Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2014

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2014, among all North Carolina counties, Ashe County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (97.25%), followed by Clay County (96.91%), and Yancey County (96.73%).

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 2014
Ashe
Clay
Yancey
Mitchell
Haywood
Madison
Alleghany
Macon
Watauga
Yadkin
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2014
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Ashe County 97.25
2 Clay County 96.91
3 Yancey County 96.73
4 Mitchell County 96.69
5 Haywood County 96.64
6 Madison County 96.32
7 Alleghany County 95.77
8 Macon County 95.74
9 Watauga County 95.35
10 Yadkin County 94.26
11 Dare County 94.19
12 Cherokee County 94.03
13 Stokes County 93.87
14 Avery County 93.84
15 Surry County 93.59
16 Wilkes County 93.41
17 Transylvania County 93.39
18 Henderson County 93.23
19 Polk County 93.08
20 McDowell County 92.99
21 Caldwell County 92.32
22 Lincoln County 91.88
23 Alexander County 91.23
24 Currituck County 90.78
25 Davie County 90.76
26 Carteret County 89.96
27 Graham County 89.85
28 Randolph County 89.77
29 Buncombe County 89.56
30 Rutherford County 87.3
31 Davidson County 86.92
32 Burke County 86.43
33 Brunswick County 85.57
34 Jackson County 85.26
35 Stanly County 84.72
36 Catawba County 84.66
37 Union County 83.2
38 Iredell County 83.11
39 Moore County 82.69
40 Camden County 82.67
41 Chatham County 82.1
42 New Hanover County 81.27
43 Johnston County 80.33
44 Gaston County 80.13
45 Rowan County 80.1
46 Pender County 79.85
47 Rockingham County 78.03
48 Cabarrus County 77.39
49 Pamlico County 77.35
50 Montgomery County 77.03
51 Onslow County 76.93
52 Orange County 76.92
53 Cleveland County 76.29
54 Alamance County 75.42
55 Lee County 75.07
56 Perquimans County 73.55
57 Craven County 72.14
58 Harnett County 72.02
59 Beaufort County 71.6
60 Duplin County 69.96
61 Person County 69.91
62 Franklin County 69.67
63 Wake County 68.99
64 Hyde County 67.92
65 Forsyth County 67.32
66 Sampson County 66.95
67 Jones County 65.86
68 Swain County 65.15
69 Granville County 64.52
70 Caswell County 64.05
71 Gates County 63.72
72 Columbus County 63.63
73 Wayne County 63.24
74 Chowan County 63.01
75 Richmond County 62.29
76 Pitt County 60.47
77 Bladen County 60.4
78 Tyrrell County 58.9
79 Mecklenburg County 58.74
80 Pasquotank County 58.47
81 Greene County 58.44
82 Guilford County 58.2
83 Nash County 56.67
84 Wilson County 56.51
85 Lenoir County 55.86
86 Martin County 55.09
87 Cumberland County 53.21
88 Durham County 52.59
89 Hoke County 50.23
90 Washington County 48.01
91 Anson County 47.65
92 Vance County 46.23
93 Scotland County 45.77
94 Warren County 40.58
95 Halifax County 40.36
96 Edgecombe County 39.68
97 Northampton County 39.58
98 Hertford County 36.06
99 Bertie County 35.5
100 Robeson County 31.64