Editing Scotland County, North Carolina (section)

===2020 census===
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 34,174 people residing in the county. Racially, 14,402 county residents identified as white, 13,162 identified as black or African American, 3,745 identified as American Indian, 343 identified as Asian, 15 identified as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 718 identified as other, and 1,789 identified as two or more races.<ref name=2020censusrace>{{cite web| url = https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US37165&y=2020&d=DEC+Redistricting+Data+(PL+94-171)&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title = P1 Race: 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) Scotland County, North Carolina| publisher = U.S. Census Bureau| access-date = December 10, 2022}}</ref> Of the total among the races, 1,106 people identified as Hispanic or Latino.<ref name= 2020censushispanic>{{cite web| url = https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US37165&y=2020&d=DEC+Redistricting+Data+(PL+94-171)&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2| title = P2 Hispanic or Latino, and not Hispanic or Latino by race 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) Scotland County, North Carolina| publisher = U.S. Census Bureau| access-date = December 10, 2022}}</ref> Scotland proportionately has the third-largest Native American population of any North Carolina county at 14 percent.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ncdemography.org/2021/11/10/native-american-population-sees-notable-increase-in-2020-census/| title = Native American Population Sees Notable Increase in 2020 Census| last = Cline| first = Michael| date = November 10, 2021| website = Carolina Demography| publisher = University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill| access-date = December 18, 2022}}</ref> Laurinburg recorded 15,024 residents.<ref name=vincentcensus/>

Scotland County is included in the [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]]-[[Lumberton, North Carolina|Lumberton]]-[[Laurinburg, North Carolina|Pinehurst]], NC [[Fayetteville, North Carolina metropolitan area|Combined Statistical Area]].<ref name="2023OMB">{{Cite web |date=July 21, 2023 |title=OMB Bulletin No. 23-01: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf |access-date=August 10, 2023 |website=[[United States Office of Management and Budget]]}}</ref>