North Carolina Non-Hispanic White alone Population By County in 2023
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, there were 6,573,391 people that identified as Non-Hispanic White alone in North Carolina and they represented 60.67% of the total population of North Carolina in 2023. Wake County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic White alone population (679,895), followed by Mecklenburg County (511,216), and Guilford County (254,935). On the other hand, Tyrrell County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic White alone (1,869), followed by Hyde County (2,796), and Washington County (4,869).
When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identified as Non-Hispanic White alone, Madison County had the highest percentage (92.24%), followed by Clay County (91.47%), and Yancey County (91.36%).
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Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's Non-Hispanic White alone population. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.
| County | Non-Hispanic White alone Population | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 104955 | 58.58 |
| Alexander | 31123 | 85.33 |
| Alleghany | 9514 | 83.88 |
| Anson | 9715 | 44.37 |
| Ashe | 24602 | 90.91 |
| Avery | 15366 | 87.5 |
| Beaufort | 29681 | 66.73 |
| Bertie | 5923 | 35 |
| Bladen | 15924 | 54.01 |
| Brunswick | 131779 | 82.38 |
| Buncombe | 225697 | 81.8 |
| Burke | 70026 | 79.27 |
| Cabarrus | 136259 | 56.77 |
| Caldwell | 68689 | 85.25 |
| Camden | 9019 | 80.98 |
| Carteret | 60148 | 86.4 |
| Caswell | 13945 | 61.14 |
| Catawba | 119877 | 72.81 |
| Chatham | 57842 | 70.86 |
| Cherokee | 26923 | 89.87 |
| Chowan | 8523 | 61.36 |
| Clay | 10852 | 91.47 |
| Cleveland | 72073 | 71.09 |
| Columbus | 29718 | 59.29 |
| Craven | 67639 | 66.06 |
| Cumberland | 135059 | 39.97 |
| Currituck | 26795 | 84.81 |
| Dare | 33149 | 86.98 |
| Davidson | 133306 | 76.26 |
| Davie | 36603 | 82.07 |
| Duplin | 24927 | 50.34 |
| Durham | 144695 | 42.95 |
| Edgecombe | 17021 | 34.86 |
| Forsyth | 212330 | 54.04 |
| Franklin | 46668 | 60.61 |
| Gaston | 157511 | 66.39 |
| Gates | 6649 | 64.29 |
| Graham | 6824 | 84.75 |
| Granville | 34548 | 55.55 |
| Greene | 9326 | 45.43 |
| Guilford | 254935 | 46.36 |
| Halifax | 17832 | 37.7 |
| Harnett | 82554 | 58.35 |
| Haywood | 57104 | 90.69 |
| Henderson | 95852 | 80.39 |
| Hertford | 6376 | 32.78 |
| Hoke | 19825 | 36.41 |
| Hyde | 2796 | 60.69 |
| Iredell | 146455 | 73.33 |
| Jackson | 35313 | 79.22 |
| Johnston | 148934 | 61.55 |
| Jones | 5973 | 63.54 |
| Lee | 37691 | 56.21 |
| Lenoir | 26152 | 47.64 |
| Lincoln | 79141 | 82.72 |
| McDowell | 38594 | 85.97 |
| Macon | 32872 | 85.58 |
| Madison | 20358 | 92.24 |
| Martin | 11202 | 52.23 |
| Mecklenburg | 511216 | 43.93 |
| Mitchell | 13652 | 91.02 |
| Montgomery | 16591 | 63.6 |
| Moore | 82370 | 77.06 |
| Nash | 45226 | 46.84 |
| New Hanover | 182258 | 76.31 |
| Northampton | 6651 | 39.79 |
| Onslow | 139175 | 65.13 |
| Orange | 101499 | 67.39 |
| Pamlico | 9210 | 74.14 |
| Pasquotank | 22577 | 54.48 |
| Pender | 51976 | 75.85 |
| Perquimans | 9772 | 73.05 |
| Person | 25622 | 64.48 |
| Pitt | 90690 | 51.79 |
| Polk | 17475 | 87.11 |
| Randolph | 110544 | 74.97 |
| Richmond | 23086 | 54.55 |
| Robeson | 27110 | 23.1 |
| Rockingham | 65460 | 70.75 |
| Rowan | 103401 | 68.18 |
| Rutherford | 53501 | 81.67 |
| Sampson | 29365 | 49.27 |
| Scotland | 13921 | 40.5 |
| Stanly | 51543 | 78.45 |
| Stokes | 40712 | 89.41 |
| Surry | 58253 | 81.52 |
| Swain | 8222 | 59.08 |
| Transylvania | 29683 | 88.48 |
| Tyrrell | 1869 | 54 |
| Union | 171750 | 66.97 |
| Vance | 15805 | 37.36 |
| Wake | 679895 | 57.12 |
| Warren | 7370 | 39.13 |
| Washington | 4869 | 45.45 |
| Watauga | 48840 | 89.21 |
| Wayne | 60561 | 51.03 |
| Wilkes | 56518 | 85.62 |
| Wilson | 35669 | 45.17 |
| Yadkin | 31000 | 82.07 |
| Yancey | 17302 | 91.36 |