Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2023
Updated on August 12, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all North Carolina counties, Wake County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (679.90K), followed by Mecklenburg County (511.22K), and Guilford County (254.94K).
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 White Population in 2023
Rank | County | Non-Hispanic White Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake County | 679,895 |
| 2 | Mecklenburg County | 511,216 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 254,935 |
| 4 | Buncombe County | 225,697 |
| 5 | Forsyth County | 212,330 |
| 6 | New Hanover County | 182,258 |
| 7 | Union County | 171,750 |
| 8 | Gaston County | 157,511 |
| 9 | Johnston County | 148,934 |
| 10 | Iredell County | 146,455 |
| 11 | Durham County | 144,695 |
| 12 | Onslow County | 139,175 |
| 13 | Cabarrus County | 136,259 |
| 14 | Cumberland County | 135,059 |
| 15 | Davidson County | 133,306 |
| 16 | Brunswick County | 131,779 |
| 17 | Catawba County | 119,877 |
| 18 | Randolph County | 110,544 |
| 19 | Alamance County | 104,955 |
| 20 | Rowan County | 103,401 |
| 21 | Orange County | 101,499 |
| 22 | Henderson County | 95,852 |
| 23 | Pitt County | 90,690 |
| 24 | Harnett County | 82,554 |
| 25 | Moore County | 82,370 |
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