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

Updated on September 3, 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 voting-age population in North Carolina, Kinston city had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (66.57%), followed by Henderson city (62.95%), and Rocky Mount city (61.44%).

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 voting-age population, based on the percentage of the voting-age 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 Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Kinston
Henderson
Rocky Mount
Goldsboro
Elizabeth City
Wilson
Laurinburg
Knightdale
Fayetteville
Greensboro
Ranking of North Carolina Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place % of Place Voting-age Population
1 Kinston city 66.57
2 Henderson city 62.95
3 Rocky Mount city 61.44
4 Goldsboro city 51.69
5 Elizabeth City city 49.68
6 Wilson city 47.23
7 Laurinburg city 44.81
8 Knightdale town 41.51
9 Fayetteville city 41.38
10 Greensboro city 40.55
11 Reidsville city 39.59
12 Greenville city 38.33
13 Shelby city 36.73
14 Durham city 35.52
15 Salisbury city 34.81
16 Lumberton city 34.48
17 Roanoke Rapids city 32.87
18 Charlotte city 32.12
19 Hope Mills town 31.92
20 Winston-Salem city 31.83
21 High Point city 30.44
22 Statesville city 30.39
23 Garner town 29.04
24 Gastonia city 28.83
25 Burlington city 27.61
26 Lexington city 27.51
27 Eden city 25.86
28 New Bern city 25.82
29 Graham city 25.43
30 Raleigh city 24.81
31 Sanford city 24.18
32 Mebane city 23.43
33 Clayton town 23.08
34 Monroe city 22.50
35 Albemarle city 22.30
36 Concord city 21.50
37 Kannapolis city 21.33
38 Piney Green CDP 20.87
39 Thomasville city 19.87
40 Harrisburg town 19.38
41 Mount Holly city 16.99
42 Jacksonville city 16.53
43 Havelock city 16.45
44 Wake Forest town 15.60
45 Southern Pines town 15.22
46 Wilmington city 15.12
47 Mint Hill town 14.92
48 Kernersville town 14.71
49 Fuquay-Varina town 13.84
50 Hickory city 13.20
51 Huntersville town 11.92
52 Murraysville CDP 11.89
53 Asheboro city 11.83
54 Newton city 11.82
55 Indian Trail town 11.39
56 Lenoir city 11.25
57 Carrboro town 10.42
58 Mooresville town 10.31
58 Morganton city 10.31
59 Matthews town 10.19
60 Morrisville town 9.92
61 Asheville city 9.73
62 Belmont city 9.56
62 Waxhaw town 9.56
63 Boone town 9.50
64 Holly Springs town 9.15
65 Chapel Hill town 9.09
66 Leland town 7.88
67 Clemmons village 7.86
68 Elon town 7.81
69 Stallings town 7.77
70 Cary town 7.75
71 Apex town 6.86
72 Hendersonville city 6.53
73 Cornelius town 6.08
74 Lewisville town 5.23
75 Davidson town 5.10
76 Pinehurst village 3.14