Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all North Carolina counties, Madison County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (94.07%), followed by Clay County (92.77%), and Ashe County (92.33%).

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 Non-Hispanic White Population in 2019

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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 2019

Madison

Clay

Ashe

Yancey

Haywood

Mitchell

Watauga

Cherokee

Stokes

Transylvania

Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2019

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Rank	County	% of County Population
1	Madison County	94.07
2	Clay County	92.77
3	Ashe County	92.33
4	Yancey County	92.22
5	Haywood County	92.07
6	Mitchell County	91.53
7	Watauga County	91.47
8	Cherokee County	90.83
9	Stokes County	90.74
10	Transylvania County	90.49
11	Macon County	88.66
12	Avery County	88.59
13	Polk County	87.74
14	McDowell County	87.31
15	Dare County	87.2
16	Currituck County	86.93
17	Wilkes County	86.87
18	Alexander County	86.73
19	Alleghany County	86.71
19	Caldwell County	86.71
20	Carteret County	86.5
21	Graham County	86.1
22	Lincoln County	84.72
23	Davie County	84.04
24	Yadkin County	83.97
25	Buncombe County	83.38
26	Surry County	83.2
27	Henderson County	83.17
28	Rutherford County	82.74
29	Brunswick County	82.34
30	Burke County	81.32
31	Camden County	80.91
32	Stanly County	80.82
33	Jackson County	80.64
34	Davidson County	79.22
35	Randolph County	78.38
36	New Hanover County	77.5
37	Moore County	77.05
38	Iredell County	75.37
38	Pender County	75.37
39	Catawba County	74.84
40	Pamlico County	74.16
41	Perquimans County	72.77
42	Cleveland County	72.63
43	Chatham County	72.26
44	Rockingham County	72.18
45	Rowan County	71.42
46	Union County	71.12
47	Gaston County	71.04
48	Orange County	69.61
49	Johnston County	66.91
50	Person County	66.13
51	Beaufort County	65.89
52	Onslow County	65.84
53	Craven County	65.42
54	Gates County	63.45
55	Cabarrus County	63.34
56	Franklin County	63.07
57	Montgomery County	63.03
58	Alamance County	62.87
59	Jones County	62.31
60	Hyde County	61.25
61	Caswell County	60.89
62	Harnett County	60.64
63	Swain County	60.48
64	Chowan County	59.93
65	Wake County	59.53
66	Columbus County	59.18
67	Lee County	57.8
68	Granville County	57.75
69	Richmond County	56.3
70	Forsyth County	56.26
71	Bladen County	54.93
72	Pasquotank County	54.25
73	Pitt County	53.97
74	Wayne County	52.64
75	Martin County	52.11
76	Duplin County	50.98
77	Tyrrell County	50.8
78	Sampson County	50.31
79	Guilford County	49.29
80	Lenoir County	48.85
81	Nash County	48.73
82	Greene County	46.92
83	Wilson County	46.87
84	Mecklenburg County	46.11
85	Anson County	45.2
86	Washington County	44.24
87	Durham County	42.92
88	Scotland County	42.22
89	Cumberland County	42.14
90	Northampton County	38.77
91	Hoke County	38.74
92	Vance County	38.63
93	Warren County	38.3
94	Halifax County	38.11
95	Edgecombe County	35.87
96	Bertie County	34.51
97	Hertford County	32.84
98	Robeson County	24.66