Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all North Carolina counties, Mecklenburg County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (369.48K), followed by Wake County (239.69K), and Guilford County (194.62K).
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 Black or African American Alone Population in 2021
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| Rank | County | Black or African American Alone Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 369478 |
| 2 | Wake County | 239689 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 194623 |
| 4 | Cumberland County | 134567 |
| 5 | Durham County | 116600 |
| 6 | Forsyth County | 106535 |
| 7 | Pitt County | 62485 |
| 8 | Cabarrus County | 48978 |
| 9 | Gaston County | 43824 |
| 10 | Johnston County | 41306 |
| 11 | Nash County | 39786 |
| 12 | Wayne County | 38139 |
| 13 | Alamance County | 37974 |
| 14 | Onslow County | 31940 |
| 15 | Wilson County | 31549 |
| 16 | Union County | 30506 |
| 17 | Harnett County | 30174 |
| 18 | New Hanover County | 29873 |
| 19 | Edgecombe County | 27713 |
| 20 | Robeson County | 27450 |
| 21 | Halifax County | 25968 |
| 22 | Rowan County | 24966 |
| 23 | Iredell County | 23966 |
| 24 | Lenoir County | 22795 |
| 25 | Vance County | 21714 |
| 26 | Craven County | 21320 |
| 27 | Cleveland County | 20988 |
| 28 | Granville County | 19248 |
| 29 | Hoke County | 19077 |
| 30 | Franklin County | 18479 |
| 31 | Davidson County | 17859 |
| 32 | Rockingham County | 17446 |
| 33 | Orange County | 17401 |
| 34 | Buncombe County | 16771 |
| 35 | Sampson County | 15462 |
| 36 | Columbus County | 15144 |
| 37 | Pasquotank County | 14712 |
| 38 | Catawba County | 14440 |
| 39 | Richmond County | 13871 |
| 40 | Brunswick County | 13742 |
| 41 | Scotland County | 13699 |
| 42 | Duplin County | 12445 |
| 43 | Lee County | 12418 |
| 44 | Moore County | 11863 |
| 45 | Hertford County | 11812 |
| 46 | Beaufort County | 10696 |
| 47 | Bertie County | 10582 |
| 48 | Anson County | 10493 |
| 49 | Person County | 10433 |
| 50 | Randolph County | 10098 |
| 51 | Bladen County | 9903 |
| 52 | Northampton County | 9679 |
| 53 | Warren County | 9450 |
| 54 | Chatham County | 9246 |
| 55 | Martin County | 9178 |
| 56 | Pender County | 8611 |
| 57 | Greene County | 7654 |
| 58 | Stanly County | 7315 |
| 59 | Caswell County | 7276 |
| 60 | Rutherford County | 6426 |
| 61 | Burke County | 5658 |
| 62 | Lincoln County | 5359 |
| 63 | Washington County | 5347 |
| 64 | Montgomery County | 4762 |
| 65 | Chowan County | 4594 |
| 66 | Caldwell County | 4403 |
| 67 | Henderson County | 3946 |
| 68 | Carteret County | 3688 |
| 69 | Gates County | 3177 |
| 70 | Wilkes County | 3112 |
| 71 | Surry County | 3041 |
| 72 | Davie County | 2922 |
| 73 | Perquimans County | 2842 |
| 74 | Jones County | 2727 |
| 75 | Pamlico County | 2325 |
| 76 | Alexander County | 2183 |
| 77 | Stokes County | 1916 |
| 78 | McDowell County | 1892 |
| 79 | Currituck County | 1714 |
| 80 | Hyde County | 1353 |
| 81 | Yadkin County | 1342 |
| 82 | Camden County | 1184 |
| 83 | Watauga County | 1139 |
| 84 | Transylvania County | 1107 |
| 85 | Dare County | 1094 |
| 86 | Tyrrell County | 1065 |
| 87 | Jackson County | 999 |
| 88 | Haywood County | 953 |
| 89 | Polk County | 857 |
| 90 | Avery County | 745 |
| 91 | Macon County | 685 |
| 92 | Cherokee County | 501 |
| 93 | Madison County | 329 |
| 94 | Alleghany County | 320 |
| 95 | Ashe County | 301 |
| 96 | Swain County | 261 |
| 97 | Yancey County | 203 |
| 98 | Clay County | 175 |
| 99 | Graham County | 140 |
| 100 | Mitchell County | 135 |