Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2021
Updated on August 12, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all North Carolina counties, Bertie County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (60.92%), followed by Hertford County (59.2%), and Edgecombe County (57.34%).
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 2021
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Bertie County | 60.92 |
| 2 | Hertford County | 59.2 |
| 3 | Edgecombe County | 57.34 |
| 4 | Northampton County | 56.55 |
| 5 | Halifax County | 53.71 |
| 6 | Vance County | 51.58 |
| 7 | Warren County | 50.27 |
| 8 | Washington County | 49.13 |
| 9 | Anson County | 47.9 |
| 10 | Martin County | 42.22 |
| 11 | Nash County | 41.79 |
| 12 | Lenoir County | 41.69 |
| 13 | Wilson County | 40.32 |
| 14 | Scotland County | 39.96 |
| 15 | Cumberland County | 39.83 |
| 16 | Greene County | 37.74 |
| 17 | Pitt County | 36.28 |
| 18 | Pasquotank County | 36.05 |
| 19 | Guilford County | 35.88 |
| 20 | Hoke County | 35.87 |
| 21 | Durham County | 35.35 |
| 22 | Bladen County | 33.52 |
| 23 | Chowan County | 33.38 |
| 24 | Mecklenburg County | 32.81 |
| 25 | Wayne County | 32.64 |
| 26 | Richmond County | 32.41 |
| 27 | Caswell County | 32.07 |
| 28 | Tyrrell County | 31.52 |
| 29 | Granville County | 31.37 |
| 30 | Gates County | 30.54 |
| 31 | Columbus County | 30.28 |
| 32 | Jones County | 29.61 |
| 33 | Hyde County | 29.14 |
| 34 | Forsyth County | 27.57 |
| 35 | Person County | 26.65 |
| 36 | Sampson County | 26.2 |
| 37 | Franklin County | 25.73 |
| 38 | Duplin County | 25.63 |
| 39 | Beaufort County | 24.06 |
| 40 | Robeson County | 23.64 |
| 41 | Harnett County | 22.26 |
| 42 | Alamance County | 21.83 |
| 43 | Perquimans County | 21.67 |
| 44 | Craven County | 21.24 |
| 45 | Cabarrus County | 21.13 |
| 46 | Cleveland County | 20.92 |
| 47 | Wake County | 20.8 |
| 48 | Lee County | 19.39 |
| 49 | Rockingham County | 19.13 |
| 50 | Gaston County | 18.95 |
| 51 | Pamlico County | 18.84 |
| 52 | Montgomery County | 18.41 |
| 53 | Johnston County | 18.17 |
| 54 | Rowan County | 16.88 |
| 55 | Onslow County | 15.5 |
| 56 | Pender County | 13.66 |
| 57 | New Hanover County | 12.99 |
| 58 | Union County | 12.49 |
| 59 | Iredell County | 12.47 |
| 60 | Chatham County | 11.83 |
| 61 | Orange County | 11.7 |
| 62 | Stanly County | 11.59 |
| 63 | Moore County | 11.51 |
| 64 | Camden County | 10.94 |
| 65 | Davidson County | 10.46 |
| 66 | Rutherford County | 9.95 |
| 67 | Brunswick County | 9.49 |
| 68 | Catawba County | 8.93 |
| 69 | Randolph County | 6.96 |
| 70 | Davie County | 6.69 |
| 71 | Burke County | 6.46 |
| 72 | Buncombe County | 6.17 |
| 73 | Alexander County | 6 |
| 74 | Lincoln County | 5.96 |
| 75 | Currituck County | 5.77 |
| 76 | Caldwell County | 5.47 |
| 77 | Carteret County | 5.37 |
| 78 | Wilkes County | 4.73 |
| 79 | Polk County | 4.35 |
| 80 | Stokes County | 4.29 |
| 81 | Surry County | 4.27 |
| 82 | Avery County | 4.25 |
| 82 | McDowell County | 4.25 |
| 83 | Yadkin County | 3.6 |
| 84 | Henderson County | 3.37 |
| 85 | Transylvania County | 3.33 |
| 86 | Alleghany County | 2.89 |
| 86 | Dare County | 2.89 |
| 87 | Jackson County | 2.35 |
| 88 | Watauga County | 2.07 |
| 89 | Swain County | 1.85 |
| 90 | Macon County | 1.83 |
| 91 | Graham County | 1.75 |
| 92 | Cherokee County | 1.72 |
| 93 | Clay County | 1.54 |
| 94 | Haywood County | 1.52 |
| 95 | Madison County | 1.51 |
| 96 | Ashe County | 1.13 |
| 97 | Yancey County | 1.08 |
| 98 | Mitchell County | 0.9 |