Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (60.51%), followed by Hertford County (57.73%), and Edgecombe County (56.61%).
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
Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2021
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Bertie County | 60.51 |
| 2 | Hertford County | 57.73 |
| 3 | Edgecombe County | 56.61 |
| 4 | Northampton County | 55.98 |
| 5 | Halifax County | 53.13 |
| 6 | Vance County | 50.55 |
| 7 | Warren County | 49.31 |
| 8 | Washington County | 48.46 |
| 9 | Anson County | 47.47 |
| 10 | Martin County | 41.6 |
| 11 | Nash County | 41.04 |
| 12 | Lenoir County | 40.87 |
| 13 | Scotland County | 39.51 |
| 14 | Wilson County | 39.21 |
| 15 | Cumberland County | 37.81 |
| 16 | Greene County | 36.45 |
| 17 | Pitt County | 35.36 |
| 18 | Pasquotank County | 35.27 |
| 19 | Guilford County | 34.6 |
| 20 | Durham County | 33.91 |
| 21 | Hoke County | 33.83 |
| 22 | Chowan County | 32.89 |
| 23 | Bladen County | 32.48 |
| 24 | Richmond County | 31.6 |
| 25 | Caswell County | 31.56 |
| 26 | Wayne County | 31.32 |
| 27 | Mecklenburg County | 31.07 |
| 28 | Tyrrell County | 30.63 |
| 29 | Granville County | 30.3 |
| 30 | Gates County | 30.23 |
| 31 | Columbus County | 29.7 |
| 32 | Jones County | 29.11 |
| 33 | Hyde County | 28.65 |
| 34 | Person County | 26.08 |
| 35 | Forsyth County | 25.66 |
| 36 | Sampson County | 24.78 |
| 37 | Franklin County | 24.7 |
| 38 | Duplin County | 24.25 |
| 39 | Beaufort County | 23.29 |
| 40 | Robeson County | 22.9 |
| 41 | Perquimans County | 21.37 |
| 42 | Harnett County | 20.95 |
| 43 | Alamance County | 20.85 |
| 44 | Cleveland County | 20.6 |
| 45 | Craven County | 20.56 |
| 46 | Cabarrus County | 19.77 |
| 47 | Wake County | 19.6 |
| 48 | Rockingham County | 18.65 |
| 49 | Pamlico County | 18.42 |
| 50 | Lee County | 18.22 |
| 51 | Gaston County | 18.12 |
| 52 | Montgomery County | 17.62 |
| 53 | Johnston County | 16.86 |
| 54 | Rowan County | 16.06 |
| 55 | Onslow County | 14.23 |
| 56 | Pender County | 13.16 |
| 57 | New Hanover County | 12.3 |
| 58 | Iredell County | 11.83 |
| 59 | Union County | 11.68 |
| 60 | Stanly County | 11.22 |
| 61 | Moore County | 11.15 |
| 62 | Orange County | 11.09 |
| 63 | Chatham County | 11.05 |
| 64 | Camden County | 10.37 |
| 65 | Davidson County | 9.92 |
| 66 | Rutherford County | 9.56 |
| 67 | Brunswick County | 9.16 |
| 68 | Catawba County | 8.35 |
| 69 | Randolph County | 6.4 |
| 70 | Davie County | 6.32 |
| 71 | Burke County | 6.11 |
| 72 | Buncombe County | 5.85 |
| 73 | Alexander County | 5.69 |
| 74 | Lincoln County | 5.58 |
| 75 | Currituck County | 5.34 |
| 76 | Carteret County | 5.06 |
| 77 | Caldwell County | 5.01 |
| 78 | Wilkes County | 4.33 |
| 79 | Polk County | 4.15 |
| 80 | Avery County | 4.01 |
| 81 | Stokes County | 4 |
| 82 | McDowell County | 3.84 |
| 83 | Surry County | 3.67 |
| 84 | Transylvania County | 3.2 |
| 85 | Yadkin County | 3.14 |
| 86 | Henderson County | 3.03 |
| 87 | Dare County | 2.51 |
| 88 | Alleghany County | 2.39 |
| 89 | Jackson County | 2.08 |
| 90 | Watauga County | 1.81 |
| 91 | Swain County | 1.73 |
| 92 | Graham County | 1.67 |
| 93 | Cherokee County | 1.49 |
| 94 | Madison County | 1.42 |
| 95 | Haywood County | 1.38 |
| 95 | Macon County | 1.38 |
| 96 | Clay County | 1.29 |
| 97 | Ashe County | 0.87 |
| 98 | Yancey County | 0.83 |
| 99 | Mitchell County | 0.74 |