Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2010

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2010, among all North Carolina counties, Bertie County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (62.58%), followed by Hertford County (60.83%), and Northampton County (58.54%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.

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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2010
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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2010
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Bertie County 62.58
2 Hertford County 60.83
3 Northampton County 58.54
4 Edgecombe County 57.65
5 Halifax County 53.55
6 Warren County 52.56
7 Vance County 50.4
8 Washington County 50.26
9 Anson County 48.68
10 Martin County 43.58
11 Lenoir County 40.88
12 Wilson County 39.56
13 Durham County 38.9
14 Scotland County 38.82
15 Tyrrell County 38.48
16 Pasquotank County 38.11
17 Nash County 37.66
18 Greene County 37.6
19 Cumberland County 36.96
20 Bladen County 35.27
21 Pitt County 34.48
22 Chowan County 34.4
23 Hoke County 34.12
24 Caswell County 33.98
25 Gates County 33.32
26 Guilford County 33.1
27 Granville County 32.38
28 Jones County 32.36
29 Wayne County 31.88
30 Hyde County 31.75
31 Mecklenburg County 31.56
32 Richmond County 30.96
33 Columbus County 30.78
34 Sampson County 27.67
35 Franklin County 27.19
36 Forsyth County 27.17
37 Person County 27.11
38 Duplin County 26.11
39 Beaufort County 25.94
40 Perquimans County 24.87
41 Robeson County 24.64
42 Craven County 22.64
43 Harnett County 21.26
44 Wake County 21.23
45 Cleveland County 20.87
46 Lee County 20.41
47 Pamlico County 20.22
48 Montgomery County 19.15
49 Alamance County 19.13
50 Rockingham County 19.05
51 Pender County 17.83
52 Rowan County 16.5
53 Cabarrus County 15.82
54 Onslow County 15.81
55 Johnston County 15.56
56 Gaston County 15.5
57 New Hanover County 14.95
58 Chatham County 13.6
59 Moore County 13.49
60 Camden County 13.22
61 Orange County 12.17
62 Iredell County 12.15
63 Union County 12
64 Brunswick County 11.57
65 Stanly County 11.05
66 Rutherford County 10.21
67 Davidson County 9.07
68 Catawba County 8.62
69 Burke County 6.73
70 Buncombe County 6.5
71 Davie County 6.44
72 Carteret County 6.13
73 Randolph County 5.98
74 Currituck County 5.83
75 Lincoln County 5.67
76 Alexander County 5.6
77 Caldwell County 5.03
78 Polk County 4.48
79 Wilkes County 4.23
80 Stokes County 4.1
81 Avery County 4.07
82 Surry County 4
83 McDowell County 3.96
84 Transylvania County 3.94
85 Yadkin County 3.19
86 Henderson County 3.11
87 Dare County 2.58
88 Jackson County 1.92
89 Watauga County 1.74
90 Alleghany County 1.46
91 Macon County 1.45
92 Cherokee County 1.32
93 Madison County 1.17
94 Haywood County 1.08
95 Yancey County 0.95
96 Ashe County 0.76
97 Clay County 0.75
98 Swain County 0.6
99 Mitchell County 0.45
100 Graham County 0.2