Editing Clinton, North Carolina (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 209
|1870= 204
|1880= 620
|1890= 839
|1900= 958
|1910= 1101
|1920= 2110
|1930= 2712
|1940= 3557
|1950= 4414
|1960= 7461
|1970= 7157
|1980= 7552
|1990= 8204
|2000= 8600
|2010= 8639
|2020= 8383
|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"
|+Clinton racial composition<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3713240&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=December 24, 2021 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 3,338
| 39.82%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 3,343
| 39.88%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 101
| 1.2%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 96
| 1.15%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 6
| 0.07%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 297
| 3.54%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 1,202
| 14.34%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 8,383 people, 3,213 households, and 1,826 families residing in the city.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2010, there were 8,639 people, 3,392 households, and 2,068 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1,114.7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 3,711 housing units at an average density of {{convert|478.8|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the city was 48.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 40.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 6.1% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 9.2% of the population.

There were 3,392 households, out of which 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 20.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.0% were non-families; 36.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.95.

The age distribution of the city was 23.6% under the age of 20, 23.8% from 20 to 39, 32.1% from 40 to 64, and 21.5% age 65 years or older. The median age was 42.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.1 males.

According to the US Census 2013 Community Survey,<ref name="GR2" /> the median household income in the city is $32,927, and the median family income is $52,100. The [[per capita income]] for the city is $24,119. About 20.2% of families and 27.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 43.2% of those under age 18 and 18.9% of those age 65 or over.