Ranking of North Carolina Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that were White Alone from Census 2020

Updated on July 6, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for North Carolina counties, in April 2020, among all of North Carolina's cities and places (towns and villages) with a population of at least 10K, Lake Norman of Iredell CDP had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as White Alone (89.16%), followed by Myrtle Grove CDP (88.52%), and Waynesville town (87.60%).

The chart and table below shows the ranking of all of North Carolina cities and places with a population of at least 10K, based on the percentage of the population that identified as White Alone.

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

Ranking of North Carolina Cities and Places By Percentage of Pop. that were White Alone from Census 2020
Lake Norman of Iredell
Myrtle Grove
Waynesville
Pinehurst
Lewisville
Davidson
Summerfield
Elon
Cornelius
Leland
Ranking of North Carolina Cities and Places By Percentage of Pop. that were White Alone from Census 2020
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1 Lake Norman of Iredell CDP 89.16
2 Myrtle Grove CDP 88.52
3 Waynesville town 87.60
4 Pinehurst village 87.54
5 Lewisville town 83.48
6 Davidson town 83.44
7 Summerfield town 82.15
8 Elon town 81.66
9 Cornelius town 81.41
10 Leland town 80.86
11 Mount Airy city 79.14
12 Belmont city 78.39
13 Weddington town 78.13
14 Asheville city 75.77
15 Archdale city 75.29
16 Holly Springs town 75.11
17 Hendersonville city 74.65
18 Clemmons village 74.61
19 Stallings town 74.22
20 Murraysville CDP 74.12
21 Lenoir city 73.52
22 Boone town 73.43
23 Southern Pines town 72.96
24 Matthews town 72.51
25 Waxhaw town 72.14
26 Mooresville town 71.64
27 Huntersville town 71.44
28 Fuquay-Varina town 70.92
29 Wilmington city 70.86
30 Wake Forest town 69.05
31 Lincolnton city 68.89
32 Apex town 68.81
33 Kernersville town 68.52
34 Indian Trail town 68.35
35 Kings Mountain city 68.12
36 Mount Holly city 67.61
37 Hickory city 66.46
38 Mint Hill town 66.03
39 Newton city 65.96
40 Chapel Hill town 64.16
41 Carrboro town 64.06
42 Albemarle city 63.10
43 Morganton city 62.18
44 Eden city 62.13
45 Havelock city 60.79
46 Mebane city 59.57
47 Thomasville city 59.40
48 Cary town 58.23
49 Jacksonville city 58.02
50 Clayton town 57.75
51 Asheboro city 57.40
52 Roanoke Rapids city 57.13
53 Harrisburg town 57.11
54 Kannapolis city 56.84
55 New Bern city 56.71
56 Piney Green CDP 56.04
57 Spout Springs CDP 55.89
58 Concord city 54.45
59 Winterville town 54.05
60 Anderson Creek CDP 53.46
61 Raleigh city 53.27
62 Garner town 52.63
63 Gastonia city 52.56
64 Shelby city 52.01
65 Statesville city 51.68
66 Graham city 51.56
67 Reidsville city 49.35
68 Lexington city 49.11
69 Pineville town 48.41
70 Smithfield town 47.59
71 Burlington city 47.44
72 Sanford city 47.28
73 Greenville city 46.84
74 Salisbury city 46.40
75 Winston-Salem city 45.84
76 Hope Mills town 45.57
77 High Point city 45.51
78 Monroe city 44.07
79 Charlotte city 41.75
80 Tarboro town 41.29
81 Durham city 40.18
82 Greensboro city 40.03
83 Knightdale town 38.71
84 Elizabeth City city 37.96
85 Wilson city 37.84
86 Laurinburg city 37.60
87 Fayetteville city 37.31
88 Spring Lake town 36.07
89 Lumberton city 35.53
90 Morrisville town 35.20
91 Goldsboro city 34.20
92 Rocky Mount city 27.34
93 Kinston city 24.72
94 Henderson city 23.78