Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all North Carolina counties, Ashe County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (97.21%), followed by Clay County (96.83%), and Yancey County (96.69%).

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 2015
Ashe
Clay
Yancey
Mitchell
Haywood
Madison
Alleghany
Macon
Watauga
Yadkin
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Ashe County 97.21
2 Clay County 96.83
3 Yancey County 96.69
4 Mitchell County 96.59
5 Haywood County 96.44
6 Madison County 96.27
7 Alleghany County 95.58
7 Macon County 95.58
8 Watauga County 95.21
9 Yadkin County 94.32
10 Dare County 94.21
11 Cherokee County 93.91
12 Stokes County 93.86
13 Avery County 93.79
14 Surry County 93.46
15 Transylvania County 93.32
16 Wilkes County 93.21
17 Henderson County 92.98
18 Polk County 92.84
19 McDowell County 92.83
20 Caldwell County 92.3
21 Lincoln County 91.75
22 Alexander County 91.11
23 Currituck County 90.6
24 Davie County 90.56
25 Carteret County 89.92
26 Graham County 89.69
27 Buncombe County 89.58
28 Randolph County 89.57
29 Rutherford County 87.28
30 Davidson County 86.82
31 Burke County 86.31
32 Brunswick County 85.73
33 Jackson County 85.18
34 Catawba County 84.48
35 Stanly County 84.46
36 Iredell County 82.85
36 Union County 82.85
37 Moore County 82.75
38 Camden County 82.61
39 Chatham County 82.01
40 New Hanover County 81.44
41 Johnston County 80.17
42 Rowan County 80.16
43 Pender County 80.13
44 Gaston County 79.7
45 Rockingham County 77.9
46 Pamlico County 77.17
47 Montgomery County 76.78
47 Orange County 76.78
48 Onslow County 76.74
49 Cabarrus County 76.51
50 Cleveland County 76.16
51 Alamance County 75
52 Lee County 74.94
53 Perquimans County 74.19
54 Craven County 72.01
55 Harnett County 71.93
56 Beaufort County 71.61
57 Person County 70.1
58 Franklin County 70.02
59 Duplin County 69.79
60 Wake County 68.77
61 Hyde County 68.52
62 Forsyth County 67.1
63 Sampson County 66.72
64 Jones County 66.18
65 Swain County 64.63
66 Granville County 64.34
67 Gates County 64.22
68 Caswell County 64.19
69 Columbus County 63.45
70 Wayne County 63.15
71 Chowan County 63.08
72 Richmond County 62.11
73 Bladen County 60.3
74 Pitt County 60.08
75 Pasquotank County 58.71
76 Greene County 58.43
77 Mecklenburg County 58.37
78 Tyrrell County 58.09
79 Guilford County 57.7
80 Wilson County 56.3
81 Nash County 56.23
82 Lenoir County 55.97
83 Martin County 54.86
84 Cumberland County 52.8
85 Durham County 52.76
86 Hoke County 50.35
87 Washington County 47.81
88 Anson County 47.57
89 Vance County 45.84
90 Scotland County 45.53
91 Warren County 40.7
92 Halifax County 40.28
93 Northampton County 39.79
94 Edgecombe County 39.58
95 Hertford County 36.06
96 Bertie County 35.56
97 Robeson County 31.56