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Lenoir County, North Carolina
22,195 Black residents · 40.3% of the county · ranked 23 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
In Lenoir County, North Carolina, the 2020 Census counted 55,122 people, 22,195 of them Black alone. At 40.3%, Lenoir 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 | 55,122 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 22,195 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 40.3% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 23 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 Lenoir County counted 24,121 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 22,195. The population declined by 8.0% across the decade, and the Black share in Lenoir County moved from 40.5% to 40.3%.
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, Lenoir County among them; it stands 23 by Black population, with 22,195 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 Lenoir County, North Carolina, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Lenoir County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Lenoir County page holds the frame around them — 55,122 people in all, 22,195 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.