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Greene County, North Carolina
7,250 Black residents · 35.5% of the county · ranked 57 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
In Greene County, North Carolina, the 2020 Census counted 20,451 people, 7,250 of them Black alone. At 35.5%, Greene 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 | 20,451 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 7,250 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 35.5% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 57 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 Greene County counted 7,964 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 7,250. The population declined by 9.0% across the decade, and the Black share in Greene County moved from 37.3% to 35.5%.
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
Greene 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 Greene County's 7,250 of them give it rank 57 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 Greene County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Greene County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Greene County page holds the frame around them — 20,451 people in all, 7,250 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.