Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - White Alone from Census 2020
According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among all North Carolina counties, Madison County had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - White Alone (90.75%), followed by Mitchell County (90.68%), and Clay County (90.58%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties based on the percentage of the population that identified as Non-Hispanic - White Alone.
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.
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison County | 90.75 |
| 2 | Mitchell County | 90.68 |
| 3 | Clay County | 90.58 |
| 4 | Ashe County | 90.41 |
| 5 | Yancey County | 90.01 |
| 6 | Haywood County | 89.69 |
| 7 | Stokes County | 88.97 |
| 8 | Cherokee County | 88.16 |
| 9 | Avery County | 87.32 |
| 10 | Transylvania County | 86.53 |
| 11 | Polk County | 86.49 |
| 12 | Dare County | 86.47 |
| 13 | Graham County | 85.74 |
| 14 | Wilkes County | 85.37 |
| 15 | Macon County | 85.20 |
| 16 | Carteret County | 85.01 |
| 17 | Alexander County | 84.77 |
| 18 | McDowell County | 84.77 |
| 19 | Alleghany County | 84.37 |
| 20 | Caldwell County | 84.15 |
| 21 | Currituck County | 83.65 |
| 22 | Watauga County | 83.18 |
| 23 | Lincoln County | 82.55 |
| 24 | Yadkin County | 81.57 |
| 25 | Davie County | 81.50 |
| 26 | Brunswick County | 81.00 |
| 27 | Surry County | 80.96 |
| 28 | Rutherford County | 80.73 |
| 29 | Buncombe County | 79.74 |
| 30 | Camden County | 79.19 |
| 31 | Henderson County | 78.90 |
| 32 | Burke County | 78.41 |
| 33 | Stanly County | 77.83 |
| 34 | Davidson County | 76.65 |
| 35 | Jackson County | 76.09 |
| 36 | Moore County | 75.60 |
| 37 | Randolph County | 75.16 |
| 38 | Pamlico County | 74.16 |
| 39 | New Hanover County | 74.06 |
| 40 | Pender County | 73.78 |
| 41 | Iredell County | 73.06 |
| 42 | Catawba County | 72.30 |
| 43 | Perquimans County | 71.77 |
| 44 | Cleveland County | 70.50 |
| 45 | Rockingham County | 70.50 |
| 46 | Chatham County | 69.59 |
| 47 | Rowan County | 68.18 |
| 48 | Union County | 67.62 |
| 49 | Gaston County | 67.41 |
| 50 | Beaufort County | 65.91 |
| 51 | Orange County | 64.92 |
| 52 | Craven County | 64.47 |
| 53 | Person County | 64.28 |
| 54 | Montgomery County | 64.09 |
| 55 | Gates County | 63.99 |
| 56 | Hyde County | 63.81 |
| 57 | Onslow County | 63.30 |
| 58 | Johnston County | 63.18 |
| 59 | Jones County | 63.09 |
| 60 | Caswell County | 61.74 |
| 61 | Franklin County | 61.66 |
| 62 | Swain County | 60.50 |
| 63 | Chowan County | 60.32 |
| 64 | Alamance County | 59.79 |
| 65 | Columbus County | 59.30 |
| 66 | Cabarrus County | 59.25 |
| 67 | Harnett County | 58.30 |
| 68 | Tyrrell County | 57.90 |
| 69 | Wake County | 57.11 |
| 70 | Lee County | 56.97 |
| 71 | Granville County | 55.11 |
| 72 | Richmond County | 54.98 |
| 73 | Forsyth County | 54.40 |
| 74 | Bladen County | 53.47 |
| 75 | Pasquotank County | 53.19 |
| 76 | Martin County | 52.33 |
| 77 | Wayne County | 51.31 |
| 78 | Duplin County | 51.21 |
| 79 | Pitt County | 51.01 |
| 80 | Sampson County | 50.36 |
| 81 | Nash County | 48.77 |
| 82 | Lenoir County | 48.22 |
| 83 | Anson County | 48.03 |
| 84 | Guilford County | 47.23 |
| 85 | Greene County | 47.16 |
| 86 | Wilson County | 45.83 |
| 87 | Washington County | 45.06 |
| 88 | Mecklenburg County | 44.71 |
| 89 | Scotland County | 41.69 |
| 90 | Durham County | 41.18 |
| 91 | Cumberland County | 39.79 |
| 92 | Halifax County | 39.22 |
| 93 | Northampton County | 39.12 |
| 94 | Warren County | 38.67 |
| 95 | Vance County | 38.15 |
| 96 | Hoke County | 37.76 |
| 97 | Edgecombe County | 35.46 |
| 98 | Bertie County | 35.12 |
| 99 | Hertford County | 31.19 |
| 100 | Robeson County | 25.02 |