Ranking of North Carolina Counties By White Alone Population in 2017
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all North Carolina counties, Wake County had the highest number of people who identified their race as White Alone (731.79K), followed by Mecklenburg County (622.02K), and Guilford County (299.71K).
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 White Alone Population in 2017
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| Rank | County | White Alone Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake County | 731791 |
| 2 | Mecklenburg County | 622018 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 299713 |
| 4 | Forsyth County | 250792 |
| 5 | Buncombe County | 230452 |
| 6 | Union County | 189679 |
| 7 | New Hanover County | 187245 |
| 8 | Gaston County | 172713 |
| 9 | Cumberland County | 170913 |
| 10 | Durham County | 166439 |
| 11 | Johnston County | 156144 |
| 12 | Cabarrus County | 153699 |
| 13 | Onslow County | 148780 |
| 14 | Iredell County | 145038 |
| 15 | Davidson County | 142398 |
| 16 | Catawba County | 132549 |
| 17 | Randolph County | 127316 |
| 18 | Alamance County | 121227 |
| 19 | Brunswick County | 112768 |
| 20 | Rowan County | 111791 |
| 21 | Orange County | 110269 |
| 22 | Henderson County | 106946 |
| 23 | Pitt County | 106270 |
| 24 | Harnett County | 94852 |
| 25 | Moore County | 80718 |
| 26 | Wayne County | 77747 |
| 27 | Burke County | 77508 |
| 28 | Lincoln County | 75607 |
| 29 | Caldwell County | 75369 |
| 30 | Cleveland County | 73781 |
| 31 | Craven County | 73683 |
| 32 | Rockingham County | 70591 |
| 33 | Surry County | 67200 |
| 34 | Wilkes County | 63638 |
| 35 | Carteret County | 61991 |
| 36 | Haywood County | 58791 |
| 37 | Chatham County | 58560 |
| 38 | Rutherford County | 58011 |
| 39 | Watauga County | 52474 |
| 40 | Nash County | 52054 |
| 41 | Stanly County | 51739 |
| 42 | Pender County | 49179 |
| 43 | Franklin County | 46433 |
| 44 | Wilson County | 45475 |
| 45 | Lee County | 45092 |
| 46 | Stokes County | 42860 |
| 47 | Sampson County | 42111 |
| 48 | McDowell County | 41783 |
| 49 | Duplin County | 41271 |
| 50 | Robeson County | 41138 |
| 51 | Granville County | 38199 |
| 52 | Davie County | 38111 |
| 53 | Jackson County | 36771 |
| 54 | Yadkin County | 35320 |
| 55 | Columbus County | 35318 |
| 56 | Dare County | 34110 |
| 57 | Beaufort County | 33762 |
| 58 | Alexander County | 33700 |
| 59 | Macon County | 32998 |
| 60 | Transylvania County | 31613 |
| 61 | Lenoir County | 31472 |
| 62 | Richmond County | 27619 |
| 63 | Person County | 27488 |
| 64 | Hoke County | 27020 |
| 65 | Cherokee County | 26204 |
| 66 | Ashe County | 25995 |
| 67 | Currituck County | 23892 |
| 68 | Pasquotank County | 23249 |
| 69 | Edgecombe County | 20914 |
| 70 | Montgomery County | 20887 |
| 71 | Madison County | 20785 |
| 72 | Halifax County | 20587 |
| 73 | Bladen County | 20154 |
| 74 | Vance County | 20124 |
| 75 | Polk County | 19091 |
| 76 | Yancey County | 17121 |
| 77 | Avery County | 16325 |
| 78 | Scotland County | 15797 |
| 79 | Caswell County | 14512 |
| 80 | Mitchell County | 14453 |
| 81 | Martin County | 12540 |
| 82 | Greene County | 12284 |
| 83 | Anson County | 11845 |
| 84 | Clay County | 10627 |
| 85 | Alleghany County | 10481 |
| 86 | Perquimans County | 10006 |
| 87 | Pamlico County | 9801 |
| 88 | Swain County | 9128 |
| 89 | Camden County | 8714 |
| 90 | Chowan County | 8712 |
| 91 | Hertford County | 8542 |
| 92 | Warren County | 8096 |
| 93 | Northampton County | 7947 |
| 94 | Graham County | 7597 |
| 95 | Gates County | 7446 |
| 96 | Bertie County | 6859 |
| 97 | Jones County | 6317 |
| 98 | Washington County | 5705 |
| 99 | Hyde County | 3549 |
| 100 | Tyrrell County | 2386 |