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Garner, North Carolina
9,323 Black residents · 29.9% of the place
Garner is a town in North Carolina, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 31,159 residents in all, 9,323 of them Black alone — 29.9% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 31,159 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,323 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 29.9% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina places | 24 of 776 |
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
Across the last two censuses, the Black population of Garner grew — 8,468 in 2010 and 9,323 in 2020, a change of +10.1%. The Black share of Garner moved from 32.9% to 29.9% over the same span.
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
Of the 776 places the Census Bureau counts in North Carolina, Garner ranks 24 by Black population, with 9,323 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Garner within its official bounds, printed as released.
Institutions
Garner is a place of 31,159 people, and it carries its institutions at its own scale — congregations, schools, and businesses recorded in the federal counts as counts, and in this gazetteer as part of the county and state frames above this entry. The entry's work is the fixing of Garner itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.