Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2011
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all North Carolina counties, Bertie County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (61.88%), followed by Hertford County (60.17%), and Northampton County (58.14%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.
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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
Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2011
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Bertie County | 61.88 |
| 2 | Hertford County | 60.17 |
| 3 | Northampton County | 58.14 |
| 4 | Edgecombe County | 57.49 |
| 5 | Halifax County | 53.05 |
| 6 | Warren County | 52.03 |
| 7 | Vance County | 49.9 |
| 8 | Washington County | 49.47 |
| 9 | Anson County | 48.69 |
| 10 | Martin County | 43.03 |
| 11 | Lenoir County | 40.32 |
| 12 | Wilson County | 38.99 |
| 13 | Scotland County | 38.75 |
| 14 | Durham County | 37.94 |
| 15 | Nash County | 37.71 |
| 16 | Tyrrell County | 37.39 |
| 17 | Pasquotank County | 37.27 |
| 18 | Greene County | 36.51 |
| 19 | Cumberland County | 35.18 |
| 20 | Bladen County | 34.57 |
| 21 | Chowan County | 34.21 |
| 22 | Pitt County | 33.99 |
| 23 | Caswell County | 33.69 |
| 24 | Gates County | 33.21 |
| 25 | Hoke County | 32.78 |
| 26 | Guilford County | 32.56 |
| 27 | Jones County | 31.82 |
| 28 | Granville County | 31.56 |
| 29 | Hyde County | 31.37 |
| 30 | Wayne County | 31.26 |
| 31 | Mecklenburg County | 30.65 |
| 32 | Richmond County | 30.5 |
| 33 | Columbus County | 30.25 |
| 34 | Person County | 26.84 |
| 35 | Sampson County | 26.62 |
| 36 | Franklin County | 26.32 |
| 37 | Forsyth County | 25.62 |
| 38 | Beaufort County | 25.27 |
| 39 | Duplin County | 25.22 |
| 40 | Perquimans County | 24.59 |
| 41 | Robeson County | 24.23 |
| 42 | Craven County | 21.57 |
| 43 | Cleveland County | 20.69 |
| 44 | Harnett County | 20.57 |
| 45 | Wake County | 20.43 |
| 46 | Pamlico County | 19.91 |
| 47 | Lee County | 19.65 |
| 48 | Montgomery County | 18.74 |
| 49 | Rockingham County | 18.73 |
| 50 | Alamance County | 18.61 |
| 51 | Pender County | 17.4 |
| 52 | Rowan County | 15.9 |
| 53 | Cabarrus County | 15.28 |
| 54 | Gaston County | 15.2 |
| 55 | Johnston County | 14.97 |
| 56 | Onslow County | 14.68 |
| 57 | New Hanover County | 14.45 |
| 58 | Moore County | 13.19 |
| 59 | Chatham County | 12.98 |
| 60 | Camden County | 12.9 |
| 61 | Orange County | 11.8 |
| 62 | Iredell County | 11.77 |
| 63 | Union County | 11.55 |
| 64 | Brunswick County | 11.18 |
| 65 | Stanly County | 10.85 |
| 66 | Rutherford County | 9.97 |
| 67 | Davidson County | 8.87 |
| 68 | Catawba County | 8.34 |
| 69 | Burke County | 6.56 |
| 70 | Buncombe County | 6.29 |
| 71 | Davie County | 6.15 |
| 72 | Carteret County | 5.99 |
| 73 | Randolph County | 5.61 |
| 74 | Currituck County | 5.58 |
| 75 | Lincoln County | 5.4 |
| 76 | Alexander County | 5.29 |
| 77 | Caldwell County | 4.82 |
| 78 | Polk County | 4.21 |
| 79 | Avery County | 4.15 |
| 80 | Wilkes County | 4.07 |
| 81 | Stokes County | 4 |
| 82 | Transylvania County | 3.79 |
| 83 | McDowell County | 3.71 |
| 84 | Surry County | 3.59 |
| 85 | Yadkin County | 3.01 |
| 86 | Henderson County | 2.99 |
| 87 | Dare County | 2.42 |
| 88 | Jackson County | 1.78 |
| 89 | Watauga County | 1.58 |
| 90 | Madison County | 1.25 |
| 91 | Alleghany County | 1.23 |
| 91 | Macon County | 1.23 |
| 92 | Cherokee County | 1.18 |
| 93 | Haywood County | 1.05 |
| 94 | Clay County | 0.77 |
| 95 | Yancey County | 0.71 |
| 96 | Swain County | 0.68 |
| 97 | Ashe County | 0.57 |
| 98 | Mitchell County | 0.4 |
| 99 | Graham County | 0.19 |