Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all North Carolina counties, Madison County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (94.11%), followed by Clay County (93.79%), and Haywood County (92.84%).
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 2016
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison County | 94.11 |
| 2 | Clay County | 93.79 |
| 3 | Haywood County | 92.84 |
| 4 | Ashe County | 92.77 |
| 5 | Yancey County | 92.71 |
| 6 | Mitchell County | 92.36 |
| 7 | Watauga County | 92.14 |
| 8 | Stokes County | 91.26 |
| 9 | Cherokee County | 91.25 |
| 10 | Transylvania County | 90.55 |
| 11 | Macon County | 89.44 |
| 12 | Avery County | 88.99 |
| 13 | McDowell County | 88.06 |
| 14 | Polk County | 87.91 |
| 15 | Caldwell County | 87.78 |
| 16 | Wilkes County | 87.6 |
| 17 | Dare County | 87.59 |
| 18 | Currituck County | 87.49 |
| 19 | Alleghany County | 87.23 |
| 20 | Graham County | 87.11 |
| 21 | Alexander County | 86.84 |
| 22 | Carteret County | 86.32 |
| 23 | Lincoln County | 85.26 |
| 24 | Davie County | 84.83 |
| 25 | Yadkin County | 84.42 |
| 26 | Surry County | 84.25 |
| 27 | Buncombe County | 83.87 |
| 28 | Henderson County | 83.82 |
| 29 | Rutherford County | 83.69 |
| 30 | Brunswick County | 81.95 |
| 31 | Burke County | 81.9 |
| 32 | Stanly County | 81.02 |
| 33 | Jackson County | 80.93 |
| 34 | Davidson County | 80.55 |
| 35 | Camden County | 80.35 |
| 36 | Randolph County | 79.63 |
| 37 | New Hanover County | 77.3 |
| 38 | Moore County | 77.24 |
| 39 | Iredell County | 76.46 |
| 40 | Catawba County | 76.01 |
| 41 | Pender County | 74.99 |
| 42 | Pamlico County | 74.7 |
| 43 | Gaston County | 73.39 |
| 44 | Cleveland County | 73.27 |
| 45 | Union County | 72.94 |
| 46 | Rockingham County | 72.77 |
| 47 | Rowan County | 72.7 |
| 48 | Perquimans County | 72.35 |
| 49 | Chatham County | 72.08 |
| 50 | Orange County | 69.62 |
| 51 | Johnston County | 68.62 |
| 52 | Cabarrus County | 67.25 |
| 53 | Onslow County | 66.65 |
| 54 | Person County | 66.5 |
| 55 | Craven County | 66.11 |
| 56 | Beaufort County | 65.99 |
| 57 | Alamance County | 64.94 |
| 58 | Franklin County | 63.76 |
| 59 | Montgomery County | 63.6 |
| 60 | Gates County | 63.03 |
| 61 | Jones County | 62.46 |
| 62 | Harnett County | 62.05 |
| 63 | Swain County | 61.99 |
| 64 | Caswell County | 61.21 |
| 65 | Hyde County | 60.64 |
| 65 | Wake County | 60.64 |
| 66 | Chowan County | 59.94 |
| 67 | Columbus County | 59.36 |
| 68 | Lee County | 58.69 |
| 69 | Granville County | 58.27 |
| 70 | Forsyth County | 57.29 |
| 71 | Richmond County | 57.28 |
| 72 | Pasquotank County | 55.2 |
| 73 | Pitt County | 55.07 |
| 74 | Bladen County | 54.85 |
| 75 | Wayne County | 53.98 |
| 76 | Martin County | 52.05 |
| 77 | Duplin County | 51.81 |
| 78 | Sampson County | 51.47 |
| 79 | Tyrrell County | 51.43 |
| 80 | Guilford County | 51.18 |
| 81 | Nash County | 50.46 |
| 82 | Lenoir County | 49.28 |
| 83 | Wilson County | 47.6 |
| 84 | Mecklenburg County | 47.54 |
| 85 | Greene County | 46.98 |
| 86 | Washington County | 45.04 |
| 87 | Anson County | 44.75 |
| 88 | Cumberland County | 44.22 |
| 89 | Scotland County | 43.58 |
| 90 | Durham County | 42.33 |
| 91 | Hoke County | 40.56 |
| 92 | Vance County | 39.93 |
| 93 | Northampton County | 38.75 |
| 94 | Halifax County | 38.63 |
| 95 | Warren County | 38.41 |
| 96 | Edgecombe County | 36.29 |
| 97 | Bertie County | 34.7 |
| 98 | Hertford County | 33.58 |
| 99 | Robeson County | 25.5 |