Editing Kinston, North Carolina (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 455
|1860= 1333
|1870= 1103
|1880= 1216
|1890= 1726
|1900= 4106
|1910= 6995
|1920= 9771
|1930= 11362
|1940= 15388
|1950= 18336
|1960= 24819
|1970= 23020
|1980= 25234
|1990= 25295
|2000= 23688
|2010= 21677
|2020= 19900
|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"
|+Kinston racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3735920&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-24|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 4,854
| 24.39%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 13,615
| 68.42%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 33
| 0.17%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 208
| 1.05%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 10
| 0.05%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Multiracial American|Multiracial or other]]
| 577
| 2.9%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 603
| 3.03%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]],  19,900 people, 8,901 households, and 5,050 families were residing in the city.

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census]],  21,677 people were living in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 67.7% Black, 27.8% White, 0.2% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.1% from some other race, and 1.1% from two or more races. About 2.4% were Hispanics or Latinos of any race.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, 23,688 people, 9,829 households, and 6,074 families were living in the city. The [[population density]] was 1,415.7 people/sq mi (546.7/km<sup>2</sup>). The 11,229 housing units averaged 671.1/sq mi (259.1/km<sup>2</sup>). The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the city was 35.27% White, 62.64% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.57% Asian, 1.1% from other races, and 0.67% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 1.14% of the population.

Of the 9,829 households, 28.0% had children under 18 living with them, 35.7% were married couples living together, 22.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2% were not families. About 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.4% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.29,and the average family size was 2.94.

In the city, the age distribution was 24.4% under 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who were 65 or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.8 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 74.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,630, and for a family was $35,867. Males had a median income of $28,688 versus $21,442 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,779. About 19.7% of families and 23.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 32.0% of those under age 18 and 18.9% of those age 65 or over.