Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020

Updated on March 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for North Carolina counties, in April 2020, Mecklenburg County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (324.83K), followed by Wake County (204.54K), and Guilford County (179.42K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.

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

You can also see similar ranking for all counties in the United States.

Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Mecklenburg
324.83K
Wake
204.54K
Guilford
179.42K
Cumberland
124.17K
Durham
109.23K
Forsyth
93.74K
Pitt
59.81K
Cabarrus
41.69K
Gaston
39.76K
Nash
36.68K
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Rank
County
Population
1 Mecklenburg County 324,832
2 Wake County 204,535
3 Guilford County 179,423
4 Cumberland County 124,173
5 Durham County 109,225
6 Forsyth County 93,738
7 Pitt County 59,813
8 Cabarrus County 41,687
9 Gaston County 39,762
10 Nash County 36,679
11 Wayne County 35,329
12 Alamance County 33,555
13 Johnston County 33,041
14 Wilson County 29,842
15 Edgecombe County 27,299
16 New Hanover County 26,974
17 Onslow County 26,939
18 Harnett County 26,769
19 Union County 26,500
20 Robeson County 26,218
21 Halifax County 24,737
22 Rowan County 22,730
23 Lenoir County 22,034
24 Iredell County 21,255
25 Vance County 21,081
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