Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2015
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all North Carolina counties, Wake County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (623.29K), followed by Mecklenburg County (497.21K), and Guilford County (267.66K).
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 Non-Hispanic White Population in 2015
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| Rank | County | Non-Hispanic White Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake County | 623288 |
| 2 | Mecklenburg County | 497210 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 267659 |
| 4 | Forsyth County | 211862 |
| 5 | Buncombe County | 211611 |
| 6 | New Hanover County | 169345 |
| 7 | Union County | 163138 |
| 8 | Gaston County | 157904 |
| 9 | Cumberland County | 148711 |
| 10 | Cabarrus County | 134433 |
| 11 | Davidson County | 132677 |
| 12 | Iredell County | 130063 |
| 13 | Onslow County | 129431 |
| 14 | Johnston County | 127826 |
| 15 | Durham County | 127036 |
| 16 | Catawba County | 118845 |
| 17 | Randolph County | 114193 |
| 18 | Alamance County | 102523 |
| 19 | Rowan County | 101205 |
| 20 | Brunswick County | 100025 |
| 21 | Orange County | 98606 |
| 22 | Pitt County | 97780 |
| 23 | Henderson County | 94177 |
| 24 | Harnett County | 79961 |
| 25 | Burke County | 73383 |
| 26 | Moore County | 72715 |
| 27 | Caldwell County | 71895 |
| 28 | Cleveland County | 71205 |
| 29 | Lincoln County | 68896 |
| 30 | Craven County | 68124 |
| 31 | Wayne County | 67477 |
| 32 | Rockingham County | 66858 |
| 33 | Surry County | 60872 |
| 34 | Wilkes County | 60053 |
| 35 | Carteret County | 59413 |
| 36 | Rutherford County | 55618 |
| 37 | Haywood County | 55605 |
| 38 | Stanly County | 49267 |
| 39 | Chatham County | 49053 |
| 40 | Watauga County | 49016 |
| 41 | Nash County | 47898 |
| 42 | Pender County | 43055 |
| 43 | Stokes County | 42189 |
| 44 | Franklin County | 40676 |
| 45 | McDowell County | 39627 |
| 46 | Wilson County | 39036 |
| 47 | Davie County | 35444 |
| 48 | Robeson County | 34830 |
| 49 | Lee County | 34711 |
| 50 | Granville County | 34032 |
| 51 | Columbus County | 33885 |
| 52 | Jackson County | 33537 |
| 53 | Sampson County | 32874 |
| 54 | Alexander County | 32188 |
| 55 | Yadkin County | 31951 |
| 56 | Beaufort County | 31273 |
| 57 | Dare County | 31215 |
| 58 | Duplin County | 30666 |
| 59 | Macon County | 30605 |
| 60 | Transylvania County | 30010 |
| 61 | Lenoir County | 28720 |
| 62 | Richmond County | 26193 |
| 63 | Person County | 26153 |
| 64 | Cherokee County | 24877 |
| 65 | Ashe County | 24708 |
| 66 | Currituck County | 22008 |
| 67 | Pasquotank County | 21713 |
| 68 | Hoke County | 21663 |
| 69 | Halifax County | 20230 |
| 70 | Madison County | 19954 |
| 71 | Edgecombe County | 19622 |
| 72 | Bladen County | 18619 |
| 73 | Vance County | 17979 |
| 74 | Polk County | 17949 |
| 75 | Montgomery County | 17391 |
| 76 | Yancey County | 16303 |
| 77 | Avery County | 15602 |
| 78 | Scotland County | 15498 |
| 79 | Caswell County | 14000 |
| 80 | Mitchell County | 13974 |
| 81 | Martin County | 12089 |
| 82 | Anson County | 11451 |
| 83 | Clay County | 10035 |
| 84 | Greene County | 9939 |
| 85 | Perquimans County | 9751 |
| 86 | Alleghany County | 9457 |
| 87 | Pamlico County | 9448 |
| 88 | Swain County | 8985 |
| 89 | Chowan County | 8604 |
| 90 | Camden County | 8277 |
| 91 | Hertford County | 8196 |
| 92 | Northampton County | 7928 |
| 93 | Warren County | 7762 |
| 94 | Graham County | 7491 |
| 95 | Gates County | 7223 |
| 96 | Bertie County | 6925 |
| 97 | Jones County | 6118 |
| 98 | Washington County | 5498 |
| 99 | Hyde County | 3315 |
| 100 | Tyrrell County | 2153 |