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.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
Scotland County
Sampson County
Robeson County
Hoke County
Edgecombe County
Richmond County
Wayne County
Hertford County
Bertie County
Vance County
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