Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2023
Updated on August 12, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all North Carolina counties, Bertie County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (60.14%), followed by Hertford County (58.75%), and Edgecombe County (57.44%).
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 2023
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bertie County | 60.14 |
| 2 | Hertford County | 58.75 |
| 3 | Edgecombe County | 57.44 |
| 4 | Northampton County | 55.41 |
| 5 | Halifax County | 53.31 |
| 6 | Vance County | 51.17 |
| 7 | Warren County | 49.19 |
| 8 | Washington County | 48.1 |
| 9 | Anson County | 47.39 |
| 10 | Nash County | 42.11 |
| 11 | Lenoir County | 41.57 |
| 12 | Martin County | 41.46 |
| 13 | Cumberland County | 40.19 |
| 14 | Wilson County | 40.04 |
| 15 | Scotland County | 39.5 |
| 16 | Greene County | 37.45 |
| 17 | Pitt County | 36.45 |
| 18 | Hoke County | 36.41 |
| 19 | Guilford County | 36.34 |
| 20 | Pasquotank County | 35.66 |
| 21 | Durham County | 34.47 |
| 22 | Bladen County | 32.85 |
| 23 | Mecklenburg County | 32.82 |
| 24 | Chowan County | 32.24 |
| 25 | Wayne County | 32.19 |
| 26 | Richmond County | 31.99 |
| 27 | Tyrrell County | 31.18 |
| 28 | Caswell County | 31 |
| 29 | Granville County | 30.97 |
| 30 | Gates County | 30.03 |
| 31 | Columbus County | 29.86 |
| 32 | Hyde County | 28.8 |
| 33 | Jones County | 28.01 |
| 34 | Forsyth County | 27.6 |
| 35 | Person County | 26.44 |
| 36 | Franklin County | 25.5 |
| 37 | Sampson County | 25.49 |
| 38 | Duplin County | 25.4 |
| 39 | Beaufort County | 23.72 |
| 40 | Robeson County | 23.64 |
| 41 | Alamance County | 22.46 |
| 42 | Cabarrus County | 22.27 |
| 43 | Harnett County | 22.08 |
| 44 | Perquimans County | 20.95 |
| 45 | Cleveland County | 20.87 |
| 46 | Wake County | 20.57 |
| 47 | Craven County | 20.53 |
| 48 | Gaston County | 19.9 |
| 49 | Johnston County | 19.32 |
| 50 | Lee County | 19.19 |
| 51 | Rockingham County | 19.02 |
| 52 | Montgomery County | 17.59 |
| 53 | Pamlico County | 17.4 |
| 54 | Rowan County | 17.24 |
| 55 | Onslow County | 15.07 |
| 56 | Union County | 12.93 |
| 57 | Iredell County | 12.78 |
| 58 | Pender County | 12.5 |
| 59 | New Hanover County | 12.41 |
| 60 | Stanly County | 12.1 |
| 61 | Orange County | 12.04 |
| 62 | Chatham County | 11.59 |
| 63 | Davidson County | 11.04 |
| 64 | Moore County | 10.72 |
| 65 | Camden County | 9.95 |
| 66 | Rutherford County | 9.61 |
| 67 | Brunswick County | 9.09 |
| 68 | Catawba County | 8.99 |
| 69 | Randolph County | 7.4 |
| 70 | Davie County | 6.76 |
| 71 | Burke County | 6.59 |
| 72 | Lincoln County | 6.41 |
| 73 | Currituck County | 6.02 |
| 74 | Buncombe County | 5.96 |
| 75 | Alexander County | 5.89 |
| 76 | Caldwell County | 5.43 |
| 77 | Carteret County | 5.16 |
| 78 | Wilkes County | 4.83 |
| 79 | Stokes County | 4.5 |
| 80 | McDowell County | 4.31 |
| 81 | Surry County | 4.28 |
| 82 | Polk County | 4.26 |
| 83 | Avery County | 4.16 |
| 84 | Yadkin County | 3.72 |
| 85 | Henderson County | 3.38 |
| 86 | Transylvania County | 3.21 |
| 87 | Alleghany County | 2.84 |
| 88 | Dare County | 2.78 |
| 89 | Jackson County | 2.56 |
| 90 | Swain County | 2.11 |
| 91 | Watauga County | 2.08 |
| 92 | Macon County | 1.92 |
| 93 | Cherokee County | 1.83 |
| 94 | Clay County | 1.76 |
| 95 | Graham County | 1.73 |
| 96 | Madison County | 1.65 |
| 97 | Haywood County | 1.54 |
| 98 | Ashe County | 1.13 |
| 99 | Yancey County | 1.09 |
| 100 | Mitchell County | 0.98 |