Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2010

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2010, among all North Carolina counties, Ashe County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (97.58%), followed by Clay County (97.46%), and Mitchell County (97.38%).

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 White Alone Population in 2010

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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 White Alone in 2010

Ashe

Clay

Mitchell

Yancey

Madison

Haywood

Alleghany

Macon

Watauga

Yadkin

Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2010

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Rank	County	% of County Population
1	Ashe County	97.58
2	Clay County	97.46
3	Mitchell County	97.38
4	Yancey County	97.23
5	Madison County	96.99
6	Haywood County	96.95
7	Alleghany County	96.56
8	Macon County	96.37
9	Watauga County	95.6
10	Yadkin County	94.97
11	Dare County	94.69
12	Cherokee County	94.35
13	Avery County	94.34
14	Stokes County	94.14
15	Wilkes County	93.84
16	Surry County	93.83
17	Transylvania County	93.64
18	Henderson County	93.59
19	Polk County	93.35
20	McDowell County	93.34
21	Caldwell County	92.5
22	Lincoln County	92.13
23	Alexander County	91.82
24	Currituck County	91.32
25	Graham County	91.19
26	Davie County	90.85
27	Randolph County	90.52
28	Carteret County	90.45
29	Buncombe County	89.95
30	Davidson County	87.62
31	Rutherford County	87.39
32	Burke County	86.88
33	Catawba County	85.75
34	Jackson County	85.46
35	Brunswick County	85.45
36	Stanly County	85.39
37	Union County	84.07
38	Iredell County	83.79
39	Moore County	83.01
40	Camden County	82.74
41	Chatham County	82.37
42	New Hanover County	81.32
43	Johnston County	81.18
44	Gaston County	81.15
45	Rowan County	80.58
46	Cabarrus County	79.68
47	Pender County	79.11
48	Rockingham County	78.36
49	Orange County	77.95
50	Pamlico County	77.48
51	Onslow County	77.28
52	Montgomery County	77.23
53	Cleveland County	76.64
54	Alamance County	76.37
55	Lee County	75.63
56	Perquimans County	73.15
57	Harnett County	72.94
58	Craven County	72.12
59	Beaufort County	71.56
60	Duplin County	70.53
61	Person County	70.46
62	Wake County	70.16
63	Franklin County	69.84
64	Forsyth County	68.12
65	Swain County	67.22
66	Sampson County	67.03
67	Hyde County	66.16
68	Jones County	64.89
69	Granville County	64.74
70	Gates County	64.18
71	Wayne County	64.13
72	Columbus County	64.03
73	Caswell County	63.91
74	Chowan County	63.57
75	Richmond County	63.17
76	Pitt County	61.44
77	Mecklenburg County	60.75
78	Bladen County	60.63
79	Guilford County	60.09
80	Nash County	59.01
81	Greene County	58.56
82	Pasquotank County	58.25
83	Wilson County	57.74
84	Tyrrell County	57.69
85	Lenoir County	56.85
86	Martin County	54.74
87	Cumberland County	54.43
88	Durham County	53.12
89	Hoke County	50.36
90	Anson County	48.23
91	Washington County	47.66
92	Vance County	47.21
93	Scotland County	47.16
94	Halifax County	40.82
95	Edgecombe County	40.58
96	Warren County	40.26
97	Northampton County	39.87
98	Hertford County	36.28
99	Bertie County	35.48
100	Robeson County	32.87