North Carolina Non-Hispanic White alone Population By County in 2021
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, there were 6,490,968 people that identified as Non-Hispanic White alone in North Carolina and they represented 61.43% of the total population of North Carolina in 2021. Wake County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic White alone population (670,508), followed by Mecklenburg County (503,039), and Guilford County (257,331). On the other hand, Tyrrell County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic White alone (1,884), followed by Hyde County (2,832), and Washington County (4,934).
When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identified as Non-Hispanic White alone, Madison County had the highest percentage (92.52%), followed by Clay County (92.3%), and Mitchell County (91.81%).
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Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's Non-Hispanic White alone population. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.
| County | Non-Hispanic White alone Population | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 104744 | 60.21 |
| Alexander | 31238 | 85.9 |
| Alleghany | 9311 | 84.04 |
| Anson | 9858 | 45 |
| Ashe | 24439 | 91.34 |
| Avery | 15446 | 88.15 |
| Beaufort | 29577 | 66.52 |
| Bertie | 6023 | 34.67 |
| Bladen | 16014 | 54.2 |
| Brunswick | 119108 | 82.23 |
| Buncombe | 223110 | 82.04 |
| Burke | 69889 | 79.79 |
| Cabarrus | 138404 | 59.71 |
| Caldwell | 69138 | 85.84 |
| Camden | 8697 | 80.37 |
| Carteret | 59411 | 86.44 |
| Caswell | 13779 | 60.73 |
| Catawba | 119046 | 73.63 |
| Chatham | 55541 | 71.08 |
| Cherokee | 26472 | 90.68 |
| Chowan | 8336 | 60.58 |
| Clay | 10499 | 92.3 |
| Cleveland | 72132 | 71.89 |
| Columbus | 29638 | 59.25 |
| Craven | 65935 | 65.68 |
| Cumberland | 139436 | 41.27 |
| Currituck | 25496 | 85.85 |
| Dare | 33182 | 87.52 |
| Davidson | 132738 | 77.75 |
| Davie | 36097 | 82.69 |
| Duplin | 24740 | 50.95 |
| Durham | 140854 | 42.7 |
| Edgecombe | 17157 | 35.5 |
| Forsyth | 211755 | 54.81 |
| Franklin | 44340 | 61.73 |
| Gaston | 158357 | 68.47 |
| Gates | 6654 | 63.96 |
| Graham | 6813 | 85.08 |
| Granville | 34416 | 56.08 |
| Greene | 9370 | 46.2 |
| Guilford | 257331 | 47.44 |
| Halifax | 18276 | 37.8 |
| Harnett | 80451 | 59.34 |
| Haywood | 57078 | 91.29 |
| Henderson | 94369 | 80.55 |
| Hertford | 6544 | 32.8 |
| Hoke | 19951 | 37.52 |
| Hyde | 2832 | 61 |
| Iredell | 143076 | 74.45 |
| Jackson | 33812 | 79.4 |
| Johnston | 144449 | 63.55 |
| Jones | 5786 | 62.82 |
| Lee | 36333 | 56.72 |
| Lenoir | 26367 | 48.22 |
| Lincoln | 75534 | 83.98 |
| McDowell | 38525 | 86.52 |
| Macon | 32343 | 86.32 |
| Madison | 20102 | 92.52 |
| Martin | 11252 | 51.76 |
| Mecklenburg | 503039 | 44.66 |
| Mitchell | 13749 | 91.81 |
| Montgomery | 16461 | 63.65 |
| Moore | 79132 | 76.79 |
| Nash | 45373 | 47.66 |
| New Hanover | 175106 | 76.13 |
| Northampton | 6741 | 39.38 |
| Onslow | 134237 | 65.16 |
| Orange | 100950 | 67.89 |
| Pamlico | 9122 | 73.91 |
| Pasquotank | 22255 | 54.54 |
| Pender | 47443 | 75.28 |
| Perquimans | 9553 | 72.83 |
| Person | 25421 | 64.94 |
| Pitt | 90457 | 52.52 |
| Polk | 17314 | 87.83 |
| Randolph | 110810 | 76.34 |
| Richmond | 23579 | 55.09 |
| Robeson | 27570 | 23.74 |
| Rockingham | 65035 | 71.3 |
| Rowan | 102846 | 69.52 |
| Rutherford | 53022 | 82.06 |
| Sampson | 29497 | 49.98 |
| Scotland | 14104 | 41.14 |
| Stanly | 50447 | 79.95 |
| Stokes | 40320 | 90.35 |
| Surry | 58431 | 82 |
| Swain | 8616 | 60.99 |
| Transylvania | 29503 | 88.67 |
| Tyrrell | 1884 | 55.76 |
| Union | 168780 | 69.1 |
| Vance | 15955 | 37.9 |
| Wake | 670508 | 58.19 |
| Warren | 7263 | 38.64 |
| Washington | 4934 | 45.34 |
| Watauga | 48883 | 88.93 |
| Wayne | 60223 | 51.54 |
| Wilkes | 56780 | 86.26 |
| Wilson | 35846 | 45.82 |
| Yadkin | 30951 | 83.03 |
| Yancey | 17227 | 91.81 |