County, North Carolina, the 2020 Census counted 48,715 people, 11,604 of them Black alone. At 23.8%, Duplin 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 | 48,715 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 11,604 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 23.8% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 42 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 Duplin County counted 14,773 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 11,604. The population declined by 21.5% across the decade, and the Black share in Duplin County moved from 25.3% to 23.8%.
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
Duplin 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 Duplin County's 11,604 of them give it rank 42 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 Duplin County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Duplin County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Duplin County page holds the frame around them — 48,715 people in all, 11,604 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.