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Rutherford County, North Carolina
5,903 Black residents · 9.2% of the county · ranked 60 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
Rutherford County is a North Carolina county entry in the gazetteer's first edition. In the 2020 Census, Rutherford County held 64,444 residents in all, of whom 5,903 — 9.2% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 64,444 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,903 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 9.2% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 60 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
The two-census record for Rutherford County: 6,854 Black residents in 2010 and 5,903 in 2020. The population declined by 13.9%, and the Black share in Rutherford County moved from 10.1% to 9.2%.
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, Rutherford County among them; it stands 60 by Black population, with 5,903 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 Rutherford County, North Carolina, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Rutherford County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Rutherford County page holds the frame around them — 64,444 people in all, 5,903 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.