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New Bern, North Carolina
8,414 Black residents · 26.9% of the place
New Bern is a city in North Carolina, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 31,291 residents in all, 8,414 of them Black alone — 26.9% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 31,291 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,414 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 26.9% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina places | 27 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 New Bern declined — 9,790 in 2010 and 8,414 in 2020, a change of -14.1%. The Black share of New Bern moved from 33.2% to 26.9% 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
New Bern stands in the gazetteer as one of the 776 places the Census Bureau counts in North Carolina. New Bern's Black population of 8,414 ranks 27 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for New Bern as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
In New Bern, a place of 31,291, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records New Bern itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.