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Halifax County, North Carolina
24,846 Black residents · 51.1% of the county · ranked 21 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
In Halifax County, North Carolina, the 2020 Census counted 48,622 people, 24,846 of them Black alone. At 51.1%, Halifax 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 | 48,622 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 24,846 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 51.1% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 21 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 Halifax County counted 29,109 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 24,846. The population declined by 14.6% across the decade, and the Black share in Halifax County moved from 53.2% to 51.1%.
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
Within North Carolina, the Census Bureau counts 100 counties and county equivalents, Halifax County among them; it stands 21 by Black population, with 24,846 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 Halifax County, North Carolina, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Halifax County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Halifax County page holds the frame around them — 48,622 people in all, 24,846 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.