Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that were White 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, Ashe County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as White Alone (91.94%), followed by Mitchell County (91.68%), and Clay County (91.53%).
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 White 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 White Alone
from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | White Alone % of County Pop. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashe County | 91.94 |
| 2 | Mitchell County | 91.68 |
| 3 | Clay County | 91.53 |
| 4 | Madison County | 91.41 |
| 5 | Yancey County | 91.32 |
| 6 | Haywood County | 90.90 |
| 7 | Stokes County | 89.77 |
| 8 | Cherokee County | 89.11 |
| 9 | Avery County | 88.43 |
| 10 | Dare County | 87.85 |
| 11 | Transylvania County | 87.79 |
| 12 | Alleghany County | 87.66 |
| 13 | Polk County | 87.61 |
| 14 | Macon County | 86.72 |
| 15 | Wilkes County | 86.56 |
| 16 | Graham County | 86.09 |
| 17 | Carteret County | 86.07 |
| 18 | McDowell County | 86.04 |
| 19 | Alexander County | 85.84 |
| 20 | Caldwell County | 85.38 |
| 21 | Currituck County | 84.98 |
| 22 | Watauga County | 84.54 |
| 23 | Lincoln County | 83.77 |
| 24 | Surry County | 83.11 |
| 25 | Yadkin County | 82.88 |
| 26 | Davie County | 82.74 |
| 27 | Brunswick County | 82.16 |
| 28 | Rutherford County | 81.94 |
| 29 | Buncombe County | 81.23 |
| 30 | Henderson County | 80.97 |
| 31 | Camden County | 80.27 |
| 32 | Burke County | 79.56 |
| 33 | Stanly County | 78.63 |
| 34 | Davidson County | 78.09 |
| 35 | Jackson County | 77.54 |
| 36 | Randolph County | 77.31 |
| 37 | Moore County | 77.22 |
| 38 | New Hanover County | 75.69 |
| 39 | Pender County | 75.25 |
| 40 | Pamlico County | 75.07 |
| 41 | Iredell County | 74.65 |
| 42 | Catawba County | 74.06 |
| 43 | Perquimans County | 72.37 |
| 44 | Rockingham County | 71.83 |
| 45 | Cleveland County | 71.42 |
| 46 | Chatham County | 71.35 |
| 47 | Rowan County | 69.92 |
| 48 | Union County | 69.49 |
| 49 | Gaston County | 68.79 |
| 50 | Onslow County | 67.00 |
| 51 | Beaufort County | 66.78 |
| 52 | Orange County | 66.64 |
| 53 | Craven County | 66.23 |
| 54 | Johnston County | 65.94 |
| 55 | Montgomery County | 65.69 |
| 56 | Person County | 65.36 |
| 57 | Gates County | 64.54 |
| 58 | Hyde County | 64.42 |
| 59 | Jones County | 63.97 |
| 60 | Franklin County | 63.40 |
| 61 | Caswell County | 62.60 |
| 62 | Alamance County | 61.75 |
| 63 | Harnett County | 61.29 |
| 64 | Swain County | 61.19 |
| 65 | Cabarrus County | 61.01 |
| 66 | Chowan County | 60.92 |
| 67 | Lee County | 60.70 |
| 68 | Columbus County | 60.01 |
| 69 | Wake County | 58.78 |
| 70 | Tyrrell County | 58.64 |
| 71 | Granville County | 56.69 |
| 72 | Forsyth County | 56.16 |
| 73 | Richmond County | 55.81 |
| 74 | Bladen County | 54.39 |
| 75 | Pasquotank County | 54.28 |
| 76 | Duplin County | 53.54 |
| 77 | Wayne County | 53.23 |
| 78 | Sampson County | 52.94 |
| 79 | Martin County | 52.76 |
| 80 | Pitt County | 52.16 |
| 81 | Nash County | 49.89 |
| 82 | Lenoir County | 49.19 |
| 83 | Greene County | 48.86 |
| 84 | Guilford County | 48.67 |
| 85 | Anson County | 48.48 |
| 86 | Wilson County | 47.40 |
| 87 | Mecklenburg County | 46.67 |
| 88 | Washington County | 45.43 |
| 89 | Durham County | 42.86 |
| 90 | Cumberland County | 42.40 |
| 91 | Scotland County | 42.14 |
| 92 | Hoke County | 40.38 |
| 93 | Halifax County | 39.70 |
| 94 | Northampton County | 39.58 |
| 95 | Vance County | 39.18 |
| 96 | Warren County | 38.91 |
| 97 | Edgecombe County | 36.06 |
| 98 | Hertford County | 35.37 |
| 99 | Bertie County | 35.35 |
| 100 | Robeson County | 25.78 |