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Hoke County, North Carolina
16,766 Black residents · 32.2% of the county · ranked 30 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
The gazetteer enters Hoke County, North Carolina, on its published figures: a total population of 52,082 in 2020, with 16,766 Black residents counted alone — 32.2% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 52,082 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 16,766 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 32.2% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 30 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 published record across two censuses for Hoke County: 15,716 Black residents in 2010, 16,766 in 2020 — grew by 6.7% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 33.5% to 32.2%.
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, Hoke County among them; it stands 30 by Black population, with 16,766 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 Hoke County, North Carolina, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Hoke 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 Hoke County page is their frame: 52,082 residents, 16,766 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.