Ranking of North Carolina Counties By White 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, Wake County had the highest number of people who identified their race as White Alone (663.83K), followed by Mecklenburg County (520.57K), and Guilford County (263.43K).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties based on White 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 White Alone Population from Census 2020
Rank | County | White Alone Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake County | 663,832 |
| 2 | Mecklenburg County | 520,567 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 263,428 |
| 4 | Buncombe County | 218,867 |
| 5 | Forsyth County | 214,877 |
| 6 | New Hanover County | 170,837 |
| 7 | Union County | 165,562 |
| 8 | Gaston County | 156,794 |
| 9 | Johnston County | 142,425 |
| 10 | Cumberland County | 141,912 |
| 11 | Iredell County | 139,369 |
| 12 | Durham County | 139,231 |
| 13 | Cabarrus County | 137,756 |
| 14 | Onslow County | 137,072 |
| 15 | Davidson County | 131,922 |
| 16 | Catawba County | 118,946 |
| 17 | Brunswick County | 112,307 |
| 18 | Randolph County | 111,459 |
| 19 | Alamance County | 105,847 |
| 20 | Rowan County | 102,693 |
| 21 | Orange County | 99,091 |
| 22 | Henderson County | 94,151 |
| 23 | Pitt County | 88,790 |
| 24 | Harnett County | 81,867 |
| 25 | Moore County | 77,010 |
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