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Onslow County, North Carolina
28,026 Black residents · 13.7% of the county · ranked 15 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
Onslow County is a North Carolina county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Onslow County held 204,576 residents in all, of whom 28,026 — 13.7% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 204,576 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 28,026 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 13.7% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 15 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 Onslow County: 27,672 Black residents in 2010 and 28,026 in 2020. The population grew by 1.3%, and the Black share in Onslow County moved from 15.6% to 13.7%.
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
The state's Black population of 2.1 million is spread across 100 counties and county equivalents; Onslow County holds 28,026 of it, rank 15 in the state's order. The county page for Onslow County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Onslow County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Onslow County page holds the frame around them — 204,576 people in all, 28,026 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.