Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2022
Updated on August 12, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all North Carolina counties, Bertie County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (60.39%), followed by Hertford County (59.02%), and Edgecombe County (57.35%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.
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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 2022
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Bertie County | 60.39 |
| 2 | Hertford County | 59.02 |
| 3 | Edgecombe County | 57.35 |
| 4 | Northampton County | 55.6 |
| 5 | Halifax County | 53.46 |
| 6 | Vance County | 51.49 |
| 7 | Warren County | 49.59 |
| 8 | Washington County | 48.75 |
| 9 | Anson County | 48 |
| 10 | Nash County | 41.96 |
| 11 | Martin County | 41.78 |
| 12 | Lenoir County | 41.6 |
| 13 | Wilson County | 40.22 |
| 14 | Cumberland County | 40.05 |
| 15 | Scotland County | 39.85 |
| 16 | Greene County | 37.77 |
| 17 | Pitt County | 36.52 |
| 18 | Hoke County | 36.27 |
| 19 | Guilford County | 36.17 |
| 20 | Pasquotank County | 35.87 |
| 21 | Durham County | 34.91 |
| 22 | Bladen County | 32.98 |
| 23 | Mecklenburg County | 32.91 |
| 24 | Chowan County | 32.68 |
| 25 | Wayne County | 32.49 |
| 26 | Richmond County | 32.08 |
| 27 | Tyrrell County | 31.99 |
| 28 | Caswell County | 31.32 |
| 29 | Granville County | 31.16 |
| 30 | Columbus County | 29.98 |
| 31 | Gates County | 29.97 |
| 32 | Hyde County | 29.1 |
| 33 | Jones County | 28.49 |
| 34 | Forsyth County | 27.65 |
| 35 | Person County | 26.43 |
| 36 | Sampson County | 25.88 |
| 37 | Franklin County | 25.64 |
| 38 | Duplin County | 25.5 |
| 39 | Beaufort County | 23.88 |
| 40 | Robeson County | 23.65 |
| 41 | Alamance County | 22.24 |
| 42 | Harnett County | 22.18 |
| 43 | Cabarrus County | 21.83 |
| 44 | Perquimans County | 21.63 |
| 45 | Craven County | 20.92 |
| 46 | Cleveland County | 20.83 |
| 47 | Wake County | 20.69 |
| 48 | Gaston County | 19.43 |
| 48 | Lee County | 19.43 |
| 49 | Rockingham County | 19.14 |
| 50 | Johnston County | 18.86 |
| 51 | Montgomery County | 17.83 |
| 52 | Pamlico County | 17.41 |
| 53 | Rowan County | 17.08 |
| 54 | Onslow County | 15.25 |
| 55 | Pender County | 12.98 |
| 56 | New Hanover County | 12.67 |
| 57 | Union County | 12.61 |
| 58 | Iredell County | 12.6 |
| 59 | Orange County | 12.02 |
| 60 | Stanly County | 11.77 |
| 61 | Chatham County | 11.63 |
| 62 | Moore County | 11.08 |
| 63 | Davidson County | 10.78 |
| 64 | Camden County | 10.11 |
| 65 | Rutherford County | 9.77 |
| 66 | Brunswick County | 9.27 |
| 67 | Catawba County | 8.93 |
| 68 | Randolph County | 7.16 |
| 69 | Davie County | 6.66 |
| 70 | Burke County | 6.56 |
| 71 | Lincoln County | 6.16 |
| 72 | Buncombe County | 6.07 |
| 73 | Alexander County | 5.97 |
| 74 | Currituck County | 5.88 |
| 75 | Caldwell County | 5.47 |
| 76 | Carteret County | 5.27 |
| 77 | Wilkes County | 4.76 |
| 78 | Stokes County | 4.46 |
| 79 | McDowell County | 4.37 |
| 80 | Surry County | 4.31 |
| 81 | Polk County | 4.25 |
| 82 | Avery County | 4.08 |
| 83 | Yadkin County | 3.69 |
| 84 | Henderson County | 3.39 |
| 85 | Transylvania County | 3.23 |
| 86 | Alleghany County | 2.9 |
| 87 | Dare County | 2.84 |
| 88 | Jackson County | 2.55 |
| 89 | Watauga County | 2.12 |
| 90 | Swain County | 1.95 |
| 91 | Macon County | 1.88 |
| 92 | Cherokee County | 1.86 |
| 93 | Graham County | 1.78 |
| 94 | Madison County | 1.61 |
| 95 | Clay County | 1.6 |
| 96 | Haywood County | 1.54 |
| 97 | Yancey County | 1.12 |
| 98 | Ashe County | 1.08 |
| 99 | Mitchell County | 1.03 |