Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic White Population in 2020
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all North Carolina counties, Wake County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (661.38K), followed by Mecklenburg County (502.32K), and Guilford County (258.84K).
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 2020
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| Rank | County | Non-Hispanic White Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake County | 661377 |
| 2 | Mecklenburg County | 502318 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 258838 |
| 4 | Buncombe County | 221480 |
| 5 | Forsyth County | 211624 |
| 6 | New Hanover County | 172073 |
| 7 | Union County | 166999 |
| 8 | Gaston County | 158922 |
| 9 | Johnston County | 140940 |
| 10 | Iredell County | 140465 |
| 11 | Cumberland County | 140023 |
| 12 | Cabarrus County | 139248 |
| 13 | Durham County | 137803 |
| 14 | Onslow County | 136037 |
| 15 | Davidson County | 132388 |
| 16 | Catawba County | 118837 |
| 17 | Brunswick County | 113483 |
| 18 | Randolph County | 111136 |
| 19 | Alamance County | 104962 |
| 20 | Rowan County | 103137 |
| 21 | Orange County | 97117 |
| 22 | Henderson County | 93956 |
| 23 | Pitt County | 90232 |
| 24 | Harnett County | 79905 |
| 25 | Moore County | 76986 |
| 26 | Lincoln County | 73806 |
| 27 | Cleveland County | 71912 |
| 28 | Burke County | 70014 |
| 29 | Caldwell County | 69652 |
| 30 | Craven County | 65652 |
| 31 | Rockingham County | 65338 |
| 32 | Wayne County | 60828 |
| 33 | Surry County | 58756 |
| 34 | Carteret County | 58476 |
| 35 | Wilkes County | 57024 |
| 36 | Haywood County | 57000 |
| 37 | Chatham County | 54391 |
| 38 | Rutherford County | 53105 |
| 39 | Stanly County | 50244 |
| 40 | Watauga County | 48125 |
| 41 | Nash County | 45707 |
| 42 | Pender County | 45483 |
| 43 | Franklin County | 42989 |
| 44 | Stokes County | 40440 |
| 45 | McDowell County | 38663 |
| 46 | Wilson County | 36288 |
| 47 | Lee County | 36110 |
| 48 | Davie County | 35600 |
| 49 | Granville County | 34457 |
| 50 | Jackson County | 33567 |
| 51 | Dare County | 32425 |
| 52 | Macon County | 32117 |
| 53 | Alexander County | 31419 |
| 54 | Yadkin County | 31049 |
| 55 | Columbus County | 29983 |
| 56 | Beaufort County | 29714 |
| 57 | Sampson County | 29506 |
| 58 | Transylvania County | 29318 |
| 59 | Robeson County | 28122 |
| 60 | Lenoir County | 26744 |
| 61 | Cherokee County | 26256 |
| 62 | Person County | 25594 |
| 63 | Duplin County | 24935 |
| 64 | Currituck County | 24558 |
| 65 | Ashe County | 24373 |
| 66 | Richmond County | 23833 |
| 67 | Pasquotank County | 22095 |
| 68 | Hoke County | 19940 |
| 69 | Madison County | 19759 |
| 70 | Halifax County | 18437 |
| 71 | Edgecombe County | 17328 |
| 72 | Polk County | 17048 |
| 73 | Yancey County | 17029 |
| 74 | Montgomery County | 16368 |
| 75 | Vance County | 16269 |
| 76 | Bladen County | 16066 |
| 77 | Avery County | 15700 |
| 78 | Scotland County | 14327 |
| 79 | Mitchell County | 13760 |
| 80 | Caswell County | 13743 |
| 81 | Martin County | 11433 |
| 82 | Clay County | 10295 |
| 83 | Anson County | 9890 |
| 84 | Greene County | 9515 |
| 85 | Perquimans County | 9492 |
| 86 | Alleghany County | 9155 |
| 87 | Pamlico County | 9110 |
| 88 | Swain County | 8678 |
| 89 | Camden County | 8402 |
| 90 | Chowan County | 8225 |
| 91 | Warren County | 7118 |
| 92 | Graham County | 6881 |
| 93 | Hertford County | 6849 |
| 94 | Northampton County | 6787 |
| 95 | Gates County | 6641 |
| 96 | Bertie County | 6155 |
| 97 | Jones County | 5796 |
| 98 | Washington County | 4913 |
| 99 | Hyde County | 2824 |
| 100 | Tyrrell County | 1824 |