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Iredell County, North Carolina
21,678 Black residents · 11.6% of the county · ranked 24 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
In Iredell County, North Carolina, the 2020 Census counted 186,693 people, 21,678 of them Black alone. At 11.6%, Iredell 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 | 186,693 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 21,678 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 11.6% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 24 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 Iredell County counted 19,047 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 21,678. The population grew by 13.8% across the decade, and the Black share in Iredell County moved from 11.9% to 11.6%.
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, Iredell County among them; it stands 24 by Black population, with 21,678 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 Iredell County, North Carolina, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Iredell County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Iredell County page holds the frame around them — 186,693 people in all, 21,678 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.