Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that were Black or African American Alone 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, among all North Carolina counties, Bertie County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (59.78%), followed by Hertford County (57.50%), and Edgecombe County (56.09%).
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 Black or African American 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.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By
Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone
from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Black Alone % of County Pop. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bertie County | 59.78 |
| 2 | Hertford County | 57.50 |
| 3 | Edgecombe County | 56.09 |
| 4 | Northampton County | 55.46 |
| 5 | Halifax County | 51.10 |
| 6 | Vance County | 49.88 |
| 7 | Warren County | 48.89 |
| 8 | Washington County | 48.85 |
| 9 | Anson County | 44.76 |
| 10 | Martin County | 40.50 |
| 11 | Lenoir County | 40.27 |
| 12 | Nash County | 38.92 |
| 13 | Scotland County | 38.52 |
| 14 | Wilson County | 38.20 |
| 15 | Cumberland County | 38.12 |
| 16 | Pasquotank County | 35.69 |
| 17 | Pitt County | 35.49 |
| 18 | Greene County | 35.45 |
| 19 | Durham County | 34.05 |
| 20 | Guilford County | 33.60 |
| 21 | Bladen County | 32.35 |
| 22 | Hoke County | 32.19 |
| 23 | Chowan County | 32.16 |
| 24 | Wayne County | 30.51 |
| 25 | Granville County | 30.23 |
| 26 | Caswell County | 30.01 |
| 27 | Richmond County | 29.99 |
| 28 | Mecklenburg County | 29.63 |
| 29 | Tyrrell County | 28.91 |
| 30 | Gates County | 28.85 |
| 31 | Columbus County | 28.81 |
| 32 | Jones County | 28.12 |
| 33 | Hyde County | 25.47 |
| 34 | Person County | 25.42 |
| 35 | Forsyth County | 24.92 |
| 36 | Sampson County | 23.94 |
| 37 | Duplin County | 23.82 |
| 38 | Franklin County | 23.32 |
| 39 | Beaufort County | 23.07 |
| 40 | Robeson County | 22.68 |
| 41 | Perquimans County | 20.88 |
| 42 | Harnett County | 20.53 |
| 43 | Cleveland County | 20.26 |
| 44 | Craven County | 20.06 |
| 45 | Alamance County | 19.84 |
| 46 | Cabarrus County | 18.88 |
| 47 | Wake County | 18.46 |
| 48 | Rockingham County | 18.43 |
| 49 | Gaston County | 17.69 |
| 50 | Lee County | 17.20 |
| 51 | Pamlico County | 16.79 |
| 52 | Montgomery County | 16.41 |
| 53 | Rowan County | 15.67 |
| 54 | Johnston County | 15.62 |
| 55 | Onslow County | 13.70 |
| 56 | Pender County | 12.66 |
| 57 | New Hanover County | 12.13 |
| 58 | Iredell County | 11.61 |
| 59 | Stanly County | 11.33 |
| 60 | Union County | 11.32 |
| 61 | Moore County | 10.70 |
| 62 | Orange County | 10.66 |
| 63 | Chatham County | 10.37 |
| 64 | Camden County | 10.19 |
| 65 | Davidson County | 9.51 |
| 66 | Rutherford County | 9.16 |
| 67 | Brunswick County | 8.45 |
| 68 | Catawba County | 7.99 |
| 69 | Randolph County | 6.07 |
| 70 | Davie County | 5.69 |
| 71 | Buncombe County | 5.68 |
| 72 | Burke County | 5.54 |
| 73 | Alexander County | 5.30 |
| 74 | Lincoln County | 5.16 |
| 75 | Currituck County | 4.95 |
| 76 | Caldwell County | 4.85 |
| 77 | Carteret County | 4.84 |
| 78 | Wilkes County | 3.99 |
| 79 | Watauga County | 3.97 |
| 80 | McDowell County | 3.89 |
| 81 | Avery County | 3.73 |
| 82 | Stokes County | 3.69 |
| 83 | Polk County | 3.61 |
| 84 | Surry County | 3.48 |
| 85 | Transylvania County | 3.14 |
| 86 | Yadkin County | 3.05 |
| 87 | Henderson County | 2.91 |
| 88 | Jackson County | 1.99 |
| 89 | Dare County | 1.90 |
| 90 | Cherokee County | 1.32 |
| 91 | Haywood County | 1.07 |
| 92 | Madison County | 1.01 |
| 93 | Alleghany County | 0.96 |
| 94 | Swain County | 0.77 |
| 95 | Macon County | 0.69 |
| 96 | Graham County | 0.62 |
| 97 | Clay County | 0.59 |
| 98 | Yancey County | 0.59 |
| 99 | Ashe County | 0.48 |
| 100 | Mitchell County | 0.36 |