Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2018
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all North Carolina counties, Wake County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (654.22K), followed by Mecklenburg County (509.45K), and Guilford County (266.06K).
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 2018
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| Rank | County | Non-Hispanic White Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake County | 654222 |
| 2 | Mecklenburg County | 509446 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 266063 |
| 4 | Buncombe County | 217084 |
| 5 | Forsyth County | 214610 |
| 6 | New Hanover County | 180040 |
| 7 | Union County | 169571 |
| 8 | Gaston County | 159977 |
| 9 | Cumberland County | 142580 |
| 10 | Johnston County | 136838 |
| 11 | Cabarrus County | 136804 |
| 12 | Durham County | 135490 |
| 13 | Iredell County | 135238 |
| 14 | Davidson County | 132823 |
| 15 | Onslow County | 129931 |
| 16 | Catawba County | 119242 |
| 17 | Randolph County | 112871 |
| 18 | Brunswick County | 112641 |
| 19 | Alamance County | 105617 |
| 20 | Orange County | 103187 |
| 21 | Rowan County | 101204 |
| 22 | Pitt County | 97355 |
| 23 | Henderson County | 97092 |
| 24 | Harnett County | 82326 |
| 25 | Moore County | 76422 |
| 26 | Burke County | 73556 |
| 27 | Lincoln County | 71722 |
| 28 | Caldwell County | 71519 |
| 29 | Cleveland County | 71048 |
| 30 | Craven County | 67535 |
| 31 | Wayne County | 65691 |
| 32 | Rockingham County | 65650 |
| 33 | Carteret County | 60162 |
| 34 | Surry County | 60113 |
| 35 | Wilkes County | 59623 |
| 36 | Haywood County | 57453 |
| 37 | Rutherford County | 55408 |
| 38 | Chatham County | 52767 |
| 39 | Watauga County | 51483 |
| 40 | Stanly County | 50122 |
| 41 | Pender County | 46775 |
| 42 | Nash County | 46347 |
| 43 | Franklin County | 42876 |
| 44 | Stokes County | 41364 |
| 45 | McDowell County | 39784 |
| 46 | Wilson County | 38325 |
| 47 | Davie County | 35774 |
| 48 | Lee County | 35530 |
| 49 | Jackson County | 35120 |
| 50 | Granville County | 34864 |
| 51 | Columbus County | 33054 |
| 52 | Robeson County | 32826 |
| 53 | Alexander County | 32293 |
| 54 | Dare County | 32123 |
| 55 | Sampson County | 32005 |
| 56 | Yadkin County | 31566 |
| 57 | Macon County | 31356 |
| 58 | Beaufort County | 30943 |
| 59 | Transylvania County | 30898 |
| 60 | Duplin County | 30324 |
| 61 | Lenoir County | 27479 |
| 62 | Person County | 26116 |
| 63 | Cherokee County | 25798 |
| 64 | Richmond County | 25328 |
| 65 | Ashe County | 25047 |
| 66 | Currituck County | 23641 |
| 67 | Pasquotank County | 21655 |
| 68 | Hoke County | 21534 |
| 69 | Madison County | 20360 |
| 70 | Halifax County | 19374 |
| 71 | Edgecombe County | 18765 |
| 72 | Bladen County | 18205 |
| 73 | Polk County | 18074 |
| 74 | Vance County | 17429 |
| 75 | Montgomery County | 17158 |
| 76 | Yancey County | 16527 |
| 77 | Avery County | 15525 |
| 78 | Scotland County | 14896 |
| 79 | Caswell County | 13856 |
| 80 | Mitchell County | 13794 |
| 81 | Martin County | 11766 |
| 82 | Anson County | 10896 |
| 83 | Clay County | 10358 |
| 84 | Greene County | 9857 |
| 85 | Perquimans County | 9717 |
| 86 | Alleghany County | 9651 |
| 87 | Pamlico County | 9362 |
| 88 | Swain County | 8727 |
| 89 | Camden County | 8571 |
| 90 | Chowan County | 8407 |
| 91 | Hertford County | 7871 |
| 92 | Northampton County | 7649 |
| 93 | Warren County | 7611 |
| 94 | Gates County | 7311 |
| 95 | Graham County | 7300 |
| 96 | Bertie County | 6591 |
| 97 | Jones County | 5920 |
| 98 | Washington County | 5251 |
| 99 | Hyde County | 3059 |
| 100 | Tyrrell County | 2040 |