Ranking of North Carolina Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population from Census 2020

Updated on February 25, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for North Carolina counties, in April 2020, Robeson County had the highest number of people who identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (44.87K), followed by Mecklenburg County (6.70K), and Wake County (5.76K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties based on American Indian and Alaska Native Alone population.

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

Ranking of North Carolina Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population from Census 2020
Robeson
Mecklenburg
Wake
Cumberland
Swain
Jackson
Hoke
Scotland
Guilford
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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By American Indian and Alaska Native Alone Population from Census 2020
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Rank County American Indian & Alaska Native Population
1 Robeson County 44871
2 Mecklenburg County 6700
3 Wake County 5756
4 Cumberland County 5556
5 Swain County 4171
6 Jackson County 4098
7 Hoke County 4063
8 Scotland County 3745
9 Guilford County 3183
10 Forsyth County 2528
11 Durham County 2285
12 Johnston County 1767
13 Columbus County 1732
14 Halifax County 1667
15 Onslow County 1460
16 Alamance County 1427
17 Harnett County 1423
18 Burke County 1337
19 Sampson County 1294
20 Buncombe County 1243
21 Union County 1215
22 Randolph County 1150
23 Cabarrus County 1133
24 Gaston County 1082
25 Richmond County 1041
26 New Hanover County 1038
27 Catawba County 1023
28 Davidson County 1018
29 Warren County 978
30 Brunswick County 895
31 Orange County 851
32 Moore County 825
33 Bladen County 799
34 Rowan County 761
35 Nash County 739
36 Iredell County 711
37 Pitt County 711
38 Wayne County 682
39 Graham County 590
40 Henderson County 565
41 Lee County 533
42 Franklin County 491
43 Wilson County 489
44 Duplin County 488
45 Chatham County 471
46 Rockingham County 441
47 Cherokee County 436
48 Craven County 413
49 Granville County 370
50 Haywood County 363
51 Pender County 354
52 Caldwell County 340
53 Lincoln County 328
54 Surry County 314
55 Carteret County 312
56 Person County 281
57 Macon County 279
58 Cleveland County 277
59 Stanly County 275
60 Rutherford County 224
61 Wilkes County 218
62 McDowell County 216
63 Pasquotank County 213
64 Davie County 207
65 Hertford County 206
66 Yadkin County 203
67 Edgecombe County 194
68 Greene County 185
69 Lenoir County 182
70 Dare County 181
71 Stokes County 181
72 Beaufort County 168
73 Vance County 161
74 Alexander County 144
75 Montgomery County 139
76 Watauga County 131
77 Transylvania County 125
78 Currituck County 118
79 Anson County 106
80 Avery County 89
81 Caswell County 85
82 Martin County 82
83 Yancey County 82
84 Polk County 81
85 Ashe County 77
86 Gates County 71
87 Madison County 71
88 Bertie County 63
89 Jones County 61
90 Pamlico County 58
91 Camden County 49
92 Northampton County 48
93 Alleghany County 47
94 Chowan County 47
95 Clay County 44
96 Perquimans County 39
97 Mitchell County 30
98 Washington County 23
99 Hyde County 10
100 Tyrrell County 5