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

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all North Carolina counties, Cumberland County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic Black or African American (2.03%), followed by Hoke County (1.73%), and Forsyth County (1.72%).

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 2018

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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 2018

Cumberland

Hoke

Forsyth

Mecklenburg

Sampson

Duplin

Durham

Wayne

Greene

Onslow

Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2018

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Rank	County	% of County Population
1	Cumberland County	2.03
2	Hoke County	1.73
3	Forsyth County	1.72
4	Mecklenburg County	1.48
5	Sampson County	1.37
6	Duplin County	1.34
6	Durham County	1.34
7	Wayne County	1.28
8	Greene County	1.24
9	Onslow County	1.21
10	Harnett County	1.19
11	Cabarrus County	1.09
12	Lee County	1.05
13	Wake County	1.04
13	Wilson County	1.04
14	Guilford County	1.03
15	Johnston County	1.01
16	Vance County	0.96
17	Tyrrell County	0.95
18	Washington County	0.93
19	Granville County	0.9
20	Warren County	0.89
21	Franklin County	0.87
22	Alamance County	0.8
23	Beaufort County	0.79
24	Bladen County	0.78
25	Pasquotank County	0.77
26	Pitt County	0.76
27	Hertford County	0.72
28	Richmond County	0.71
29	Chatham County	0.69
30	Lenoir County	0.68
30	Montgomery County	0.68
30	Union County	0.68
31	Rowan County	0.67
32	Craven County	0.65
32	Nash County	0.65
33	Gaston County	0.62
34	Edgecombe County	0.61
35	Martin County	0.59
35	Northampton County	0.59
35	Robeson County	0.59
36	Hyde County	0.58
37	Columbus County	0.57
38	Surry County	0.56
39	Halifax County	0.55
39	Iredell County	0.55
40	Catawba County	0.53
41	New Hanover County	0.49
42	Jones County	0.47
42	Orange County	0.47
43	Chowan County	0.46
43	Pender County	0.46
43	Randolph County	0.46
44	Bertie County	0.45
45	Davidson County	0.44
46	Caswell County	0.43
47	Pamlico County	0.42
47	Yadkin County	0.42
48	Anson County	0.41
48	Rockingham County	0.41
48	Scotland County	0.41
49	Camden County	0.39
49	McDowell County	0.39
50	Person County	0.36
50	Stanly County	0.36
51	Caldwell County	0.34
51	Lincoln County	0.34
51	Wilkes County	0.34
52	Davie County	0.33
53	Alleghany County	0.32
53	Macon County	0.32
53	Moore County	0.32
54	Dare County	0.31
54	Perquimans County	0.31
55	Carteret County	0.3
56	Rutherford County	0.29
57	Brunswick County	0.28
57	Currituck County	0.28
58	Buncombe County	0.27
59	Gates County	0.26
60	Burke County	0.25
60	Henderson County	0.25
61	Alexander County	0.24
61	Cleveland County	0.24
62	Jackson County	0.23
62	Stokes County	0.23
63	Cherokee County	0.22
63	Mitchell County	0.22
64	Ashe County	0.21
64	Polk County	0.21
64	Yancey County	0.21
65	Watauga County	0.18
66	Clay County	0.16
67	Avery County	0.14
68	Haywood County	0.12
69	Transylvania County	0.11
70	Madison County	0.1
71	Swain County	0.09
72	Graham County	0.07