Wake, North Carolina Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020

Updated on February 22, 2026.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among Wake, NC population of 860,079 people, 60.00% of them (516,011 people) identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic - White Alone, 18.07% of them (155,438 people) identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone, and 8.25% of them (70,987 people) identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic - Asian Alone.

The first chart below shows the voting-age population by ethnicity and the second chart shows the percentage of the voting-age population for each ethnicity. You can also find the information in a table below.

You can see similar information for other North Carolina counties and also for the state of North Carolina.

Wake, NC Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020
Non-Hispanic - White Alone
Non-Hispanic - Black Alone
Non-Hispanic - Asian Alone
Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone
Non-Hispanic - Two or More Races
Hispanic - Two or More Races
Hispanic - White Alone
Percentage of Wake, NC Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020
Non-Hispanic - White Alone
Non-Hispanic - Black Alone
Non-Hispanic - Asian Alone
Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone
Non-Hispanic - Two or More Races
Hispanic - Two or More Races
Hispanic - White Alone
Wake, NC Voting-age Population By Ethnicity in Census 2020
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Ethnicity Voting-age Population % of County Voting-age Population
Non-Hispanic - White Alone 516011 60.00
Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone 155438 18.07
Non-Hispanic - Asian Alone 70987 8.25
Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone 41042 4.77
Non-Hispanic - Two Or More Races 26908 3.13
Hispanic - Two Or More Races 26459 3.08
Hispanic - White Alone 12107 1.41
Non-Hispanic - Some Other Race Alone 4060 0.47
Hispanic - Black or African American Alone 2224 0.26
Non-Hispanic - American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 2123 0.25
Hispanic - American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 2043 0.24
Non-Hispanic - Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 355 0.04
Hispanic - Asian Alone 236 0.03
Hispanic - Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 86 0.01