Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2017
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all North Carolina counties, Bertie County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (61.75%), followed by Hertford County (60.8%), and Edgecombe County (58.01%).
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 Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2017
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bertie County | 61.75 |
| 2 | Hertford County | 60.8 |
| 3 | Edgecombe County | 58.01 |
| 4 | Northampton County | 57.87 |
| 5 | Halifax County | 53.59 |
| 6 | Warren County | 51.42 |
| 7 | Vance County | 51.4 |
| 8 | Washington County | 49.12 |
| 9 | Anson County | 48.54 |
| 10 | Martin County | 42.48 |
| 11 | Lenoir County | 41.42 |
| 12 | Nash County | 40.75 |
| 13 | Wilson County | 40.58 |
| 14 | Scotland County | 39.47 |
| 15 | Cumberland County | 38.73 |
| 16 | Durham County | 37.8 |
| 17 | Tyrrell County | 37.78 |
| 18 | Greene County | 37.08 |
| 19 | Pasquotank County | 36.3 |
| 20 | Pitt County | 35.71 |
| 21 | Guilford County | 34.95 |
| 22 | Chowan County | 34.86 |
| 23 | Hoke County | 34.69 |
| 24 | Bladen County | 34.6 |
| 25 | Mecklenburg County | 32.8 |
| 26 | Caswell County | 32.74 |
| 27 | Granville County | 32.31 |
| 28 | Wayne County | 32.17 |
| 29 | Richmond County | 31.88 |
| 30 | Gates County | 31.79 |
| 31 | Columbus County | 30.87 |
| 32 | Jones County | 30.23 |
| 33 | Hyde County | 28.95 |
| 34 | Forsyth County | 27.42 |
| 35 | Person County | 27 |
| 36 | Sampson County | 26.75 |
| 37 | Franklin County | 26.22 |
| 38 | Duplin County | 25.65 |
| 39 | Beaufort County | 25.29 |
| 40 | Robeson County | 23.98 |
| 41 | Perquimans County | 23.05 |
| 42 | Harnett County | 21.86 |
| 43 | Craven County | 21.6 |
| 44 | Wake County | 21.05 |
| 45 | Cleveland County | 20.88 |
| 46 | Alamance County | 20.38 |
| 47 | Lee County | 20.2 |
| 48 | Pamlico County | 19.25 |
| 49 | Montgomery County | 18.94 |
| 49 | Rockingham County | 18.94 |
| 50 | Cabarrus County | 18.55 |
| 51 | Gaston County | 17.19 |
| 52 | Rowan County | 16.71 |
| 53 | Johnston County | 16.55 |
| 54 | Onslow County | 15.96 |
| 55 | Pender County | 15.39 |
| 56 | New Hanover County | 13.89 |
| 57 | Chatham County | 12.7 |
| 58 | Moore County | 12.34 |
| 59 | Union County | 12.33 |
| 60 | Iredell County | 12.2 |
| 61 | Camden County | 12 |
| 62 | Orange County | 11.92 |
| 63 | Stanly County | 11.68 |
| 64 | Brunswick County | 10.49 |
| 65 | Rutherford County | 9.85 |
| 66 | Davidson County | 9.78 |
| 67 | Catawba County | 9.04 |
| 68 | Burke County | 6.86 |
| 69 | Randolph County | 6.61 |
| 70 | Davie County | 6.4 |
| 71 | Buncombe County | 6.33 |
| 72 | Alexander County | 5.98 |
| 73 | Carteret County | 5.85 |
| 74 | Currituck County | 5.7 |
| 74 | Lincoln County | 5.7 |
| 75 | Caldwell County | 4.97 |
| 76 | Avery County | 4.58 |
| 77 | Wilkes County | 4.57 |
| 78 | Polk County | 4.35 |
| 79 | Stokes County | 4.15 |
| 79 | Surry County | 4.15 |
| 80 | McDowell County | 3.95 |
| 81 | Transylvania County | 3.57 |
| 82 | Yadkin County | 3.43 |
| 83 | Henderson County | 3.39 |
| 84 | Dare County | 2.68 |
| 85 | Jackson County | 2.31 |
| 86 | Watauga County | 1.87 |
| 87 | Alleghany County | 1.83 |
| 88 | Cherokee County | 1.6 |
| 89 | Macon County | 1.57 |
| 90 | Madison County | 1.52 |
| 91 | Haywood County | 1.32 |
| 92 | Clay County | 1.23 |
| 93 | Swain County | 1.1 |
| 94 | Yancey County | 1.03 |
| 95 | Ashe County | 0.93 |
| 96 | Mitchell County | 0.69 |
| 97 | Graham County | 0.49 |