Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2020
Updated on August 12, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all North Carolina counties, Bertie County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (61.59%), followed by Hertford County (59.07%), and Edgecombe County (57.63%).
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 Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2020
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Bertie County | 61.59 |
| 2 | Hertford County | 59.07 |
| 3 | Edgecombe County | 57.63 |
| 4 | Northampton County | 57.19 |
| 5 | Halifax County | 53.78 |
| 6 | Vance County | 51.49 |
| 7 | Warren County | 50.93 |
| 8 | Washington County | 49.82 |
| 9 | Anson County | 48.47 |
| 10 | Martin County | 42.09 |
| 11 | Nash County | 41.79 |
| 12 | Lenoir County | 41.69 |
| 13 | Wilson County | 40.47 |
| 14 | Scotland County | 39.8 |
| 15 | Cumberland County | 39.77 |
| 16 | Greene County | 37.92 |
| 17 | Pasquotank County | 36.44 |
| 18 | Pitt County | 36.04 |
| 19 | Durham County | 35.89 |
| 20 | Hoke County | 35.7 |
| 21 | Guilford County | 35.59 |
| 22 | Chowan County | 34.23 |
| 23 | Bladen County | 33.75 |
| 24 | Wayne County | 32.74 |
| 25 | Mecklenburg County | 32.7 |
| 26 | Caswell County | 32.62 |
| 27 | Richmond County | 32.34 |
| 28 | Granville County | 31.63 |
| 29 | Gates County | 31.16 |
| 30 | Tyrrell County | 30.95 |
| 31 | Columbus County | 30.51 |
| 32 | Jones County | 29.47 |
| 33 | Hyde County | 28.2 |
| 34 | Forsyth County | 27.56 |
| 35 | Person County | 26.64 |
| 36 | Sampson County | 26.53 |
| 37 | Duplin County | 25.68 |
| 38 | Franklin County | 25.62 |
| 39 | Beaufort County | 24.32 |
| 40 | Robeson County | 23.64 |
| 41 | Perquimans County | 22.4 |
| 42 | Harnett County | 22.23 |
| 43 | Craven County | 21.67 |
| 44 | Alamance County | 21.41 |
| 45 | Cleveland County | 21.03 |
| 46 | Wake County | 20.81 |
| 47 | Cabarrus County | 20.34 |
| 48 | Lee County | 19.6 |
| 49 | Rockingham County | 19.02 |
| 50 | Pamlico County | 18.9 |
| 51 | Montgomery County | 18.42 |
| 52 | Gaston County | 18.32 |
| 53 | Johnston County | 17.42 |
| 54 | Rowan County | 16.78 |
| 55 | Onslow County | 15.45 |
| 56 | Pender County | 14.26 |
| 57 | New Hanover County | 13.19 |
| 58 | Union County | 12.42 |
| 59 | Iredell County | 12.37 |
| 60 | Chatham County | 12.11 |
| 61 | Moore County | 11.8 |
| 62 | Orange County | 11.61 |
| 63 | Stanly County | 11.58 |
| 64 | Camden County | 10.89 |
| 65 | Davidson County | 10.29 |
| 66 | Rutherford County | 10.04 |
| 67 | Brunswick County | 9.76 |
| 68 | Catawba County | 8.97 |
| 69 | Randolph County | 6.75 |
| 70 | Davie County | 6.61 |
| 71 | Burke County | 6.5 |
| 72 | Buncombe County | 6.22 |
| 73 | Alexander County | 6.2 |
| 74 | Currituck County | 5.92 |
| 75 | Lincoln County | 5.75 |
| 76 | Carteret County | 5.52 |
| 77 | Caldwell County | 5.28 |
| 78 | Avery County | 4.83 |
| 79 | Wilkes County | 4.68 |
| 80 | Polk County | 4.33 |
| 81 | McDowell County | 4.31 |
| 82 | Surry County | 4.29 |
| 83 | Stokes County | 4.2 |
| 84 | Yadkin County | 3.57 |
| 85 | Transylvania County | 3.42 |
| 86 | Henderson County | 3.39 |
| 87 | Dare County | 2.89 |
| 88 | Alleghany County | 2.74 |
| 89 | Jackson County | 2.32 |
| 90 | Watauga County | 2.03 |
| 91 | Macon County | 1.87 |
| 92 | Swain County | 1.82 |
| 93 | Graham County | 1.67 |
| 94 | Cherokee County | 1.61 |
| 95 | Clay County | 1.54 |
| 96 | Madison County | 1.5 |
| 97 | Haywood County | 1.45 |
| 98 | Yancey County | 1.13 |
| 99 | Ashe County | 1.05 |
| 100 | Mitchell County | 0.83 |