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Johnston County, North Carolina
33,730 Black residents · 15.6% of the county · ranked 13 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
In Johnston County, North Carolina, the 2020 Census counted 215,999 people, 33,730 of them Black alone. At 15.6%, Johnston 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 | 215,999 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 33,730 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 15.6% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 13 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 Johnston County counted 25,546 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 33,730. The population grew by 32.0% across the decade, and the Black share in Johnston County moved from 15.1% to 15.6%.
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
Johnston 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 Johnston County's 33,730 of them give it rank 13 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 Johnston County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Johnston County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Johnston County page holds the frame around them — 215,999 people in all, 33,730 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.