Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all North Carolina counties, Madison County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (94%), followed by Clay County (92.91%), and Haywood County (92.41%).

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 2018
Madison
Clay
Haywood
Yancey
Ashe
Mitchell
Watauga
Stokes
Cherokee
Transylvania
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Madison County 94
2 Clay County 92.91
3 Haywood County 92.41
4 Yancey County 92.37
5 Ashe County 92.35
6 Mitchell County 92.03
7 Watauga County 91.6
8 Stokes County 90.99
9 Cherokee County 90.76
10 Transylvania County 90.39
11 Macon County 89.01
12 Avery County 88.67
13 Dare County 87.51
14 McDowell County 87.47
15 Polk County 87.43
16 Currituck County 87.29
17 Caldwell County 87.1
18 Wilkes County 87.07
19 Alexander County 86.64
20 Carteret County 86.51
21 Alleghany County 86.44
22 Graham County 85.98
23 Lincoln County 85.05
24 Yadkin County 84.28
25 Davie County 84.17
26 Buncombe County 83.58
27 Surry County 83.54
28 Henderson County 83.3
29 Rutherford County 83.04
30 Brunswick County 82.18
31 Burke County 81.45
32 Camden County 80.76
33 Stanly County 80.74
34 Jackson County 80.66
35 Davidson County 79.67
36 Randolph County 78.83
37 New Hanover County 77.42
38 Moore County 77.22
39 Iredell County 75.82
40 Pender County 75.3
41 Catawba County 75.22
42 Pamlico County 74.3
43 Cleveland County 72.8
44 Rockingham County 72.4
45 Perquimans County 72.37
46 Chatham County 72.11
47 Rowan County 71.84
48 Union County 71.79
49 Gaston County 71.78
50 Orange County 69.71
51 Johnston County 67.4
52 Person County 66.06
53 Onslow County 65.93
54 Craven County 65.78
55 Beaufort County 65.66
56 Cabarrus County 64.69
57 Gates County 63.44
58 Alamance County 63.43
59 Franklin County 63.38
60 Montgomery County 63.3
61 Jones County 61.94
62 Swain County 61.2
63 Harnett County 61.14
64 Hyde County 61.11
65 Caswell County 61.06
66 Chowan County 59.97
67 Wake County 59.9
68 Columbus County 59.28
69 Lee County 58.04
70 Granville County 58.01
71 Forsyth County 56.6
72 Richmond County 56.43
73 Bladen County 54.89
74 Pasquotank County 54.56
75 Pitt County 54.19
76 Wayne County 53.2
77 Martin County 51.84
78 Duplin County 51.4
79 Sampson County 50.58
80 Guilford County 49.9
81 Tyrrell County 49.6
82 Nash County 49.22
83 Lenoir County 49.03
84 Wilson County 47.09
85 Greene County 46.85
86 Mecklenburg County 46.49
87 Washington County 44.53
88 Anson County 44.5
89 Scotland County 42.93
90 Durham County 42.68
91 Cumberland County 42.63
92 Hoke County 39.4
93 Vance County 38.96
94 Northampton County 38.75
95 Warren County 38.41
96 Halifax County 38.22
97 Edgecombe County 36.08
98 Bertie County 34.56
99 Hertford County 32.96
100 Robeson County 24.89