Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2023

Updated on August 13, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all North Carolina counties, Cumberland County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic Black or African American (2.15%), followed by Hoke County (2.1%), and Forsyth County (2.01%).

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 2023
Cumberland
Hoke
Forsyth
Mecklenburg
Duplin
Johnston
Durham
Sampson
Hertford
Cabarrus
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2023
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Cumberland County 2.15
2 Hoke County 2.1
3 Forsyth County 2.01
4 Mecklenburg County 1.82
5 Duplin County 1.67
6 Johnston County 1.49
7 Durham County 1.48
7 Sampson County 1.48
8 Hertford County 1.47
9 Cabarrus County 1.46
9 Harnett County 1.46
10 Lee County 1.42
11 Wayne County 1.39
12 Guilford County 1.34
13 Onslow County 1.32
14 Greene County 1.28
15 Wilson County 1.27
16 Wake County 1.23
17 Franklin County 1.18
18 Granville County 1.16
19 Bladen County 1.14
20 Vance County 1.11
21 Warren County 1.08
22 Alamance County 1.06
23 Gaston County 0.97
24 Lenoir County 0.95
24 Tyrrell County 0.95
25 Pitt County 0.94
26 Union County 0.93
27 Rowan County 0.89
28 Beaufort County 0.87
28 Richmond County 0.87
29 Montgomery County 0.86
30 Edgecombe County 0.82
31 Pasquotank County 0.8
32 Robeson County 0.79
33 Chatham County 0.78
34 Nash County 0.76
35 Craven County 0.75
35 Iredell County 0.75
36 Orange County 0.73
37 Washington County 0.7
38 Catawba County 0.67
39 New Hanover County 0.66
39 Person County 0.66
40 Camden County 0.65
40 Columbus County 0.65
40 Davidson County 0.65
40 Martin County 0.65
40 Surry County 0.65
41 Jones County 0.64
42 Chowan County 0.63
42 Halifax County 0.63
43 Northampton County 0.6
43 Randolph County 0.6
44 Hyde County 0.56
45 Caswell County 0.55
46 Pender County 0.53
47 Pamlico County 0.52
47 Rockingham County 0.52
48 Macon County 0.51
48 Scotland County 0.51
49 Anson County 0.5
49 Yadkin County 0.5
50 Bertie County 0.46
51 Currituck County 0.45
52 Alleghany County 0.44
53 Lincoln County 0.43
53 Wilkes County 0.43
54 Stanly County 0.42
55 McDowell County 0.41
56 Cleveland County 0.4
56 Davie County 0.4
56 Gates County 0.4
57 Rutherford County 0.39
58 Brunswick County 0.38
58 Caldwell County 0.38
59 Burke County 0.37
59 Henderson County 0.37
59 Perquimans County 0.37
60 Clay County 0.36
60 Moore County 0.36
61 Dare County 0.35
62 Alexander County 0.34
63 Jackson County 0.33
64 Buncombe County 0.31
64 Carteret County 0.31
65 Stokes County 0.3
66 Watauga County 0.29
67 Avery County 0.26
67 Polk County 0.26
68 Ashe County 0.25
68 Yancey County 0.25
69 Cherokee County 0.23
70 Mitchell County 0.18
71 Haywood County 0.17
72 Transylvania County 0.13
73 Swain County 0.11
74 Graham County 0.1
74 Madison County 0.1