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Jacksonville, North Carolina
13,254 Black residents · 18.2% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 72,723 people in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and 13,254 of them — 18.2% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Jacksonville is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 72,723 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 13,254 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 18.2% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina places | 18 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
The two-census record for Jacksonville: 14,055 Black residents in 2010 and 13,254 in 2020. The population declined by 5.7%, and the Black share in Jacksonville moved from 20.0% to 18.2%.
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
Jacksonville stands in the gazetteer as one of the 776 places the Census Bureau counts in North Carolina. Jacksonville's Black population of 13,254 ranks 18 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Jacksonville as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
Jacksonville is a place of 72,723 people, and it carries its institutions at its own scale — congregations, schools, and businesses recorded in the federal counts as counts, and in this gazetteer as part of the county and state frames above this entry. The entry's work is the fixing of Jacksonville itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.