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High Point, North Carolina
36,610 Black residents · 32.1% of the place
High Point is a city in North Carolina, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 114,059 residents in all, 36,610 of them Black alone — 32.1% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 114,059 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 36,610 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 32.1% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina places | 7 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 High Point grew — 34,394 in 2010 and 36,610 in 2020, a change of +6.4%. The Black share of High Point moved from 33.0% to 32.1% 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
High Point stands in the gazetteer as one of the 776 places the Census Bureau counts in North Carolina. High Point's Black population of 36,610 ranks 7 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for High Point as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
In High Point, a place of 114,059, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records High Point itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.