Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Two Or More Races Population in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all North Carolina counties, Wake County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Two Or More Races (25.64K), followed by Mecklenburg County (24.60K), and Cumberland County (15.19K).

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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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Two Or More Races Population in 2016
Wake
Mecklenburg
Cumberland
Guilford
Forsyth
Onslow
Durham
Buncombe
New Hanover
Cabarrus
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Two Or More Races Population in 2016
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Rank County Two Or More Races Population
1 Wake County 25640
2 Mecklenburg County 24602
3 Cumberland County 15194
4 Guilford County 12090
5 Forsyth County 8226
6 Onslow County 8175
7 Durham County 7552
8 Buncombe County 5222
9 New Hanover County 4555
10 Cabarrus County 4347
11 Harnett County 4322
12 Union County 4283
13 Gaston County 4261
14 Johnston County 3879
15 Orange County 3687
16 Pitt County 3653
17 Robeson County 3622
18 Alamance County 3367
19 Iredell County 3348
20 Wayne County 2927
21 Craven County 2907
22 Catawba County 2771
23 Davidson County 2651
24 Randolph County 2456
25 Rowan County 2355
26 Hoke County 2289
27 Brunswick County 2175
28 Henderson County 2008
29 Moore County 1871
30 Rockingham County 1788
31 Nash County 1605
32 Cleveland County 1596
33 Carteret County 1570
34 Burke County 1532
35 Lee County 1294
36 Wilson County 1285
37 Caldwell County 1281
38 Lincoln County 1248
39 Franklin County 1244
40 Chatham County 1237
41 Sampson County 1233
42 Rutherford County 1224
43 Pender County 1147
44 Granville County 1017
45 Richmond County 1005
46 Wilkes County 979
47 Pasquotank County 975
48 Columbus County 971
49 Duplin County 914
50 Jackson County 887
51 Surry County 877
52 Scotland County 854
53 Stanly County 844
54 Watauga County 810
55 Lenoir County 777
56 Haywood County 764
57 Davie County 745
58 Halifax County 703
59 Person County 698
60 Beaufort County 674
61 Vance County 669
62 Dare County 663
63 Cherokee County 657
64 Swain County 646
65 Edgecombe County 642
66 McDowell County 612
67 Transylvania County 599
68 Alexander County 560
69 Currituck County 538
69 Stokes County 538
70 Bladen County 533
71 Yadkin County 486
72 Montgomery County 427
73 Caswell County 410
74 Macon County 395
75 Anson County 365
76 Warren County 356
77 Hertford County 312
78 Polk County 293
79 Ashe County 280
80 Martin County 271
81 Madison County 268
82 Gates County 264
82 Greene County 264
83 Camden County 257
84 Northampton County 232
85 Bertie County 218
86 Perquimans County 205
87 Washington County 202
88 Chowan County 197
89 Jones County 192
90 Pamlico County 189
91 Graham County 176
92 Yancey County 174
93 Mitchell County 172
94 Avery County 163
94 Clay County 163
95 Alleghany County 147
96 Hyde County 80
97 Tyrrell County 79