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Goose Creek, South Carolina
9,995 Black residents · 21.8% of the place
Goose Creek is a city in South Carolina, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 45,946 residents in all, 9,995 of them Black alone — 21.8% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 45,946 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,995 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 21.8% |
| Rank by Black population among South Carolina places | 12 of 475 |
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 Goose Creek grew — 6,560 in 2010 and 9,995 in 2020, a change of +52.4%. The Black share of Goose Creek moved from 18.3% to 21.8% 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 Goose Creek among South Carolina's 475 counted places, at rank 12 by Black population on a count of 9,995. The figures for Goose Creek are the Bureau's published redistricting counts for the place as bounded, reproduced without adjustment.
Institutions
In Goose Creek, a place of 45,946, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Goose Creek itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.