Silver City is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Hoke County, North Carolina in the United States. As of the 2020 census, Silver City had a population of 643.
Geography
Silver City is located in central Hoke County on the north side of the city of Raeford, the county seat. U.S. Route 401 passes through the community, leading east to Fayetteville and southwest the same distance to Laurinburg. The center of Raeford is south of Silver City down North Main Street.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. The CDP is bordered to the northeast by Rockfish Creek, a tributary of the Cape Fear River.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Silver City CDP, North Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|39
|34
|style='background: #ffffe6; |32
|3.40%
|3.85%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.98%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|1,075
|792
|style='background: #ffffe6; |544
|93.80%
|89.80%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |84.60%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|8
|9
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.70%
|1.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.47%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|5
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.44%
|0.11%
|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
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|4
|28
|style='background: #ffffe6; |22
|0.35%
|3.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.42%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|15
|18
|style='background: #ffffe6; |42
|1.31%
|2.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.53%
|-
|Total
|1,146
|882
|style='background: #ffffe6; |643
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2000 census
As of the census