Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, 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 (61.11%), followed by Hertford County (60.3%), and Edgecombe County (57.3%).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2019

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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2019

Bertie

Hertford

Edgecombe

Northampton

Halifax

Vance

Warren

Washington

Anson

Martin

Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2019

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Rank	County	% of County Population
1	Bertie County	61.11
2	Hertford County	60.3
3	Edgecombe County	57.3
4	Northampton County	56.6
5	Halifax County	53.14
6	Vance County	50.82
7	Warren County	50.44
8	Washington County	48.02
9	Anson County	47.46
10	Martin County	41.58
11	Lenoir County	40.96
12	Nash County	40.79
13	Wilson County	39.49
14	Scotland County	38.79
15	Cumberland County	37.11
16	Pasquotank County	35.8
17	Durham County	35.56
18	Greene County	35.48
19	Pitt County	35.27
20	Tyrrell County	34.93
21	Guilford County	34.39
22	Chowan County	33.99
23	Hoke County	33.62
24	Bladen County	33.34
25	Caswell County	31.9
26	Mecklenburg County	31.48
27	Richmond County	31.43
28	Wayne County	31.15
29	Gates County	31.09
30	Granville County	31.06
31	Columbus County	30
32	Jones County	29.07
33	Hyde County	26.5
34	Person County	26.42
35	Forsyth County	25.79
36	Sampson County	25.24
37	Franklin County	25.01
38	Duplin County	24.3
39	Beaufort County	23.98
40	Robeson County	23.08
41	Perquimans County	22.13
42	Harnett County	20.84
43	Craven County	20.82
44	Cleveland County	20.64
45	Alamance County	20.22
46	Wake County	19.91
47	Lee County	18.94
48	Cabarrus County	18.59
49	Rockingham County	18.55
50	Pamlico County	18.46
51	Montgomery County	18.04
52	Gaston County	17.34
53	Rowan County	16.2
54	Johnston County	16.12
55	Onslow County	14.51
56	Pender County	14.24
57	New Hanover County	12.93
58	Union County	11.86
59	Iredell County	11.81
60	Chatham County	11.62
61	Moore County	11.59
62	Orange County	11.27
63	Camden County	11.03
63	Stanly County	11.03
64	Brunswick County	9.72
65	Rutherford County	9.65
66	Davidson County	9.62
67	Catawba County	8.48
68	Burke County	6.64
69	Randolph County	6.18
70	Davie County	6.12
71	Buncombe County	5.97
72	Alexander County	5.65
73	Lincoln County	5.41
74	Currituck County	5.38
75	Carteret County	5.31
76	Caldwell County	4.84
77	Avery County	4.44
78	Wilkes County	4.33
79	Polk County	3.99
80	Stokes County	3.91
81	McDowell County	3.77
82	Surry County	3.68
83	Transylvania County	3.35
84	Henderson County	3.12
85	Yadkin County	2.97
86	Dare County	2.42
87	Jackson County	2.13
88	Watauga County	1.66
89	Alleghany County	1.46
90	Cherokee County	1.4
91	Macon County	1.39
92	Madison County	1.31
93	Haywood County	1.23
94	Clay County	1.11
95	Swain County	1.06
96	Yancey County	0.88
97	Ashe County	0.72
98	Mitchell County	0.56
99	Graham County	0.43