Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2023
Updated on August 12, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all North Carolina counties, Mecklenburg County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (360.69K), followed by Wake County (230.21K), and Guilford County (192.46K).
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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2023
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| Rank | County | Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population |
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| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 360686 |
| 2 | Wake County | 230211 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 192459 |
| 4 | Cumberland County | 128549 |
| 5 | Durham County | 111130 |
| 6 | Forsyth County | 100580 |
| 7 | Pitt County | 62191 |
| 8 | Cabarrus County | 49955 |
| 9 | Gaston County | 44914 |
| 10 | Johnston County | 43140 |
| 11 | Nash County | 39925 |
| 12 | Alamance County | 38345 |
| 13 | Wayne County | 36562 |
| 14 | Union County | 30782 |
| 15 | Wilson County | 30614 |
| 16 | Onslow County | 29375 |
| 17 | Harnett County | 29174 |
| 18 | New Hanover County | 28073 |
| 19 | Edgecombe County | 27649 |
| 20 | Robeson County | 26822 |
| 21 | Halifax County | 24917 |
| 22 | Rowan County | 24798 |
| 23 | Iredell County | 24028 |
| 24 | Lenoir County | 22296 |
| 25 | Vance County | 21173 |
| 26 | Cleveland County | 20753 |
| 27 | Craven County | 20250 |
| 28 | Franklin County | 18726 |
| 29 | Hoke County | 18682 |
| 30 | Granville County | 18538 |
| 31 | Davidson County | 18151 |
| 32 | Rockingham County | 17119 |
| 33 | Orange County | 17036 |
| 34 | Buncombe County | 15575 |
| 35 | Columbus County | 14638 |
| 36 | Pasquotank County | 14444 |
| 37 | Sampson County | 14309 |
| 38 | Brunswick County | 13932 |
| 39 | Catawba County | 13701 |
| 40 | Scotland County | 13404 |
| 41 | Richmond County | 13174 |
| 42 | Lee County | 11917 |
| 43 | Duplin County | 11755 |
| 44 | Hertford County | 11142 |
| 45 | Moore County | 11082 |
| 46 | Anson County | 10268 |
| 47 | Person County | 10246 |
| 48 | Beaufort County | 10165 |
| 49 | Bertie County | 10099 |
| 50 | Randolph County | 10030 |
| 51 | Bladen County | 9349 |
| 52 | Northampton County | 9161 |
| 53 | Warren County | 9062 |
| 54 | Chatham County | 8817 |
| 55 | Martin County | 8752 |
| 56 | Pender County | 8199 |
| 57 | Stanly County | 7672 |
| 58 | Greene County | 7426 |
| 59 | Caswell County | 6946 |
| 60 | Rutherford County | 6039 |
| 61 | Lincoln County | 5723 |
| 62 | Burke County | 5496 |
| 63 | Washington County | 5078 |
| 64 | Chowan County | 4391 |
| 65 | Montgomery County | 4363 |
| 66 | Caldwell County | 4065 |
| 67 | Henderson County | 3594 |
| 68 | Carteret County | 3380 |
| 69 | Gates County | 3065 |
| 70 | Wilkes County | 2900 |
| 71 | Davie County | 2836 |
| 72 | Perquimans County | 2753 |
| 73 | Surry County | 2592 |
| 74 | Jones County | 2573 |
| 75 | Pamlico County | 2097 |
| 76 | Alexander County | 2023 |
| 77 | Stokes County | 1913 |
| 78 | Currituck County | 1760 |
| 79 | McDowell County | 1751 |
| 80 | Hyde County | 1301 |
| 81 | Yadkin County | 1215 |
| 82 | Tyrrell County | 1046 |
| 83 | Camden County | 1036 |
| 84 | Transylvania County | 1034 |
| 85 | Jackson County | 994 |
| 86 | Watauga County | 977 |
| 87 | Dare County | 927 |
| 88 | Haywood County | 864 |
| 89 | Polk County | 803 |
| 90 | Avery County | 686 |
| 91 | Macon County | 543 |
| 92 | Cherokee County | 478 |
| 93 | Madison County | 342 |
| 94 | Swain County | 278 |
| 95 | Alleghany County | 272 |
| 96 | Ashe County | 240 |
| 97 | Clay County | 166 |
| 98 | Yancey County | 160 |
| 99 | Graham County | 131 |
| 100 | Mitchell County | 120 |