Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2018
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all North Carolina counties, Ashe County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (96.91%), followed by Yancey County (96.61%), and Mitchell County (96.36%).
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
White Alone in 2018
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashe County | 96.91 |
| 2 | Yancey County | 96.61 |
| 3 | Mitchell County | 96.36 |
| 4 | Clay County | 96.11 |
| 4 | Madison County | 96.11 |
| 5 | Haywood County | 95.99 |
| 6 | Macon County | 95.28 |
| 7 | Alleghany County | 95.19 |
| 8 | Watauga County | 94.82 |
| 9 | Dare County | 94.04 |
| 10 | Yadkin County | 93.86 |
| 11 | Stokes County | 93.77 |
| 12 | Transylvania County | 93.5 |
| 13 | Cherokee County | 93.46 |
| 14 | Surry County | 93.07 |
| 15 | Avery County | 93.05 |
| 16 | Wilkes County | 92.88 |
| 17 | Polk County | 92.7 |
| 18 | Henderson County | 92.56 |
| 19 | McDowell County | 92.41 |
| 20 | Caldwell County | 91.7 |
| 21 | Lincoln County | 91.41 |
| 22 | Alexander County | 90.8 |
| 23 | Currituck County | 90.64 |
| 24 | Carteret County | 89.94 |
| 25 | Davie County | 89.93 |
| 26 | Buncombe County | 89.5 |
| 27 | Randolph County | 88.9 |
| 28 | Graham County | 88.59 |
| 29 | Rutherford County | 87.03 |
| 30 | Brunswick County | 86.32 |
| 31 | Burke County | 85.99 |
| 32 | Davidson County | 85.8 |
| 33 | Jackson County | 85.15 |
| 34 | Stanly County | 84.2 |
| 35 | Catawba County | 83.83 |
| 36 | Moore County | 83.02 |
| 37 | Camden County | 82.96 |
| 38 | Iredell County | 82.4 |
| 39 | Chatham County | 82.19 |
| 40 | New Hanover County | 82.05 |
| 41 | Union County | 81.55 |
| 42 | Pender County | 81.13 |
| 43 | Rowan County | 79.54 |
| 44 | Johnston County | 78.95 |
| 45 | Gaston County | 77.97 |
| 46 | Pamlico County | 77.6 |
| 47 | Rockingham County | 77.57 |
| 48 | Orange County | 76.85 |
| 49 | Montgomery County | 76.67 |
| 50 | Onslow County | 76.21 |
| 51 | Cleveland County | 75.78 |
| 52 | Lee County | 74.46 |
| 53 | Perquimans County | 74.24 |
| 54 | Alamance County | 73.74 |
| 55 | Cabarrus County | 73.23 |
| 56 | Craven County | 71.78 |
| 57 | Beaufort County | 71.73 |
| 58 | Harnett County | 71.39 |
| 59 | Franklin County | 70.17 |
| 60 | Duplin County | 70.03 |
| 61 | Person County | 69.68 |
| 62 | Hyde County | 69.18 |
| 63 | Wake County | 67.98 |
| 64 | Forsyth County | 66.58 |
| 65 | Sampson County | 66.33 |
| 66 | Jones County | 66.14 |
| 67 | Gates County | 65.19 |
| 68 | Granville County | 64.39 |
| 69 | Caswell County | 64.34 |
| 70 | Swain County | 63.61 |
| 71 | Columbus County | 63.15 |
| 72 | Wayne County | 62.87 |
| 73 | Chowan County | 62.57 |
| 74 | Richmond County | 61.21 |
| 75 | Bladen County | 60.58 |
| 76 | Pitt County | 59.1 |
| 77 | Greene County | 58.65 |
| 78 | Pasquotank County | 58.62 |
| 79 | Mecklenburg County | 57.33 |
| 80 | Tyrrell County | 56.7 |
| 81 | Guilford County | 56.18 |
| 82 | Wilson County | 55.91 |
| 83 | Lenoir County | 55.17 |
| 84 | Martin County | 54.95 |
| 85 | Nash County | 54.71 |
| 86 | Durham County | 53.6 |
| 87 | Cumberland County | 51.11 |
| 88 | Hoke County | 49.3 |
| 89 | Washington County | 47.66 |
| 90 | Anson County | 47.61 |
| 91 | Vance County | 44.9 |
| 92 | Scotland County | 44.68 |
| 93 | Warren County | 40.6 |
| 94 | Northampton County | 40.13 |
| 95 | Halifax County | 40.05 |
| 96 | Edgecombe County | 39.6 |
| 97 | Bertie County | 35.78 |
| 98 | Hertford County | 35.38 |
| 99 | Robeson County | 30.75 |