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Durham County, North Carolina
110,610 Black residents · 34.1% of the county · ranked 5 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
Durham County is a North Carolina county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Durham County held 324,833 residents in all, of whom 110,610 — 34.1% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 324,833 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 110,610 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 34.1% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 5 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 Durham County: 101,577 Black residents in 2010 and 110,610 in 2020. The population grew by 8.9%, and the Black share in Durham County moved from 38.0% to 34.1%.
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
The state's Black population of 2.1 million is spread across 100 counties and county equivalents; Durham County holds 110,610 of it, rank 5 in the state's order. The county page for Durham County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Durham 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 Durham County page is their frame: 324,833 residents, 110,610 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.