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Gastonia, North Carolina
24,692 Black residents · 30.7% of the place
Gastonia is a city in North Carolina, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 80,411 residents in all, 24,692 of them Black alone — 30.7% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 80,411 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 24,692 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 30.7% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina places | 10 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 Gastonia grew — 19,953 in 2010 and 24,692 in 2020, a change of +23.8%. The Black share of Gastonia moved from 27.8% to 30.7% 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
The gazetteer enters Gastonia among North Carolina's 776 counted places, at rank 10 by Black population on a count of 24,692. The figures for Gastonia are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
In Gastonia, a place of 80,411, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Gastonia itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.