Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Black or African American Alone Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the North Carolina Black or African American Alone population (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher was 332,695. Among all North Carolina counties, Mecklenburg County had the highest Black or African American Alone population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher (74,836), followed by Wake County (51,145), and Guilford County (30,081).
The chart below shows the top 10 North Carolina counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.
You can see similar information for other educational attainments, and for other races and ethnicities.
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| Rank | County | Number of People |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 74836 |
| 2 | Wake County | 51145 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 30081 |
| 4 | Durham County | 26743 |
| 5 | Cumberland County | 18452 |
| 6 | Forsyth County | 14680 |
| 7 | Cabarrus County | 7893 |
| 8 | Pitt County | 6117 |
| 9 | Union County | 5039 |
| 10 | Johnston County | 4840 |
| 11 | New Hanover County | 4719 |
| 12 | Gaston County | 4613 |
| 13 | Onslow County | 4075 |
| 14 | Alamance County | 3956 |
| 15 | Harnett County | 3828 |
| 16 | Nash County | 3694 |
| 17 | Wayne County | 3412 |
| 18 | Orange County | 3078 |
| 19 | Iredell County | 2588 |
| 20 | Granville County | 2471 |
| 21 | Edgecombe County | 2444 |
| 22 | Pasquotank County | 2356 |
| 23 | Rowan County | 2335 |
| 24 | Wilson County | 2271 |
| 25 | Robeson County | 2141 |
| 26 | Vance County | 2013 |
| 27 | Halifax County | 1988 |
| 28 | Franklin County | 1856 |
| 29 | Hoke County | 1837 |
| 30 | Buncombe County | 1825 |
| 31 | Craven County | 1776 |
| 32 | Brunswick County | 1725 |
| 33 | Moore County | 1576 |
| 34 | Cleveland County | 1515 |
| 35 | Davidson County | 1478 |
| 36 | Lenoir County | 1477 |
| 37 | Sampson County | 1374 |
| 38 | Rockingham County | 1348 |
| 39 | Hertford County | 1299 |
| 40 | Chatham County | 1263 |
| 41 | Lee County | 1249 |
| 42 | Bertie County | 1159 |
| 43 | Richmond County | 1079 |
| 44 | Catawba County | 955 |
| 45 | Scotland County | 907 |
| 46 | Bladen County | 866 |
| 47 | Northampton County | 850 |
| 48 | Pender County | 831 |
| 49 | Columbus County | 792 |
| 50 | Randolph County | 788 |
| 51 | Duplin County | 700 |
| 52 | Martin County | 682 |
| 53 | Person County | 608 |
| 54 | Warren County | 571 |
| 55 | Caswell County | 558 |
| 56 | Henderson County | 479 |
| 57 | Anson County | 465 |
| 58 | Currituck County | 380 |
| 59 | Montgomery County | 376 |
| 60 | Lincoln County | 364 |
| 61 | Stanly County | 350 |
| 62 | Caldwell County | 349 |
| 62 | Rutherford County | 349 |
| 63 | Washington County | 336 |
| 64 | Greene County | 324 |
| 65 | Beaufort County | 307 |
| 66 | Chowan County | 300 |
| 67 | Carteret County | 298 |
| 68 | Camden County | 284 |
| 69 | Perquimans County | 269 |
| 70 | Jones County | 238 |
| 71 | Gates County | 225 |
| 72 | Dare County | 208 |
| 73 | Wilkes County | 206 |
| 74 | Surry County | 203 |
| 75 | Burke County | 195 |
| 76 | Watauga County | 184 |
| 77 | Transylvania County | 177 |
| 78 | Stokes County | 157 |
| 79 | Pamlico County | 150 |
| 80 | Haywood County | 129 |
| 81 | Davie County | 106 |
| 82 | Jackson County | 89 |
| 83 | Polk County | 68 |
| 84 | McDowell County | 65 |
| 85 | Tyrrell County | 58 |
| 86 | Alleghany County | 51 |
| 87 | Clay County | 40 |
| 88 | Ashe County | 39 |
| 89 | Madison County | 37 |
| 90 | Yadkin County | 35 |
| 91 | Cherokee County | 19 |
| 92 | Macon County | 11 |
| 92 | Yancey County | 11 |
| 93 | Hyde County | 8 |
| 94 | Avery County | 4 |
| 95 | Alexander County | 0 |
| 95 | Graham County | 0 |
| 95 | Mitchell County | 0 |
| 95 | Swain County | 0 |
