Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 3.61M people in North Carolina with Other Groups ancestry (34.82% of North Carolina population). Among all North Carolina counties, Scotland County had the highest percentage of its population with Other Groups ancestry (68.70%), followed by Sampson County (59.89%), and Robeson County (58.65%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Other Groups ancestry.
You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in North Carolina.
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Related Topics: North Carolina ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scotland County | 68.70 |
| 2 | Sampson County | 59.89 |
| 3 | Robeson County | 58.65 |
| 4 | Hoke County | 56.55 |
| 5 | Edgecombe County | 56.14 |
| 6 | Richmond County | 56.08 |
| 7 | Wayne County | 55.41 |
| 8 | Hertford County | 55.25 |
| 9 | Bertie County | 54.83 |
| 10 | Vance County | 51.76 |
| 11 | Cumberland County | 51.06 |
| 12 | Durham County | 50.10 |
| 13 | Greene County | 49.22 |
| 14 | Halifax County | 48.09 |
| 15 | Wilson County | 47.91 |
| 16 | Washington County | 46.70 |
| 17 | Lee County | 46.38 |
| 18 | Mecklenburg County | 45.18 |
| 19 | Tyrrell County | 44.09 |
| 20 | Northampton County | 43.65 |
| 21 | Warren County | 43.58 |
| 22 | Bladen County | 43.51 |
| 23 | Duplin County | 42.01 |
| 24 | Hyde County | 41.94 |
| 25 | Guilford County | 41.55 |
| 25 | Nash County | 41.55 |
| 26 | Forsyth County | 40.65 |
| 27 | Martin County | 40.09 |
| 28 | Harnett County | 39.84 |
| 29 | Chowan County | 39.50 |
| 30 | Lenoir County | 39.25 |
| 31 | Pasquotank County | 39.07 |
| 32 | Gates County | 38.28 |
| 33 | Randolph County | 38.20 |
| 34 | Jones County | 37.38 |
| 35 | Montgomery County | 36.92 |
| 36 | Granville County | 36.83 |
| 37 | Caswell County | 36.71 |
| 38 | Anson County | 36.56 |
| 39 | Swain County | 36.09 |
| 40 | Wake County | 35.91 |
| 41 | Beaufort County | 35.47 |
| 42 | Columbus County | 35.34 |
| 43 | Johnston County | 34.90 |
| 44 | Craven County | 34.13 |
| 45 | Person County | 33.78 |
| 46 | Onslow County | 32.82 |
| 47 | Orange County | 32.35 |
| 48 | Franklin County | 32.13 |
| 49 | Pitt County | 32.01 |
| 50 | Alamance County | 30.56 |
| 51 | Rowan County | 30.46 |
| 52 | Chatham County | 30.32 |
| 53 | Rockingham County | 30.17 |
| 54 | Catawba County | 28.44 |
| 55 | Cleveland County | 27.90 |
| 56 | Cabarrus County | 27.32 |
| 57 | Gaston County | 27.06 |
| 58 | Iredell County | 26.61 |
| 59 | Pamlico County | 25.90 |
| 60 | Moore County | 25.83 |
| 61 | Pender County | 24.74 |
| 62 | Davie County | 24.68 |
| 63 | Union County | 24.51 |
| 64 | Camden County | 22.68 |
| 65 | Burke County | 22.51 |
| 66 | Yadkin County | 22.42 |
| 67 | Surry County | 22.31 |
| 68 | Carteret County | 22.25 |
| 69 | Perquimans County | 21.97 |
| 70 | Rutherford County | 21.83 |
| 71 | Jackson County | 20.99 |
| 72 | Davidson County | 20.95 |
| 73 | Buncombe County | 20.75 |
| 74 | Henderson County | 20.09 |
| 75 | Lincoln County | 19.98 |
| 76 | New Hanover County | 19.77 |
| 77 | Caldwell County | 19.60 |
| 78 | Alleghany County | 19.44 |
| 79 | Brunswick County | 19.30 |
| 80 | Graham County | 19.24 |
| 81 | Stanly County | 19.14 |
| 82 | Macon County | 19.12 |
| 83 | Stokes County | 18.24 |
| 84 | McDowell County | 18.00 |
| 85 | Cherokee County | 17.82 |
| 86 | Currituck County | 17.72 |
| 87 | Alexander County | 17.61 |
| 88 | Wilkes County | 17.46 |
| 89 | Clay County | 17.41 |
| 90 | Mitchell County | 16.36 |
| 91 | Avery County | 16.27 |
| 91 | Dare County | 16.27 |
| 92 | Polk County | 15.59 |
| 93 | Watauga County | 14.59 |
| 94 | Haywood County | 14.35 |
| 95 | Madison County | 13.94 |
| 96 | Yancey County | 13.55 |
| 97 | Ashe County | 13.02 |
| 98 | Transylvania County | 12.40 |