Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Two Or More Races in 2020

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all North Carolina counties, Cumberland County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Two Or More Races (5.04%), followed by Hoke County (4.86%), and Swain County (4.79%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Two Or More Races in 2020
Cumberland
Hoke
Swain
Onslow
Harnett
Camden
Craven
Pasquotank
Robeson
Tyrrell
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Two Or More Races in 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Cumberland County 5.04
2 Hoke County 4.86
3 Swain County 4.79
4 Onslow County 4.59
5 Harnett County 3.64
6 Camden County 3.32
7 Craven County 3.2
8 Pasquotank County 3.16
9 Robeson County 3.01
10 Tyrrell County 2.9
11 Scotland County 2.83
12 Orange County 2.77
12 Wayne County 2.77
13 Durham County 2.76
14 Wake County 2.7
15 Guilford County 2.63
16 Cherokee County 2.6
17 Lee County 2.59
18 Gates County 2.56
19 Mecklenburg County 2.55
20 Richmond County 2.52
21 Cabarrus County 2.49
22 Forsyth County 2.41
23 Currituck County 2.37
24 Jackson County 2.35
24 Sampson County 2.35
25 Pitt County 2.33
26 Alamance County 2.32
26 Graham County 2.32
26 Pender County 2.32
27 New Hanover County 2.3
28 Carteret County 2.29
28 Franklin County 2.29
29 Johnston County 2.28
29 Rockingham County 2.28
30 Gaston County 2.25
31 Buncombe County 2.23
31 Moore County 2.23
32 Jones County 2.22
33 Washington County 2.19
34 Iredell County 2.17
35 Union County 2.14
36 Warren County 2.13
37 Person County 2.11
37 Rutherford County 2.11
38 Davie County 2.1
39 Catawba County 2.08
40 Transylvania County 2.07
41 Columbus County 2.05
42 Bladen County 2.02
43 Cleveland County 2
44 Granville County 1.98
44 Henderson County 1.98
45 Dare County 1.97
46 Montgomery County 1.96
47 Caldwell County 1.91
48 Randolph County 1.9
49 Davidson County 1.89
49 Pamlico County 1.89
50 Chatham County 1.88
50 Rowan County 1.88
51 Nash County 1.87
52 Anson County 1.84
52 Burke County 1.84
52 Wilson County 1.84
53 Brunswick County 1.82
54 Caswell County 1.81
55 Clay County 1.78
55 Duplin County 1.78
56 Perquimans County 1.77
57 Watauga County 1.76
58 Vance County 1.75
59 Hertford County 1.73
60 Alexander County 1.68
60 Polk County 1.68
61 Beaufort County 1.67
62 Lenoir County 1.65
62 Lincoln County 1.65
63 Wilkes County 1.62
64 Northampton County 1.61
65 Hyde County 1.6
66 Alleghany County 1.59
67 McDowell County 1.58
68 Chowan County 1.57
69 Haywood County 1.54
70 Greene County 1.53
71 Stanly County 1.51
72 Madison County 1.5
73 Halifax County 1.47
74 Edgecombe County 1.46
75 Stokes County 1.43
76 Yadkin County 1.4
77 Surry County 1.39
78 Mitchell County 1.38
79 Martin County 1.31
80 Macon County 1.26
81 Bertie County 1.22
82 Ashe County 1.15
83 Avery County 1.13
84 Yancey County 1.07