Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021
Updated on August 12, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all North Carolina counties, Mecklenburg County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (369.48K), followed by Wake County (239.69K), and Guilford County (194.62K).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.
You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021
Rank | County | Black or African American Alone Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 369,478 |
| 2 | Wake County | 239,689 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 194,623 |
| 4 | Cumberland County | 134,567 |
| 5 | Durham County | 116,600 |
| 6 | Forsyth County | 106,535 |
| 7 | Pitt County | 62,485 |
| 8 | Cabarrus County | 48,978 |
| 9 | Gaston County | 43,824 |
| 10 | Johnston County | 41,306 |
| 11 | Nash County | 39,786 |
| 12 | Wayne County | 38,139 |
| 13 | Alamance County | 37,974 |
| 14 | Onslow County | 31,940 |
| 15 | Wilson County | 31,549 |
| 16 | Union County | 30,506 |
| 17 | Harnett County | 30,174 |
| 18 | New Hanover County | 29,873 |
| 19 | Edgecombe County | 27,713 |
| 20 | Robeson County | 27,450 |
| 21 | Halifax County | 25,968 |
| 22 | Rowan County | 24,966 |
| 23 | Iredell County | 23,966 |
| 24 | Lenoir County | 22,795 |
| 25 | Vance County | 21,714 |
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