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Knightdale, North Carolina

8,247 Black residents · 42.4% of the place

In the published counts, Knightdale, North Carolina, holds 8,247 Black residents among 19,435 people in all — a Black share of 42.4%, against the statewide 20.5%.

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Black share of state population — North Carolina highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

MeasureFigure
Total population, 202019,435
Black residents (alone), 20208,247
Black share of the place, 202042.4%
Rank by Black population among North Carolina places28 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 published record across two censuses for Knightdale: 4,368 Black residents in 2010, 8,247 in 2020 — grew by 88.8% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 38.3% to 42.4%.

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

Of the 776 places the Census Bureau counts in North Carolina, Knightdale ranks 28 by Black population, with 8,247 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Knightdale within its official bounds, printed as released.

Institutions

The institutions of Knightdale — its congregations, schools, and businesses — stand at the scale of its 19,435 people, and this gazetteer sets them within the county and state frames above. The entry itself fixes Knightdale: name, state, people, and share, on the same terms as every place in the edition.