Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that were American Indian and Alaska Native Alone from Census 2020
According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for North Carolina counties, in April 2020, among all North Carolina counties, Robeson County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as American Indian and Alaska Native Alone (38.51%), followed by Swain County (29.55%), and Scotland County (10.96%).
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 American Indian and Alaska Native Alone.
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.
| Rank | County | American Indian & Alaska Native % of County Pop. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robeson County | 38.51 |
| 2 | Swain County | 29.55 |
| 3 | Scotland County | 10.96 |
| 4 | Jackson County | 9.51 |
| 5 | Hoke County | 7.80 |
| 6 | Graham County | 7.35 |
| 7 | Warren County | 5.25 |
| 8 | Halifax County | 3.43 |
| 9 | Columbus County | 3.42 |
| 10 | Bladen County | 2.70 |
| 11 | Richmond County | 2.42 |
| 12 | Sampson County | 2.19 |
| 13 | Cumberland County | 1.66 |
| 14 | Burke County | 1.53 |
| 15 | Cherokee County | 1.52 |
| 16 | Harnett County | 1.07 |
| 17 | Duplin County | 1.00 |
| 18 | Hertford County | 0.96 |
| 19 | Greene County | 0.91 |
| 20 | Lee County | 0.84 |
| 21 | Alamance County | 0.83 |
| 22 | Moore County | 0.83 |
| 23 | Johnston County | 0.82 |
| 24 | Randolph County | 0.80 |
| 25 | Nash County | 0.78 |
| 26 | Macon County | 0.75 |
| 27 | Franklin County | 0.72 |
| 28 | Person County | 0.72 |
| 29 | Onslow County | 0.71 |
| 30 | Durham County | 0.70 |
| 31 | Gates County | 0.68 |
| 32 | Jones County | 0.67 |
| 33 | Brunswick County | 0.66 |
| 34 | Forsyth County | 0.66 |
| 35 | Catawba County | 0.64 |
| 36 | Chatham County | 0.62 |
| 37 | Wilson County | 0.62 |
| 38 | Granville County | 0.61 |
| 39 | Davidson County | 0.60 |
| 40 | Mecklenburg County | 0.60 |
| 41 | Guilford County | 0.59 |
| 42 | Haywood County | 0.59 |
| 43 | Pender County | 0.59 |
| 44 | Wayne County | 0.58 |
| 45 | Orange County | 0.57 |
| 46 | Yadkin County | 0.55 |
| 47 | Montgomery County | 0.54 |
| 48 | Pasquotank County | 0.53 |
| 49 | Rowan County | 0.52 |
| 50 | Union County | 0.51 |
| 51 | Wake County | 0.51 |
| 52 | Avery County | 0.50 |
| 53 | Cabarrus County | 0.50 |
| 54 | Dare County | 0.49 |
| 55 | Davie County | 0.49 |
| 56 | Henderson County | 0.49 |
| 57 | McDowell County | 0.49 |
| 58 | Anson County | 0.48 |
| 59 | Gaston County | 0.48 |
| 60 | Rockingham County | 0.48 |
| 61 | Camden County | 0.47 |
| 62 | Pamlico County | 0.47 |
| 63 | Buncombe County | 0.46 |
| 64 | Carteret County | 0.46 |
| 65 | New Hanover County | 0.46 |
| 66 | Stanly County | 0.44 |
| 67 | Surry County | 0.44 |
| 68 | Yancey County | 0.44 |
| 69 | Alleghany County | 0.43 |
| 70 | Caldwell County | 0.42 |
| 71 | Currituck County | 0.42 |
| 72 | Pitt County | 0.42 |
| 73 | Polk County | 0.42 |
| 74 | Craven County | 0.41 |
| 75 | Stokes County | 0.41 |
| 76 | Alexander County | 0.40 |
| 77 | Clay County | 0.40 |
| 78 | Edgecombe County | 0.40 |
| 79 | Beaufort County | 0.38 |
| 80 | Iredell County | 0.38 |
| 81 | Lincoln County | 0.38 |
| 82 | Transylvania County | 0.38 |
| 83 | Vance County | 0.38 |
| 84 | Caswell County | 0.37 |
| 85 | Martin County | 0.37 |
| 86 | Bertie County | 0.35 |
| 87 | Rutherford County | 0.35 |
| 88 | Chowan County | 0.34 |
| 89 | Madison County | 0.34 |
| 90 | Lenoir County | 0.33 |
| 91 | Wilkes County | 0.33 |
| 92 | Perquimans County | 0.30 |
| 93 | Ashe County | 0.29 |
| 94 | Cleveland County | 0.28 |
| 95 | Northampton County | 0.28 |
| 96 | Watauga County | 0.24 |
| 97 | Hyde County | 0.22 |
| 98 | Washington County | 0.21 |
| 99 | Mitchell County | 0.20 |
| 100 | Tyrrell County | 0.15 |