North Carolina, Raleigh- The Latino population in North Carolina grew 40%, to more than 1,1 million, between 2010 and 2020, and now represents 10.7% of the state's residents. In 2010 the Latino population was 800,120, 8.4% of the state population.
As shown by the numbers of the US Census Bureau. published today, August 12, the Latino population is concentrated in greater numbers in the Triangle region, in Wake, Orange and Durham counties; central counties such as Chatham, Randolph, Guilford, Forsyth; and to the south in Union, Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Gaston and Rowan. In the west area mostly in Henderson and Buncombe.
In total, Latinos number 1,122,224, 10.7% of the total population of North Carolina, which is now 10,439,388.
North Carolina remains a majority white state, but less so. About 60,5% of the state's residents are non-Hispanic white, up from 65,3% in 2010, while the share of the population that is non-Hispanic African American decreased slightly to 20,2%. Asians now make up 3.3%, while the share of people who identified more than one race or ethnicity nearly doubled to 3.9%.
Mecklenburg County and surrounding areas
Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Gaston and Rowan saw increases of 50% to 64% in their Hispanic population since 2010. Mecklenburg's Hispanic population, numbering 169,922, saw substantial gains and increased 52% between 2010 and 2020, far outpacing the increase of African Americans (17%) and whites (7%). Asian residents, who make up 6,4% of the county's total population, grew by 70%.
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Triangle Region
County Durham, Wake and Alamance showed an increase in the Latino population of 38.9, 45.9 and 48.5 percent, respectively.
Hispanic population gains in North Carolina will likely come largely from second- and third-generation children rather than new immigration, said Rebecca Tippett, director of Carolina Demography at the Carolina Population Center at UNC Chapel Hill. .
Rural counties
Other rural counties such as Transylvania and Madison in Western North Carolina saw a change greater than 70%, although population numbers are low. Census data also revealed that more than 20% of the population in rural Sampson, Duplin and Lee counties in eastern North Carolina is Hispanic.
Some rural counties that lost Latino populations were Jones, Bertie, Greene, Duplin and Montgomery, in the coastal region of the state.
The census is conducted once every ten years and aims to count the nation's population, providing data that is used for everything from congressional reapportionment to government and business resource and funding decisions.
Thursday's data also provides a detailed look at how counties, cities and even neighborhoods have changed over the years, both in population and the race and ethnicity of those who live there.
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