Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2010

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2010, among all North Carolina counties, Clay County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (95.17%), followed by Madison County (95.1%), and Mitchell County (94.17%).

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 White Population in 2010

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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 White in 2010

Clay

Madison

Mitchell

Haywood

Yancey

Ashe

Watauga

Cherokee

Stokes

Transylvania

Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2010

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Rank	County	% of County Population
1	Clay County	95.17
2	Madison County	95.1
3	Mitchell County	94.17
4	Haywood County	93.83
5	Yancey County	93.46
6	Ashe County	93.18
7	Watauga County	92.57
8	Cherokee County	92.34
9	Stokes County	91.74
10	Transylvania County	90.9
11	Macon County	90.36
12	Avery County	90.12
13	Graham County	89.54
14	McDowell County	88.91
15	Wilkes County	88.89
16	Currituck County	88.77
17	Caldwell County	88.66
17	Dare County	88.66
18	Polk County	88.51
19	Alleghany County	88.46
20	Alexander County	87.89
21	Carteret County	87.51
22	Yadkin County	85.95
23	Lincoln County	85.84
24	Davie County	85.53
25	Surry County	85.01
26	Buncombe County	84.57
27	Henderson County	84.46
28	Rutherford County	84.2
29	Burke County	83.12
30	Stanly County	82.37
31	Davidson County	82.05
32	Jackson County	81.43
33	Randolph County	81.32
34	Camden County	81.03
35	Brunswick County	80.97
36	Catawba County	78.09
37	Iredell County	77.86
38	Moore County	77.68
39	New Hanover County	76.93
40	Gaston County	75.96
41	Union County	74.7
42	Pamlico County	74.69
43	Cleveland County	74.26
44	Pender County	74.01
45	Rowan County	73.82
46	Rockingham County	73.43
47	Cabarrus County	71.67
48	Perquimans County	71.49
49	Chatham County	71.37
50	Orange County	70.88
51	Johnston County	69.94
52	Onslow County	69.03
53	Alamance County	67.36
54	Craven County	67.13
55	Person County	66.9
56	Beaufort County	66.43
57	Swain County	65.44
58	Harnett County	64.38
59	Montgomery County	64.3
60	Franklin County	63.57
61	Gates County	63.06
62	Wake County	62.28
63	Jones County	61.42
64	Caswell County	61.21
65	Chowan County	61.1
66	Columbus County	60.48
67	Lee County	59.43
68	Hyde County	59.41
69	Granville County	58.92
70	Forsyth County	58.81
71	Richmond County	58.78
72	Pitt County	57.14
73	Wayne County	55.76
74	Pasquotank County	55.11
75	Bladen County	54.74
76	Guilford County	54.36
77	Nash County	53.96
78	Sampson County	53.3
78	Tyrrell County	53.3
79	Duplin County	52.85
80	Martin County	52.22
81	Lenoir County	51.32
82	Mecklenburg County	50.66
83	Wilson County	49.49
84	Cumberland County	47.64
85	Greene County	47.05
86	Scotland County	45.9
87	Anson County	45.84
88	Washington County	45.28
89	Durham County	42.16
90	Vance County	42.1
91	Hoke County	40.93
92	Halifax County	39.46
93	Northampton County	39.03
94	Warren County	38.03
95	Edgecombe County	37.75
96	Bertie County	34.68
97	Hertford County	34.35
98	Robeson County	27