Ranking of North Carolina Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 13, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for North Carolina counties, in April 2020, among all the cities and places with over 10K population in North Carolina, Kinston city had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (68.42%), followed by Henderson city (64.54%), and Rocky Mount city (63.35%).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places in North Carolina, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina cities and places with over 10K population, based on the percentage of the population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in North Carolina.

Ranking of North Carolina Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Kinston
Henderson
Rocky Mount
Goldsboro
Tarboro
Elizabeth City
Wilson
Laurinburg
Knightdale
Fayetteville
Ranking of North Carolina Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place % of Place Population
1 Kinston city 68.42
2 Henderson city 64.54
3 Rocky Mount city 63.35
4 Goldsboro city 53.09
5 Tarboro town 50.47
6 Elizabeth City city 50.09
7 Wilson city 47.89
8 Laurinburg city 47.50
9 Knightdale town 41.84
10 Fayetteville city 41.82
11 Greensboro city 41.42
12 Greenville city 40.94
13 Reidsville city 40.17
14 Shelby city 38.25
15 Spring Lake town 37.86
16 Winterville town 35.92
17 Durham city 35.78
18 Salisbury city 35.70
19 Lumberton city 35.55
20 Roanoke Rapids city 34.50
21 Hope Mills town 32.59
22 Charlotte city 32.50
23 Winston-Salem city 31.97
24 Statesville city 31.86
25 High Point city 31.67
26 Gastonia city 30.26
27 Garner town 29.41
28 Burlington city 28.13
29 Lexington city 27.60
30 Smithfield town 27.46
31 New Bern city 26.46
32 Anderson Creek CDP 26.23
33 Graham city 25.80
34 Raleigh city 25.76
35 Eden city 25.63
36 Mebane city 24.18
37 Sanford city 23.59
38 Albemarle city 23.57
39 Clayton town 23.18
40 Pineville town 22.87
41 Kings Mountain city 22.82
42 Monroe city 22.53
43 Kannapolis city 21.91
44 Concord city 21.84
45 Spout Springs CDP 21.50
46 Thomasville city 20.16
47 Piney Green CDP 19.93
48 Harrisburg town 19.51
49 Mount Holly city 18.01
50 Jacksonville city 17.50
51 Southern Pines town 16.78
52 Havelock city 16.77
53 Wilmington city 16.31
54 Wake Forest town 15.71
55 Mint Hill town 15.51
56 Kernersville town 15.31
57 Fuquay-Varina town 13.76
58 Hickory city 13.61
59 Lincolnton city 13.39
60 Asheboro city 12.15
61 Huntersville town 11.74
62 Murraysville CDP 11.73
63 Lenoir city 11.45
64 Newton city 11.32
65 Indian Trail town 11.30
66 Mooresville town 10.88
67 Asheville city 10.31
68 Matthews town 10.21
69 Carrboro town 10.06
70 Belmont city 9.72
70 Morrisville town 9.72
71 Morganton city 9.53
72 Chapel Hill town 9.44
73 Boone town 9.34
74 Waxhaw town 8.75
75 Holly Springs town 8.52
76 Leland town 8.24
77 Clemmons village 8.10
78 Elon town 8.08
79 Stallings town 7.97
80 Cary town 7.73
81 Mount Airy city 7.55
82 Hendersonville city 7.00
83 Apex town 6.55
84 Archdale city 6.25
85 Cornelius town 6.23
86 Lewisville town 5.40
87 Davidson town 4.94
88 Weddington town 4.51
89 Summerfield town 4.29
90 Pinehurst village 3.16
91 Myrtle Grove CDP 2.89
92 Waynesville town 1.81
93 Lake Norman of Iredell CDP 1.18