Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 26, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all North Carolina counties, Clay County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as White Alone (93.10%), followed by Mitchell County (93.09%), and Ashe County (93.06%).

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 voting-age 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 in North Carolina.

Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020
Clay
93.10%
Mitchell
93.09%
Ashe
93.06%
Yancey
92.70%
Haywood
92.23%
Madison
91.81%
Stokes
90.58%
Cherokee
90.26%
Dare
89.68%
Transylvania
89.55%
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
White Alone % of County Voting-age Pop.
1 Clay County 93.10
2 Mitchell County 93.09
3 Ashe County 93.06
4 Yancey County 92.70
5 Haywood County 92.23
6 Madison County 91.81
7 Stokes County 90.58
8 Cherokee County 90.26
9 Dare County 89.68
10 Transylvania County 89.55
11 Polk County 89.27
12 Alleghany County 89.15
13 Avery County 89.02
14 Graham County 88.96
15 Macon County 88.72
16 Wilkes County 88.48
17 Carteret County 87.70
18 McDowell County 87.62
19 Caldwell County 87.41
20 Alexander County 86.98
21 Currituck County 86.55
22 Yadkin County 85.67
23 Surry County 85.48
24 Lincoln County 85.29
25 Davie County 85.03
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