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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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2012
Madison
Clay
Haywood
Mitchell
Yancey
Ashe
Watauga
Cherokee
Stokes
Transylvania
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