Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (349.95K), followed by Wake County (225.80K), and Guilford County (187.68K).
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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Related Topics: North Carolina Census Vintage Data Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2021
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| Rank | County | Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population |
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| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 349948 |
| 2 | Wake County | 225798 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 187683 |
| 4 | Cumberland County | 127759 |
| 5 | Durham County | 111848 |
| 6 | Forsyth County | 99133 |
| 7 | Pitt County | 60896 |
| 8 | Cabarrus County | 45837 |
| 9 | Gaston County | 41897 |
| 10 | Nash County | 39072 |
| 11 | Johnston County | 38312 |
| 12 | Wayne County | 36594 |
| 13 | Alamance County | 36280 |
| 14 | Wilson County | 30677 |
| 15 | Onslow County | 29310 |
| 16 | Union County | 28528 |
| 17 | Harnett County | 28399 |
| 18 | New Hanover County | 28299 |
| 19 | Edgecombe County | 27360 |
| 20 | Robeson County | 26593 |
| 21 | Halifax County | 25690 |
| 22 | Rowan County | 23754 |
| 23 | Iredell County | 22734 |
| 24 | Lenoir County | 22348 |
| 25 | Vance County | 21281 |
| 26 | Cleveland County | 20668 |
| 27 | Craven County | 20644 |
| 28 | Granville County | 18592 |
| 29 | Hoke County | 17992 |
| 30 | Franklin County | 17744 |
| 31 | Rockingham County | 17012 |
| 32 | Davidson County | 16941 |
| 33 | Orange County | 16488 |
| 34 | Buncombe County | 15916 |
| 35 | Columbus County | 14856 |
| 36 | Sampson County | 14626 |
| 37 | Pasquotank County | 14394 |
| 38 | Scotland County | 13547 |
| 39 | Richmond County | 13526 |
| 40 | Catawba County | 13505 |
| 41 | Brunswick County | 13275 |
| 42 | Duplin County | 11773 |
| 43 | Lee County | 11668 |
| 44 | Hertford County | 11518 |
| 45 | Moore County | 11486 |
| 46 | Bertie County | 10511 |
| 47 | Anson County | 10398 |
| 48 | Beaufort County | 10356 |
| 49 | Person County | 10208 |
| 50 | Bladen County | 9595 |
| 51 | Northampton County | 9582 |
| 52 | Randolph County | 9289 |
| 53 | Warren County | 9270 |
| 54 | Martin County | 9045 |
| 55 | Chatham County | 8637 |
| 56 | Pender County | 8295 |
| 57 | Greene County | 7391 |
| 58 | Caswell County | 7162 |
| 59 | Stanly County | 7078 |
| 60 | Rutherford County | 6174 |
| 61 | Burke County | 5353 |
| 62 | Washington County | 5274 |
| 63 | Lincoln County | 5014 |
| 64 | Montgomery County | 4557 |
| 65 | Chowan County | 4526 |
| 66 | Caldwell County | 4031 |
| 67 | Henderson County | 3550 |
| 68 | Carteret County | 3477 |
| 69 | Gates County | 3145 |
| 70 | Wilkes County | 2851 |
| 71 | Perquimans County | 2803 |
| 72 | Davie County | 2758 |
| 73 | Jones County | 2681 |
| 74 | Surry County | 2617 |
| 75 | Pamlico County | 2273 |
| 76 | Alexander County | 2069 |
| 77 | Stokes County | 1784 |
| 78 | McDowell County | 1708 |
| 79 | Currituck County | 1585 |
| 80 | Hyde County | 1330 |
| 81 | Yadkin County | 1172 |
| 82 | Camden County | 1122 |
| 83 | Transylvania County | 1066 |
| 84 | Tyrrell County | 1035 |
| 85 | Watauga County | 993 |
| 86 | Dare County | 952 |
| 87 | Jackson County | 886 |
| 88 | Haywood County | 861 |
| 89 | Polk County | 819 |
| 90 | Avery County | 702 |
| 91 | Macon County | 516 |
| 92 | Cherokee County | 434 |
| 93 | Madison County | 308 |
| 94 | Alleghany County | 265 |
| 95 | Swain County | 244 |
| 96 | Ashe County | 233 |
| 97 | Yancey County | 155 |
| 98 | Clay County | 147 |
| 99 | Graham County | 134 |
| 100 | Mitchell County | 110 |