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Robeson County, North Carolina
26,424 Black residents · 22.7% of the county · ranked 20 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
In Robeson County, North Carolina, the 2020 Census counted 116,530 people, 26,424 of them Black alone. At 22.7%, Robeson County's Black share stands against the state's 20.5% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 116,530 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 26,424 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 22.7% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 20 of 100 |
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
In 2010 Robeson County counted 32,637 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 26,424. The population declined by 19.0% across the decade, and the Black share in Robeson County moved from 24.3% to 22.7%.
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
Within North Carolina, the Census Bureau counts 100 counties and county equivalents, Robeson County among them; it stands 20 by Black population, with 26,424 Black residents of the state's 2.1 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Robeson County, North Carolina, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Robeson County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Robeson County page holds the frame around them — 116,530 people in all, 26,424 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.