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Scotland County, North Carolina
13,162 Black residents · 38.5% of the county · ranked 38 of 100 in North Carolina by Black population
In Scotland County, North Carolina, the 2020 Census counted 34,174 people, 13,162 of them Black alone. At 38.5%, Scotland 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 | 34,174 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 13,162 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 38.5% |
| Rank by Black population among North Carolina counties | 38 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 Scotland County counted 13,943 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 13,162. The population declined by 5.6% across the decade, and the Black share in Scotland County moved from 38.6% to 38.5%.
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, Scotland County among them; it stands 38 by Black population, with 13,162 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 Scotland County, North Carolina, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Scotland County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Scotland County page holds the frame around them — 34,174 people in all, 13,162 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.