Oak City, formerly known as Goose Nest, is a town in Martin County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 266 at the 2020 census,
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Oak City, North Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!%
|-
|White alone (NH)
|178
|119
|style='background: #ffffe6; |97
|52.51%
|37.54%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |36.47%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|155
|187
|style='background: #ffffe6; |146
|45.72%
|58.99%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |54.89%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.32%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.29%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.95%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.38%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|1
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6
|0.29%
|0.32%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.26%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|4
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16
|1.18%
|1.89%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.02%
|-
|Total
|339
|317
|style='background: #ffffe6; |266
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
As of the census