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New Hanover County, North Carolina
27,386 Black residents · 12.1% of the county · ranked 18 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
New Hanover County is a North Carolina county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, New Hanover County held 225,702 residents in all, of whom 27,386 — 12.1% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 225,702 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 27,386 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 12.1% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 18 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 two-census record for New Hanover County: 29,907 Black residents in 2010 and 27,386 in 2020. The population declined by 8.4%, and the Black share in New Hanover County moved from 14.8% to 12.1%.
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, New Hanover County among them; it stands 18 by Black population, with 27,386 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 New Hanover County, North Carolina, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black New Hanover County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The New Hanover County page holds the frame around them — 225,702 people in all, 27,386 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.