Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 2.44M people in North Carolina with Unclassified ancestry (23.58% of North Carolina population). Among all North Carolina counties, Anson County had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (43.14%), followed by Stanly County (42.65%), and Clay County (40.16%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Unclassified 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 Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anson County | 43.14 |
| 2 | Stanly County | 42.65 |
| 3 | Clay County | 40.16 |
| 4 | Pitt County | 38.74 |
| 5 | Davidson County | 37.70 |
| 6 | Pamlico County | 34.96 |
| 7 | New Hanover County | 34.07 |
| 8 | Warren County | 33.91 |
| 9 | Franklin County | 33.36 |
| 10 | Alamance County | 33.24 |
| 11 | Cherokee County | 33.07 |
| 12 | Stokes County | 33.02 |
| 13 | Martin County | 32.35 |
| 14 | Perquimans County | 31.92 |
| 15 | Yadkin County | 31.79 |
| 16 | Yancey County | 31.74 |
| 17 | Madison County | 31.65 |
| 18 | Union County | 31.54 |
| 19 | Person County | 31.42 |
| 20 | Mitchell County | 31.36 |
| 21 | Duplin County | 31.05 |
| 22 | Beaufort County | 30.86 |
| 23 | Pender County | 30.74 |
| 24 | Cabarrus County | 30.73 |
| 25 | Avery County | 30.49 |
| 26 | Macon County | 30.25 |
| 27 | Rutherford County | 30.00 |
| 28 | Granville County | 29.98 |
| 28 | McDowell County | 29.98 |
| 29 | Rockingham County | 29.76 |
| 30 | Haywood County | 29.26 |
| 31 | Lenoir County | 28.89 |
| 32 | Caswell County | 28.33 |
| 33 | Surry County | 28.11 |
| 34 | Rowan County | 28.00 |
| 35 | Currituck County | 27.66 |
| 36 | Tyrrell County | 27.53 |
| 37 | Pasquotank County | 27.24 |
| 38 | Nash County | 27.23 |
| 39 | Hyde County | 27.08 |
| 40 | Polk County | 27.05 |
| 41 | Washington County | 26.96 |
| 42 | Gaston County | 26.59 |
| 43 | Davie County | 26.45 |
| 44 | Gates County | 26.24 |
| 45 | Brunswick County | 26.10 |
| 46 | Iredell County | 25.97 |
| 47 | Lincoln County | 25.88 |
| 48 | Montgomery County | 25.72 |
| 49 | Harnett County | 25.70 |
| 50 | Vance County | 25.36 |
| 51 | Columbus County | 25.10 |
| 52 | Wilson County | 25.07 |
| 53 | Bertie County | 24.92 |
| 54 | Jackson County | 24.79 |
| 55 | Henderson County | 24.67 |
| 56 | Jones County | 24.13 |
| 57 | Onslow County | 24.03 |
| 58 | Camden County | 23.49 |
| 58 | Guilford County | 23.49 |
| 59 | Wilkes County | 23.23 |
| 60 | Burke County | 23.03 |
| 61 | Northampton County | 23.01 |
| 62 | Forsyth County | 22.54 |
| 63 | Graham County | 22.51 |
| 64 | Halifax County | 22.50 |
| 65 | Swain County | 22.40 |
| 66 | Chowan County | 22.32 |
| 67 | Hertford County | 22.27 |
| 68 | Moore County | 21.52 |
| 69 | Buncombe County | 21.49 |
| 70 | Johnston County | 21.38 |
| 71 | Greene County | 21.25 |
| 72 | Chatham County | 21.20 |
| 73 | Watauga County | 21.18 |
| 74 | Catawba County | 21.15 |
| 75 | Carteret County | 20.79 |
| 76 | Randolph County | 20.62 |
| 77 | Lee County | 20.43 |
| 78 | Edgecombe County | 20.29 |
| 79 | Orange County | 20.25 |
| 79 | Richmond County | 20.25 |
| 80 | Caldwell County | 19.90 |
| 81 | Cleveland County | 19.54 |
| 82 | Wake County | 19.39 |
| 83 | Ashe County | 19.25 |
| 84 | Sampson County | 19.04 |
| 85 | Alleghany County | 18.74 |
| 86 | Alexander County | 18.56 |
| 87 | Hoke County | 18.52 |
| 88 | Dare County | 18.11 |
| 89 | Cumberland County | 18.07 |
| 90 | Mecklenburg County | 17.38 |
| 91 | Craven County | 16.84 |
| 92 | Durham County | 16.61 |
| 93 | Transylvania County | 16.42 |
| 94 | Wayne County | 15.77 |
| 95 | Bladen County | 14.74 |
| 96 | Scotland County | 12.86 |
| 97 | Robeson County | 10.54 |