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Person County, North Carolina
9,937 Black residents · 25.4% of the county · ranked 48 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
Person County is a North Carolina county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Person County held 39,097 residents in all, of whom 9,937 — 25.4% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 39,097 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,937 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 25.4% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 48 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 Person County: 10,646 Black residents in 2010 and 9,937 in 2020. The population declined by 6.7%, and the Black share in Person County moved from 27.0% to 25.4%.
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, Person County among them; it stands 48 by Black population, with 9,937 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 Person County, North Carolina, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Person County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Person County page holds the frame around them — 39,097 people in all, 9,937 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.