Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2011
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all North Carolina counties, Ashe County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (97.56%), followed by Clay County (97.21%), and Mitchell County (97.18%).
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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
White Alone in 2011
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashe County | 97.56 |
| 2 | Clay County | 97.21 |
| 3 | Mitchell County | 97.18 |
| 3 | Yancey County | 97.18 |
| 4 | Haywood County | 96.93 |
| 5 | Madison County | 96.79 |
| 6 | Alleghany County | 96.36 |
| 7 | Macon County | 96.29 |
| 8 | Watauga County | 95.67 |
| 9 | Yadkin County | 94.79 |
| 10 | Dare County | 94.51 |
| 11 | Avery County | 94.18 |
| 11 | Cherokee County | 94.18 |
| 12 | Stokes County | 94.04 |
| 13 | Wilkes County | 93.79 |
| 14 | Surry County | 93.75 |
| 15 | Transylvania County | 93.65 |
| 16 | Henderson County | 93.45 |
| 17 | Polk County | 93.44 |
| 18 | McDowell County | 93.2 |
| 19 | Caldwell County | 92.41 |
| 20 | Lincoln County | 92.11 |
| 21 | Alexander County | 91.9 |
| 22 | Currituck County | 91.36 |
| 23 | Graham County | 90.98 |
| 24 | Davie County | 90.86 |
| 25 | Randolph County | 90.56 |
| 26 | Carteret County | 90.21 |
| 27 | Buncombe County | 89.9 |
| 28 | Davidson County | 87.5 |
| 29 | Rutherford County | 87.4 |
| 30 | Burke County | 86.82 |
| 31 | Catawba County | 85.55 |
| 32 | Brunswick County | 85.45 |
| 33 | Stanly County | 85.39 |
| 34 | Jackson County | 85.32 |
| 35 | Union County | 83.93 |
| 36 | Iredell County | 83.52 |
| 37 | Moore County | 82.91 |
| 38 | Camden County | 82.64 |
| 39 | Chatham County | 82.41 |
| 40 | New Hanover County | 81.3 |
| 41 | Johnston County | 81 |
| 42 | Gaston County | 80.92 |
| 43 | Rowan County | 80.6 |
| 44 | Cabarrus County | 79.21 |
| 44 | Pender County | 79.21 |
| 45 | Rockingham County | 78.34 |
| 46 | Orange County | 77.68 |
| 47 | Pamlico County | 77.41 |
| 48 | Onslow County | 77.37 |
| 49 | Montgomery County | 77.01 |
| 50 | Cleveland County | 76.6 |
| 51 | Alamance County | 76.24 |
| 52 | Lee County | 75.4 |
| 53 | Perquimans County | 73.21 |
| 54 | Harnett County | 72.86 |
| 55 | Craven County | 72.4 |
| 56 | Beaufort County | 71.52 |
| 57 | Person County | 70.37 |
| 58 | Duplin County | 70.18 |
| 59 | Wake County | 69.9 |
| 60 | Franklin County | 69.85 |
| 61 | Forsyth County | 67.94 |
| 62 | Sampson County | 67.06 |
| 63 | Swain County | 66.93 |
| 64 | Hyde County | 66.13 |
| 65 | Jones County | 65.02 |
| 66 | Granville County | 64.96 |
| 67 | Gates County | 63.97 |
| 68 | Columbus County | 63.91 |
| 69 | Wayne County | 63.87 |
| 70 | Caswell County | 63.81 |
| 71 | Chowan County | 63.2 |
| 72 | Richmond County | 62.86 |
| 73 | Pitt County | 61.18 |
| 74 | Bladen County | 60.71 |
| 75 | Mecklenburg County | 60.28 |
| 76 | Guilford County | 59.66 |
| 77 | Greene County | 58.81 |
| 78 | Nash County | 58.44 |
| 79 | Pasquotank County | 58.4 |
| 80 | Tyrrell County | 58.05 |
| 81 | Wilson County | 57.4 |
| 82 | Lenoir County | 56.67 |
| 83 | Martin County | 54.69 |
| 84 | Cumberland County | 54.37 |
| 85 | Durham County | 52.87 |
| 86 | Hoke County | 50.67 |
| 87 | Anson County | 47.88 |
| 88 | Washington County | 47.67 |
| 89 | Vance County | 46.8 |
| 90 | Scotland County | 46.69 |
| 91 | Halifax County | 40.66 |
| 92 | Edgecombe County | 40.21 |
| 93 | Warren County | 40.15 |
| 94 | Northampton County | 39.78 |
| 95 | Hertford County | 36.14 |
| 96 | Bertie County | 35.73 |
| 97 | Robeson County | 32.54 |