Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all North Carolina counties, Ashe County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (97.46%), followed by Clay County (97.08%), and Yancey County (97.02%).

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 White Alone in 2012
Ashe
Clay
Yancey
Mitchell
Haywood
Madison
Alleghany
Macon
Watauga
Yadkin
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Ashe County 97.46
2 Clay County 97.08
3 Yancey County 97.02
4 Mitchell County 97.01
5 Haywood County 96.82
6 Madison County 96.56
7 Alleghany County 96.25
8 Macon County 96.15
9 Watauga County 95.57
10 Yadkin County 94.51
11 Dare County 94.42
12 Cherokee County 94.27
13 Avery County 94.08
14 Stokes County 93.97
15 Surry County 93.69
15 Transylvania County 93.69
16 Wilkes County 93.62
17 Henderson County 93.35
18 Polk County 93.26
19 McDowell County 93.14
20 Caldwell County 92.39
21 Lincoln County 91.9
22 Alexander County 91.61
23 Currituck County 91.16
24 Davie County 90.77
25 Graham County 90.5
26 Randolph County 90.28
27 Carteret County 90
28 Buncombe County 89.74
29 Davidson County 87.4
29 Rutherford County 87.4
30 Burke County 86.77
31 Brunswick County 85.31
32 Catawba County 85.28
33 Jackson County 85.25
34 Stanly County 85.19
35 Union County 83.67
36 Iredell County 83.26
37 Camden County 82.8
38 Moore County 82.72
39 Chatham County 82.16
40 New Hanover County 81.33
41 Johnston County 80.91
42 Gaston County 80.78
43 Rowan County 80.58
44 Pender County 79.15
45 Cabarrus County 78.72
46 Rockingham County 78.26
47 Pamlico County 77.51
48 Orange County 77.42
49 Onslow County 77.22
50 Montgomery County 77.01
51 Cleveland County 76.65
52 Alamance County 75.97
53 Lee County 75.2
54 Perquimans County 73.07
55 Craven County 72.52
56 Harnett County 72.44
57 Beaufort County 71.71
58 Person County 70.32
59 Duplin County 70.11
60 Franklin County 69.76
61 Wake County 69.51
62 Forsyth County 67.83
63 Hyde County 67.39
64 Sampson County 67.07
65 Swain County 66.28
66 Jones County 65.5
67 Granville County 64.9
68 Caswell County 63.9
68 Columbus County 63.9
69 Gates County 63.85
70 Wayne County 63.69
71 Chowan County 63.15
72 Richmond County 62.74
73 Pitt County 60.99
74 Bladen County 60.41
75 Mecklenburg County 59.81
76 Tyrrell County 59.49
77 Guilford County 59.19
78 Greene County 58.66
79 Pasquotank County 58.26
80 Nash County 57.89
81 Wilson County 57.16
82 Lenoir County 56.49
83 Martin County 54.73
84 Cumberland County 53.99
85 Durham County 52.79
86 Hoke County 50.47
87 Anson County 47.98
88 Washington County 47.87
89 Vance County 46.55
90 Scotland County 46.39
91 Halifax County 40.67
92 Warren County 40.48
93 Edgecombe County 39.99
94 Northampton County 39.91
95 Hertford County 35.94
96 Bertie County 35.93
97 Robeson County 32.26