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Statesville, North Carolina

9,210 Black residents · 32.4% of the place

In the published counts, Statesville, North Carolina, holds 9,210 Black residents among 28,419 people in all — a Black share of 32.4%, 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, 202028,419
Black residents (alone), 20209,210
Black share of the place, 202032.4%
Rank by Black population among North Carolina places25 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 Statesville: 8,471 Black residents in 2010, 9,210 in 2020 — grew by 8.7% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 34.5% to 32.4%.

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, Statesville ranks 25 by Black population, with 9,210 Black residents. Every figure here is the published redistricting count for Statesville within its official bounds, printed as released.

Institutions

In Statesville, a place of 28,419, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Statesville itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.