Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2014

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2014, among all North Carolina counties, Madison County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (94.27%), followed by Clay County (94.21%), and Haywood County (93.44%).

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 2014
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 2014
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Madison County 94.27
2 Clay County 94.21
3 Haywood County 93.44
4 Mitchell County 93.14
5 Yancey County 92.89
6 Ashe County 92.74
7 Watauga County 92.52
8 Cherokee County 91.92
9 Stokes County 91.56
10 Transylvania County 90.71
11 Macon County 89.97
12 Avery County 89.29
13 McDowell County 88.44
14 Wilkes County 88.33
15 Caldwell County 88.27
16 Polk County 88.22
17 Dare County 88.17
18 Currituck County 87.84
19 Alleghany County 87.67
20 Graham County 87.53
21 Alexander County 87.26
22 Carteret County 86.45
23 Lincoln County 85.61
24 Davie County 85.28
25 Yadkin County 85
26 Surry County 84.88
27 Henderson County 84.37
28 Buncombe County 83.94
29 Rutherford County 83.81
30 Burke County 82.42
31 Brunswick County 81.65
32 Stanly County 81.62
33 Jackson County 81.38
34 Davidson County 81.32
35 Camden County 80.63
36 Randolph County 80.42
37 Moore County 77.4
38 Iredell County 77.03
39 New Hanover County 76.99
40 Catawba County 76.83
41 Pender County 74.73
42 Gaston County 74.71
43 Pamlico County 74.48
44 Union County 73.89
45 Cleveland County 73.71
46 Rowan County 73.14
47 Rockingham County 73.11
48 Perquimans County 71.65
49 Chatham County 71.64
50 Orange County 70
51 Cabarrus County 69.43
52 Johnston County 69.26
53 Onslow County 67.31
54 Person County 66.52
55 Craven County 66.26
56 Beaufort County 66.14
57 Alamance County 65.85
58 Montgomery County 63.94
59 Franklin County 63.6
60 Swain County 63.26
61 Harnett County 62.86
62 Gates County 62.27
63 Jones County 62.14
64 Hyde County 61.39
65 Wake County 61.24
66 Caswell County 61.15
67 Chowan County 60.47
68 Columbus County 60.09
69 Granville County 58.56
70 Lee County 58.5
71 Forsyth County 57.95
72 Richmond County 57.84
73 Pitt County 55.97
74 Pasquotank County 55
75 Bladen County 54.83
76 Wayne County 54.51
77 Tyrrell County 53
78 Martin County 52.33
79 Guilford County 52.32
80 Duplin County 52.19
81 Sampson County 52.04
82 Nash County 51.53
83 Lenoir County 50.11
84 Mecklenburg County 48.61
85 Wilson County 48.35
86 Greene County 47.35
87 Cumberland County 45.3
88 Washington County 45.17
89 Anson County 44.98
90 Scotland County 44.09
91 Durham County 42.03
92 Hoke County 41.05
93 Vance County 40.88
94 Halifax County 38.79
95 Northampton County 38.46
96 Warren County 38.22
97 Edgecombe County 36.72
98 Bertie County 34.37
99 Hertford County 33.62
100 Robeson County 26.11