Editing China Grove, North Carolina (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 26
|1890= 174
|1900= 887
|1910= 852
|1920= 1027
|1930= 1258
|1940= 1567
|1950= 1491
|1960= 1500
|1970= 1788
|1980= 2081
|1990= 2732
|2000= 3616
|2010= 3563
|2020= 4434
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+China Grove racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3712480&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-21|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 3,312
| 74.7%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 329
| 7.42%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 8
| 0.18%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 65
| 1.47%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 6
| 0.14%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 176
| 3.97%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 538
| 12.13%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 4,434 people, 1,696 households, and 927 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 3,616 people in 1,388 households, including 999 families, in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,847.9|pd/sqmi}}. There were 1,466 housing units at an average density of {{cvt|749.2|/sqmi}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the town was 85.70% White, 6.97% African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.94% Asian, 0.14% Pacific Islander, 5.39% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.43%.<ref name="GR2" />

Of the 1,388 households 34.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.7% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 24.9% of households were one person and 11.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.05.

The age distribution was 25.6% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% 65 or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.7 males.

The median household income was $36,580 and the median family income  was $40,402. Males had a median income of $29,167 versus $21,932 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,040. About 10.2% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.2% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.