Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2012
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all North Carolina counties, Madison County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (94.56%), followed by Clay County (94.54%), and Haywood County (93.71%).
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 White in 2012
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison County | 94.56 |
| 2 | Clay County | 94.54 |
| 3 | Haywood County | 93.71 |
| 4 | Mitchell County | 93.64 |
| 5 | Yancey County | 93.28 |
| 6 | Ashe County | 93.14 |
| 7 | Watauga County | 92.59 |
| 8 | Cherokee County | 92.15 |
| 9 | Stokes County | 91.61 |
| 10 | Transylvania County | 90.98 |
| 11 | Macon County | 90.37 |
| 12 | Avery County | 89.72 |
| 13 | Graham County | 88.59 |
| 13 | Wilkes County | 88.59 |
| 14 | McDowell County | 88.54 |
| 15 | Caldwell County | 88.44 |
| 16 | Dare County | 88.43 |
| 17 | Polk County | 88.42 |
| 18 | Currituck County | 88.31 |
| 19 | Alleghany County | 88.11 |
| 20 | Alexander County | 87.73 |
| 21 | Carteret County | 86.86 |
| 22 | Lincoln County | 85.61 |
| 23 | Davie County | 85.43 |
| 24 | Yadkin County | 85.4 |
| 25 | Surry County | 84.93 |
| 26 | Henderson County | 84.4 |
| 27 | Buncombe County | 84.27 |
| 28 | Rutherford County | 84.1 |
| 29 | Burke County | 82.69 |
| 30 | Stanly County | 82.16 |
| 31 | Davidson County | 81.92 |
| 32 | Jackson County | 81.24 |
| 33 | Brunswick County | 81.21 |
| 34 | Randolph County | 81.09 |
| 35 | Camden County | 80.95 |
| 36 | Catawba County | 77.71 |
| 37 | Moore County | 77.55 |
| 38 | Iredell County | 77.25 |
| 39 | New Hanover County | 76.98 |
| 40 | Gaston County | 75.49 |
| 41 | Pamlico County | 74.82 |
| 42 | Union County | 74.29 |
| 43 | Pender County | 74.21 |
| 44 | Cleveland County | 74.11 |
| 45 | Rowan County | 73.84 |
| 46 | Rockingham County | 73.34 |
| 47 | Chatham County | 71.52 |
| 48 | Perquimans County | 71.4 |
| 49 | Cabarrus County | 70.69 |
| 50 | Orange County | 70.54 |
| 51 | Johnston County | 69.78 |
| 52 | Onslow County | 68.12 |
| 53 | Craven County | 67.04 |
| 54 | Person County | 66.81 |
| 55 | Alamance County | 66.67 |
| 56 | Beaufort County | 66.21 |
| 57 | Swain County | 64.39 |
| 58 | Montgomery County | 64.05 |
| 59 | Franklin County | 63.71 |
| 60 | Harnett County | 63.63 |
| 61 | Gates County | 62.63 |
| 62 | Jones County | 62.18 |
| 63 | Wake County | 61.7 |
| 64 | Caswell County | 61.13 |
| 65 | Hyde County | 60.8 |
| 66 | Chowan County | 60.65 |
| 67 | Columbus County | 60.44 |
| 68 | Granville County | 59.01 |
| 69 | Forsyth County | 58.51 |
| 70 | Lee County | 58.44 |
| 71 | Richmond County | 58.29 |
| 72 | Pitt County | 56.62 |
| 73 | Wayne County | 55.03 |
| 74 | Pasquotank County | 54.91 |
| 75 | Bladen County | 54.67 |
| 76 | Tyrrell County | 53.76 |
| 77 | Guilford County | 53.4 |
| 78 | Nash County | 52.87 |
| 79 | Sampson County | 52.8 |
| 80 | Duplin County | 52.51 |
| 81 | Martin County | 52.07 |
| 82 | Lenoir County | 50.97 |
| 83 | Mecklenburg County | 49.74 |
| 84 | Wilson County | 48.99 |
| 85 | Greene County | 47.31 |
| 86 | Cumberland County | 46.55 |
| 87 | Anson County | 45.48 |
| 88 | Washington County | 45.28 |
| 89 | Scotland County | 44.83 |
| 90 | Durham County | 42.08 |
| 91 | Hoke County | 41.43 |
| 92 | Vance County | 41.38 |
| 93 | Halifax County | 39.24 |
| 94 | Northampton County | 38.84 |
| 95 | Warren County | 38.14 |
| 96 | Edgecombe County | 37.14 |
| 97 | Bertie County | 34.98 |
| 98 | Hertford County | 33.82 |
| 99 | Robeson County | 26.61 |