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Goldsboro, North Carolina
18,104 Black residents · 53.8% of the place
Goldsboro is a city in North Carolina, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 33,657 residents in all, 18,104 of them Black alone — 53.8% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 33,657 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 18,104 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 53.8% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina places | 14 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 Goldsboro declined — 19,786 in 2010 and 18,104 in 2020, a change of -8.5%. The Black share of Goldsboro moved from 54.3% to 53.8% 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 Goldsboro among North Carolina's 776 counted places, at rank 14 by Black population on a count of 18,104. The figures for Goldsboro are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
The institutions of Goldsboro — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 33,657 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Goldsboro: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.