Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2015
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all North Carolina counties, Clay County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (94.28%), followed by Madison County (94.23%), and Haywood County (93.1%).
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 2015
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clay County | 94.28 |
| 2 | Madison County | 94.23 |
| 3 | Haywood County | 93.1 |
| 4 | Yancey County | 92.9 |
| 5 | Ashe County | 92.8 |
| 6 | Mitchell County | 92.78 |
| 7 | Watauga County | 92.26 |
| 8 | Cherokee County | 91.71 |
| 9 | Stokes County | 91.43 |
| 10 | Transylvania County | 90.43 |
| 11 | Macon County | 89.71 |
| 12 | Avery County | 89.19 |
| 13 | Caldwell County | 88.16 |
| 14 | McDowell County | 88.1 |
| 15 | Dare County | 87.93 |
| 16 | Wilkes County | 87.92 |
| 17 | Polk County | 87.91 |
| 18 | Currituck County | 87.58 |
| 19 | Graham County | 87.24 |
| 20 | Alleghany County | 87.12 |
| 21 | Alexander County | 87.09 |
| 22 | Carteret County | 86.4 |
| 23 | Lincoln County | 85.43 |
| 24 | Davie County | 85.1 |
| 25 | Yadkin County | 84.91 |
| 26 | Surry County | 84.56 |
| 27 | Henderson County | 84.13 |
| 28 | Buncombe County | 83.92 |
| 29 | Rutherford County | 83.75 |
| 30 | Burke County | 82.14 |
| 31 | Brunswick County | 81.77 |
| 32 | Stanly County | 81.27 |
| 33 | Davidson County | 81.12 |
| 34 | Jackson County | 81.1 |
| 35 | Camden County | 80.48 |
| 36 | Randolph County | 80.1 |
| 37 | Moore County | 77.31 |
| 38 | New Hanover County | 77.11 |
| 39 | Iredell County | 76.69 |
| 40 | Catawba County | 76.38 |
| 41 | Pender County | 74.93 |
| 42 | Pamlico County | 74.17 |
| 43 | Gaston County | 74.13 |
| 44 | Cleveland County | 73.5 |
| 45 | Union County | 73.47 |
| 46 | Rowan County | 73.06 |
| 47 | Rockingham County | 72.91 |
| 48 | Perquimans County | 72.37 |
| 49 | Chatham County | 71.81 |
| 50 | Orange County | 69.71 |
| 51 | Johnston County | 69.05 |
| 52 | Cabarrus County | 68.42 |
| 53 | Onslow County | 66.92 |
| 54 | Person County | 66.69 |
| 55 | Craven County | 66.15 |
| 56 | Beaufort County | 65.97 |
| 57 | Alamance County | 65.26 |
| 58 | Franklin County | 63.89 |
| 59 | Montgomery County | 63.4 |
| 60 | Swain County | 62.72 |
| 61 | Gates County | 62.65 |
| 62 | Jones County | 62.62 |
| 63 | Harnett County | 62.4 |
| 64 | Caswell County | 61.37 |
| 65 | Hyde County | 61.11 |
| 66 | Wake County | 60.94 |
| 67 | Chowan County | 60.38 |
| 68 | Columbus County | 59.76 |
| 69 | Granville County | 58.47 |
| 70 | Lee County | 58.43 |
| 71 | Richmond County | 57.66 |
| 72 | Forsyth County | 57.65 |
| 73 | Pitt County | 55.5 |
| 74 | Pasquotank County | 55.06 |
| 75 | Bladen County | 54.62 |
| 76 | Wayne County | 54.24 |
| 77 | Duplin County | 52.08 |
| 78 | Tyrrell County | 52.04 |
| 79 | Martin County | 51.96 |
| 80 | Guilford County | 51.74 |
| 81 | Sampson County | 51.72 |
| 82 | Nash County | 51.03 |
| 83 | Lenoir County | 49.51 |
| 84 | Mecklenburg County | 48.08 |
| 85 | Wilson County | 48.06 |
| 86 | Greene County | 47.44 |
| 87 | Washington County | 44.88 |
| 88 | Cumberland County | 44.85 |
| 89 | Anson County | 44.7 |
| 90 | Scotland County | 43.86 |
| 91 | Durham County | 42.2 |
| 92 | Hoke County | 41.03 |
| 93 | Vance County | 40.42 |
| 94 | Halifax County | 38.76 |
| 95 | Northampton County | 38.6 |
| 96 | Warren County | 38.45 |
| 97 | Edgecombe County | 36.52 |
| 98 | Bertie County | 34.34 |
| 99 | Hertford County | 33.59 |
| 100 | Robeson County | 25.91 |