Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Black or African American 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, Mecklenburg County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (330.46K), followed by Wake County (208.49K), and Guilford County (181.85K).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties based on Black or African American 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.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Black Alone Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 330458 |
| 2 | Wake County | 208493 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 181848 |
| 4 | Cumberland County | 127610 |
| 5 | Durham County | 110610 |
| 6 | Forsyth County | 95324 |
| 7 | Pitt County | 60414 |
| 8 | Cabarrus County | 42622 |
| 9 | Gaston County | 40323 |
| 10 | Nash County | 36958 |
| 11 | Wayne County | 35795 |
| 12 | Alamance County | 34014 |
| 13 | Johnston County | 33730 |
| 14 | Wilson County | 30097 |
| 15 | Onslow County | 28026 |
| 16 | Edgecombe County | 27429 |
| 17 | Harnett County | 27417 |
| 18 | New Hanover County | 27386 |
| 19 | Union County | 26981 |
| 20 | Robeson County | 26424 |
| 21 | Halifax County | 24846 |
| 22 | Rowan County | 23012 |
| 23 | Lenoir County | 22195 |
| 24 | Iredell County | 21678 |
| 25 | Vance County | 21237 |
| 26 | Craven County | 20204 |
| 27 | Cleveland County | 20159 |
| 28 | Granville County | 18435 |
| 29 | Rockingham County | 16789 |
| 30 | Hoke County | 16766 |
| 31 | Davidson County | 16065 |
| 32 | Franklin County | 15990 |
| 33 | Orange County | 15848 |
| 34 | Buncombe County | 15311 |
| 35 | Columbus County | 14586 |
| 36 | Pasquotank County | 14478 |
| 37 | Sampson County | 14130 |
| 38 | Scotland County | 13162 |
| 39 | Richmond County | 12881 |
| 40 | Catawba County | 12835 |
| 41 | Hertford County | 12393 |
| 42 | Duplin County | 11604 |
| 43 | Brunswick County | 11546 |
| 44 | Lee County | 10885 |
| 45 | Bertie County | 10720 |
| 46 | Moore County | 10671 |
| 47 | Beaufort County | 10303 |
| 48 | Person County | 9937 |
| 49 | Anson County | 9871 |
| 50 | Northampton County | 9689 |
| 51 | Bladen County | 9576 |
| 52 | Warren County | 9114 |
| 53 | Martin County | 8922 |
| 54 | Randolph County | 8748 |
| 55 | Chatham County | 7914 |
| 56 | Pender County | 7619 |
| 57 | Greene County | 7250 |
| 58 | Stanly County | 7079 |
| 59 | Caswell County | 6824 |
| 60 | Rutherford County | 5903 |
| 61 | Washington County | 5375 |
| 62 | Burke County | 4854 |
| 63 | Lincoln County | 4482 |
| 64 | Chowan County | 4408 |
| 65 | Montgomery County | 4226 |
| 66 | Caldwell County | 3914 |
| 67 | Henderson County | 3388 |
| 68 | Carteret County | 3274 |
| 69 | Gates County | 3023 |
| 70 | Perquimans County | 2715 |
| 71 | Wilkes County | 2634 |
| 72 | Jones County | 2579 |
| 73 | Surry County | 2486 |
| 74 | Davie County | 2428 |
| 75 | Watauga County | 2149 |
| 76 | Pamlico County | 2061 |
| 77 | Alexander County | 1932 |
| 78 | McDowell County | 1732 |
| 79 | Stokes County | 1644 |
| 80 | Currituck County | 1392 |
| 81 | Hyde County | 1169 |
| 82 | Yadkin County | 1136 |
| 83 | Camden County | 1055 |
| 84 | Transylvania County | 1037 |
| 85 | Tyrrell County | 938 |
| 86 | Jackson County | 856 |
| 87 | Dare County | 703 |
| 88 | Polk County | 698 |
| 89 | Avery County | 664 |
| 90 | Haywood County | 663 |
| 91 | Cherokee County | 381 |
| 92 | Macon County | 257 |
| 93 | Madison County | 215 |
| 94 | Ashe County | 127 |
| 95 | Swain County | 108 |
| 96 | Yancey County | 108 |
| 97 | Alleghany County | 104 |
| 98 | Clay County | 65 |
| 99 | Mitchell County | 53 |
| 100 | Graham County | 50 |