Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all North Carolina counties, Bertie County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (61.53%), followed by Hertford County (61.03%), and Edgecombe County (57.94%).

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 2018
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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Bertie County 61.53
2 Hertford County 61.03
3 Edgecombe County 57.94
4 Northampton County 57.59
5 Halifax County 53.62
6 Vance County 51.58
7 Warren County 51.48
8 Washington County 49.14
9 Anson County 48.41
10 Martin County 42.4
11 Lenoir County 41.81
12 Nash County 41.21
13 Wilson County 40.44
14 Scotland County 39.26
15 Cumberland County 38.93
16 Tyrrell County 38.39
17 Durham County 37.28
18 Greene County 36.96
19 Pasquotank County 36.44
20 Pitt County 35.97
21 Hoke County 35.23
22 Guilford County 35.22
23 Chowan County 34.48
24 Bladen County 34.28
25 Mecklenburg County 32.93
26 Caswell County 32.41
27 Wayne County 32.31
28 Richmond County 32.18
29 Granville County 32.17
30 Gates County 31.5
31 Columbus County 30.64
32 Jones County 30.28
33 Hyde County 27.73
34 Forsyth County 27.49
35 Person County 26.99
36 Sampson County 26.8
37 Franklin County 25.97
38 Duplin County 25.65
39 Beaufort County 25.08
40 Robeson County 23.87
41 Perquimans County 22.86
42 Harnett County 22.03
43 Craven County 21.55
44 Wake County 20.99
45 Cleveland County 20.88
46 Alamance County 20.8
47 Lee County 20.19
48 Cabarrus County 19.09
49 Pamlico County 19.06
50 Rockingham County 18.96
51 Montgomery County 18.7
52 Gaston County 17.64
53 Johnston County 16.86
54 Rowan County 16.76
55 Onslow County 15.89
56 Pender County 15.08
57 New Hanover County 13.64
58 Chatham County 12.56
59 Union County 12.38
60 Iredell County 12.31
61 Moore County 12.11
62 Camden County 11.83
62 Orange County 11.83
63 Stanly County 11.57
64 Brunswick County 10.25
65 Rutherford County 9.95
66 Davidson County 9.89
67 Catawba County 9.04
68 Burke County 6.98
69 Randolph County 6.63
70 Davie County 6.52
71 Buncombe County 6.27
72 Alexander County 5.93
73 Carteret County 5.72
73 Currituck County 5.72
74 Lincoln County 5.68
75 Caldwell County 5.11
76 Avery County 4.63
77 Wilkes County 4.6
78 Polk County 4.31
79 Surry County 4.15
80 McDowell County 4.09
81 Stokes County 4.05
82 Transylvania County 3.49
83 Yadkin County 3.43
84 Henderson County 3.37
85 Dare County 2.66
86 Jackson County 2.31
87 Watauga County 1.88
88 Alleghany County 1.85
89 Cherokee County 1.69
90 Macon County 1.65
91 Madison County 1.43
92 Haywood County 1.31
93 Clay County 1.28
94 Swain County 1.14
95 Yancey County 1.04
96 Ashe County 0.93
97 Mitchell County 0.69
98 Graham County 0.5