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.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Anson County
Stanly County
Clay County
Pitt County
Davidson County
Pamlico County
New Hanover County
Warren County
Franklin County
Alamance County
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