Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all North Carolina counties, Cumberland County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic Black or African American (1.88%), followed by Forsyth County (1.62%), and Hoke County (1.55%).

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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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2015

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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 Hispanic Black or African American in 2015

Cumberland

Forsyth

Hoke

Mecklenburg

Sampson

Durham

Duplin

Onslow

Wayne

Harnett

Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2015

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Rank	County	% of County Population
1	Cumberland County	1.88
2	Forsyth County	1.62
3	Hoke County	1.55
4	Mecklenburg County	1.32
5	Sampson County	1.31
6	Durham County	1.29
7	Duplin County	1.24
8	Onslow County	1.17
9	Wayne County	1.12
10	Harnett County	1.05
11	Greene County	1.02
12	Wake County	0.97
13	Vance County	0.94
14	Cabarrus County	0.93
14	Lee County	0.93
15	Guilford County	0.9
16	Wilson County	0.89
17	Johnston County	0.85
18	Franklin County	0.82
19	Warren County	0.79
20	Washington County	0.77
21	Chatham County	0.73
22	Alamance County	0.72
23	Montgomery County	0.7
24	Pitt County	0.69
25	Beaufort County	0.68
25	Granville County	0.68
26	Bladen County	0.65
27	Lenoir County	0.64
27	Pasquotank County	0.64
27	Richmond County	0.64
28	Craven County	0.62
28	Hertford County	0.62
29	Union County	0.6
30	Tyrrell County	0.58
31	Nash County	0.57
31	Rowan County	0.57
32	Edgecombe County	0.56
33	Columbus County	0.55
34	Halifax County	0.54
35	Robeson County	0.51
36	Martin County	0.5
36	Northampton County	0.5
37	Surry County	0.49
38	Gaston County	0.48
38	New Hanover County	0.48
39	Iredell County	0.45
40	Catawba County	0.42
41	Orange County	0.41
42	Scotland County	0.4
43	Randolph County	0.39
43	Rockingham County	0.39
44	Caswell County	0.37
44	Pamlico County	0.37
45	Bertie County	0.36
45	Chowan County	0.36
45	Davidson County	0.36
45	McDowell County	0.36
46	Hyde County	0.35
46	Pender County	0.35
47	Person County	0.34
47	Yadkin County	0.34
48	Alleghany County	0.31
48	Anson County	0.31
48	Brunswick County	0.31
48	Camden County	0.31
49	Currituck County	0.29
49	Jones County	0.29
50	Davie County	0.28
51	Dare County	0.27
51	Stanly County	0.27
51	Wilkes County	0.27
52	Lincoln County	0.26
52	Moore County	0.26
53	Carteret County	0.25
53	Perquimans County	0.25
54	Macon County	0.24
54	Rutherford County	0.24
55	Buncombe County	0.23
56	Burke County	0.22
56	Caldwell County	0.22
56	Gates County	0.22
56	Yancey County	0.22
57	Ashe County	0.21
57	Clay County	0.21
57	Cleveland County	0.21
57	Henderson County	0.21
58	Alexander County	0.19
59	Polk County	0.18
60	Mitchell County	0.17
61	Cherokee County	0.16
61	Jackson County	0.16
62	Stokes County	0.15
62	Watauga County	0.15
63	Madison County	0.09
63	Swain County	0.09
64	Avery County	0.08
65	Haywood County	0.07
65	Transylvania County	0.07
66	Graham County	0