Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (59.99%), followed by Hertford County (57.61%), and Edgecombe County (56.52%).
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 2022
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Bertie County | 59.99 |
| 2 | Hertford County | 57.61 |
| 3 | Edgecombe County | 56.52 |
| 4 | Northampton County | 55.05 |
| 5 | Halifax County | 52.86 |
| 6 | Vance County | 50.42 |
| 7 | Warren County | 48.48 |
| 8 | Washington County | 48.06 |
| 9 | Anson County | 47.55 |
| 10 | Nash County | 41.19 |
| 11 | Martin County | 41.16 |
| 12 | Lenoir County | 40.71 |
| 13 | Scotland County | 39.37 |
| 14 | Wilson County | 39.03 |
| 15 | Cumberland County | 37.98 |
| 16 | Greene County | 36.47 |
| 17 | Pitt County | 35.59 |
| 18 | Pasquotank County | 35.1 |
| 19 | Guilford County | 34.87 |
| 20 | Hoke County | 34.13 |
| 21 | Durham County | 33.43 |
| 22 | Chowan County | 32.09 |
| 23 | Bladen County | 31.95 |
| 24 | Richmond County | 31.24 |
| 25 | Mecklenburg County | 31.13 |
| 26 | Wayne County | 31.12 |
| 27 | Tyrrell County | 31.07 |
| 28 | Caswell County | 30.82 |
| 29 | Granville County | 30.03 |
| 30 | Gates County | 29.6 |
| 31 | Columbus County | 29.37 |
| 32 | Hyde County | 28.54 |
| 33 | Jones County | 27.94 |
| 34 | Person County | 25.8 |
| 35 | Forsyth County | 25.68 |
| 36 | Franklin County | 24.54 |
| 37 | Sampson County | 24.45 |
| 38 | Duplin County | 23.97 |
| 39 | Beaufort County | 23.06 |
| 40 | Robeson County | 22.88 |
| 41 | Perquimans County | 21.28 |
| 42 | Alamance County | 21.22 |
| 43 | Harnett County | 20.79 |
| 44 | Cleveland County | 20.46 |
| 45 | Cabarrus County | 20.4 |
| 46 | Craven County | 20.18 |
| 47 | Wake County | 19.48 |
| 48 | Rockingham County | 18.64 |
| 49 | Gaston County | 18.54 |
| 50 | Lee County | 18.09 |
| 51 | Johnston County | 17.44 |
| 52 | Montgomery County | 17.01 |
| 53 | Pamlico County | 16.9 |
| 54 | Rowan County | 16.24 |
| 55 | Onslow County | 13.97 |
| 56 | Pender County | 12.48 |
| 57 | New Hanover County | 12.01 |
| 58 | Iredell County | 11.91 |
| 59 | Union County | 11.76 |
| 60 | Stanly County | 11.36 |
| 61 | Orange County | 11.34 |
| 62 | Chatham County | 10.87 |
| 63 | Moore County | 10.72 |
| 64 | Davidson County | 10.17 |
| 65 | Camden County | 9.45 |
| 66 | Rutherford County | 9.38 |
| 67 | Brunswick County | 8.92 |
| 68 | Catawba County | 8.32 |
| 69 | Randolph County | 6.58 |
| 70 | Davie County | 6.26 |
| 71 | Burke County | 6.21 |
| 72 | Buncombe County | 5.76 |
| 72 | Lincoln County | 5.76 |
| 73 | Alexander County | 5.62 |
| 74 | Currituck County | 5.45 |
| 75 | Caldwell County | 5.03 |
| 76 | Carteret County | 4.96 |
| 77 | Wilkes County | 4.35 |
| 78 | Stokes County | 4.13 |
| 79 | Polk County | 4.01 |
| 80 | McDowell County | 3.95 |
| 81 | Avery County | 3.83 |
| 82 | Surry County | 3.7 |
| 83 | Yadkin County | 3.23 |
| 84 | Transylvania County | 3.11 |
| 85 | Henderson County | 3.03 |
| 86 | Dare County | 2.49 |
| 87 | Alleghany County | 2.43 |
| 88 | Jackson County | 2.24 |
| 89 | Swain County | 1.83 |
| 89 | Watauga County | 1.83 |
| 90 | Graham County | 1.69 |
| 91 | Cherokee County | 1.62 |
| 92 | Madison County | 1.51 |
| 93 | Macon County | 1.4 |
| 94 | Haywood County | 1.38 |
| 95 | Clay County | 1.34 |
| 96 | Mitchell County | 0.86 |
| 96 | Yancey County | 0.86 |
| 97 | Ashe County | 0.84 |