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Henderson, North Carolina
9,794 Black residents · 65.0% of the place
Henderson is a city in North Carolina, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 15,060 residents in all, 9,794 of them Black alone — 65.0% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 15,060 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,794 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 65.0% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina places | 22 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 Henderson declined — 9,842 in 2010 and 9,794 in 2020, a change of -0.5%. The Black share of Henderson moved from 64.0% to 65.0% 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
Henderson stands in the gazetteer as one of the 776 places the Census Bureau counts in North Carolina. Henderson's Black population of 9,794 ranks 22 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Henderson as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
The institutions of Henderson — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 15,060 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Henderson: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.