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Salisbury, North Carolina
12,830 Black residents · 36.1% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 35,540 people in Salisbury, North Carolina, and 12,830 of them — 36.1% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Salisbury is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 35,540 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 12,830 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 36.1% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina places | 19 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 Salisbury: 12,694 Black residents in 2010 and 12,830 in 2020. The population grew by 1.1%, and the Black share in Salisbury moved from 37.7% to 36.1%.
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
Salisbury stands in the gazetteer as one of the 776 places the Census Bureau counts in North Carolina. Salisbury's Black population of 12,830 ranks 19 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Salisbury as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
Salisbury is a place of 35,540 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 Salisbury itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.