Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all North Carolina counties, Mecklenburg County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (289.33K), followed by Wake County (189.82K), and Guilford County (161.18K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.

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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2011
Mecklenburg
Wake
Guilford
Cumberland
Durham
Forsyth
Pitt
Wayne
Nash
Robeson
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2011
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Mecklenburg County 289325
2 Wake County 189822
3 Guilford County 161184
4 Cumberland County 116306
5 Durham County 104944
6 Forsyth County 90828
7 Pitt County 58054
8 Wayne County 38778
9 Nash County 36120
10 Robeson County 32744
11 Edgecombe County 32216
12 Wilson County 31645
13 Gaston County 31456
14 New Hanover County 29768
15 Halifax County 28712
16 Alamance County 28415
17 Cabarrus County 27691
18 Onslow County 27159
19 Johnston County 25821
20 Harnett County 24523
21 Lenoir County 23958
22 Union County 23675
23 Craven County 22622
24 Vance County 22599
25 Rowan County 21909
26 Cleveland County 20161
27 Iredell County 18956
28 Granville County 18150
29 Rockingham County 17480
30 Columbus County 17456
31 Sampson County 16907
32 Hoke County 16217
33 Franklin County 16042
34 Orange County 15914
35 Buncombe County 15176
36 Pasquotank County 15015
37 Duplin County 14935
38 Hertford County 14880
39 Davidson County 14458
40 Richmond County 14230
41 Scotland County 14057
42 Anson County 12910
43 Bertie County 12905
44 Catawba County 12884
45 Northampton County 12742
46 Brunswick County 12317
47 Bladen County 12057
48 Beaufort County 12051
49 Moore County 11776
50 Lee County 11504
51 Warren County 10918
52 Person County 10609
53 Martin County 10406
54 Pender County 9251
55 Chatham County 8324
56 Randolph County 7960
57 Caswell County 7901
58 Greene County 7856
59 Rutherford County 6725
60 Stanly County 6568
61 Washington County 6383
62 Burke County 5940
63 Montgomery County 5190
64 Chowan County 5065
65 Lincoln County 4226
66 Carteret County 4042
67 Gates County 3999
68 Caldwell County 3977
69 Perquimans County 3319
70 Henderson County 3212
71 Jones County 3200
72 Wilkes County 2807
73 Pamlico County 2637
74 Surry County 2636
75 Davie County 2540
76 Alexander County 1959
77 Stokes County 1883
78 Hyde County 1819
79 McDowell County 1672
80 Tyrrell County 1621
81 Currituck County 1334
82 Camden County 1293
83 Transylvania County 1243
84 Yadkin County 1153
85 Polk County 855
86 Dare County 826
87 Watauga County 817
88 Avery County 738
89 Jackson County 716
90 Haywood County 618
91 Macon County 418
92 Cherokee County 320
93 Madison County 260
94 Ashe County 155
95 Alleghany County 135
96 Yancey County 126
97 Swain County 95
98 Clay County 82
99 Mitchell County 61
100 Graham County 17