Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2020

Updated on August 13, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all North Carolina counties, Cumberland County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic Black or African American (1.96%), followed by Hoke County (1.95%), and Forsyth County (1.89%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.

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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2020
Cumberland
Hoke
Forsyth
Mecklenburg
Hertford
Durham
Sampson
Wayne
Duplin
Harnett
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Cumberland County 1.96
2 Hoke County 1.95
3 Forsyth County 1.89
4 Mecklenburg County 1.7
5 Hertford County 1.51
6 Durham County 1.48
7 Sampson County 1.41
8 Wayne County 1.31
9 Duplin County 1.3
9 Harnett County 1.3
10 Cabarrus County 1.28
11 Guilford County 1.25
11 Johnston County 1.25
12 Greene County 1.23
13 Onslow County 1.22
14 Wake County 1.2
15 Lee County 1.08
16 Wilson County 1.07
17 Granville County 1.02
18 Franklin County 1
19 Tyrrell County 0.99
20 Vance County 0.98
21 Bladen County 0.97
22 Warren County 0.94
23 Alamance County 0.9
23 Pitt County 0.9
24 Rowan County 0.8
25 Gaston County 0.78
26 Chatham County 0.77
26 Richmond County 0.77
26 Union County 0.77
27 Montgomery County 0.76
27 Nash County 0.76
27 Pasquotank County 0.76
28 Beaufort County 0.75
29 Edgecombe County 0.7
29 Robeson County 0.7
30 Lenoir County 0.67
30 New Hanover County 0.67
31 Craven County 0.63
32 Orange County 0.61
33 Iredell County 0.6
33 Martin County 0.6
34 Washington County 0.59
35 Halifax County 0.57
35 Surry County 0.57
36 Catawba County 0.56
36 Northampton County 0.56
37 Columbus County 0.55
38 Caswell County 0.54
39 Person County 0.52
40 Hyde County 0.51
40 Randolph County 0.51
41 Camden County 0.5
41 Chowan County 0.5
42 Davidson County 0.49
43 Pender County 0.47
44 Rockingham County 0.46
45 Caldwell County 0.44
45 Jones County 0.44
46 Macon County 0.43
46 Scotland County 0.43
46 Yadkin County 0.43
47 Currituck County 0.42
47 McDowell County 0.42
48 Alleghany County 0.4
48 Pamlico County 0.4
49 Bertie County 0.39
50 Davie County 0.37
50 Moore County 0.37
51 Stanly County 0.36
51 Wilkes County 0.36
52 Rutherford County 0.35
53 Dare County 0.34
54 Lincoln County 0.33
54 Perquimans County 0.33
55 Brunswick County 0.32
55 Burke County 0.32
55 Carteret County 0.32
56 Buncombe County 0.31
56 Henderson County 0.31
57 Anson County 0.3
58 Watauga County 0.29
59 Alexander County 0.28
59 Avery County 0.28
59 Gates County 0.28
60 Cleveland County 0.26
60 Jackson County 0.26
60 Stokes County 0.26
61 Ashe County 0.25
62 Yancey County 0.24
63 Clay County 0.23
64 Cherokee County 0.21
65 Polk County 0.19
66 Mitchell County 0.17
67 Haywood County 0.14
68 Transylvania County 0.12
69 Madison County 0.11
70 Swain County 0.09
71 Graham County 0.08