Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2014

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2014, among all North Carolina counties, Bertie County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (62.22%), followed by Hertford County (60.55%), and Northampton County (58.51%).

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 2014
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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2014
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Bertie County 62.22
2 Hertford County 60.55
3 Northampton County 58.51
4 Edgecombe County 58.17
5 Halifax County 53.56
6 Warren County 51.93
7 Vance County 51.05
8 Washington County 49.15
9 Anson County 49.07
10 Martin County 42.84
11 Lenoir County 41.4
12 Wilson County 40.26
13 Nash County 39.71
14 Scotland County 39.39
15 Durham County 38.99
16 Cumberland County 37.54
17 Greene County 37.47
18 Pasquotank County 37.27
19 Tyrrell County 36.34
20 Pitt County 34.93
21 Bladen County 34.89
22 Hoke County 34.53
23 Chowan County 34.29
24 Guilford County 34.11
25 Caswell County 33.37
26 Gates County 33.16
27 Mecklenburg County 32.46
28 Wayne County 32.37
29 Granville County 32.26
30 Richmond County 31.65
31 Jones County 31
32 Columbus County 30.62
33 Hyde County 29.18
34 Forsyth County 27.31
35 Person County 27.21
36 Sampson County 27.15
37 Franklin County 26.96
38 Duplin County 26.18
39 Beaufort County 25.54
40 Robeson County 24.63
41 Perquimans County 24.15
42 Harnett County 21.71
43 Craven County 21.67
44 Wake County 21.34
45 Cleveland County 20.79
46 Lee County 20.26
47 Pamlico County 19.76
48 Alamance County 19.61
49 Montgomery County 19.05
50 Rockingham County 18.99
51 Cabarrus County 17.07
52 Pender County 16.62
53 Rowan County 16.59
54 Johnston County 16
55 Gaston County 15.99
56 Onslow County 15.72
57 New Hanover County 14.63
58 Chatham County 13.18
59 Moore County 12.99
60 Camden County 12.48
61 Orange County 12.11
62 Union County 12.08
63 Iredell County 12.03
64 Stanly County 11.27
65 Brunswick County 11.12
66 Rutherford County 9.94
67 Davidson County 9.36
68 Catawba County 8.89
69 Burke County 6.72
70 Buncombe County 6.47
71 Davie County 6.28
72 Randolph County 6.26
73 Carteret County 6.02
74 Alexander County 5.83
75 Currituck County 5.78
76 Lincoln County 5.67
77 Caldwell County 4.95
78 Polk County 4.42
79 Wilkes County 4.4
80 Avery County 4.36
81 Stokes County 4.16
82 McDowell County 3.98
82 Surry County 3.98
83 Transylvania County 3.83
84 Yadkin County 3.4
85 Henderson County 3.14
86 Dare County 2.82
87 Jackson County 2.02
88 Watauga County 1.8
89 Alleghany County 1.73
90 Madison County 1.57
91 Macon County 1.53
92 Cherokee County 1.38
93 Swain County 1.15
94 Haywood County 1.09
94 Yancey County 1.09
95 Clay County 1.05
96 Ashe County 0.87
97 Mitchell County 0.66
98 Graham County 0.28