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Granville County, North Carolina
18,435 Black residents · 30.2% of the county · ranked 28 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
Granville County is a North Carolina county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Granville County held 60,992 residents in all, of whom 18,435 — 30.2% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 60,992 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 18,435 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 30.2% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 28 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 Granville County: 19,652 Black residents in 2010 and 18,435 in 2020. The population declined by 6.2%, and the Black share in Granville County moved from 32.8% to 30.2%.
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, Granville County among them; it stands 28 by Black population, with 18,435 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 Granville County, North Carolina, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Granville County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Granville County page holds the frame around them — 60,992 people in all, 18,435 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.