Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2016
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all North Carolina counties, Ashe County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (97.14%), followed by Yancey County (96.57%), and Mitchell County (96.55%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.
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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 2016
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
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| 1 | Ashe County | 97.14 |
| 2 | Yancey County | 96.57 |
| 3 | Mitchell County | 96.55 |
| 4 | Clay County | 96.52 |
| 5 | Haywood County | 96.24 |
| 6 | Madison County | 96.23 |
| 7 | Alleghany County | 95.56 |
| 8 | Macon County | 95.43 |
| 9 | Watauga County | 95.07 |
| 10 | Dare County | 94.15 |
| 11 | Yadkin County | 94.01 |
| 12 | Stokes County | 93.76 |
| 13 | Cherokee County | 93.67 |
| 14 | Transylvania County | 93.47 |
| 15 | Avery County | 93.43 |
| 16 | Surry County | 93.36 |
| 17 | Wilkes County | 93.03 |
| 18 | McDowell County | 92.89 |
| 19 | Henderson County | 92.84 |
| 20 | Polk County | 92.83 |
| 21 | Caldwell County | 92.12 |
| 22 | Lincoln County | 91.59 |
| 23 | Alexander County | 90.85 |
| 24 | Currituck County | 90.64 |
| 25 | Davie County | 90.28 |
| 26 | Carteret County | 89.8 |
| 27 | Buncombe County | 89.6 |
| 28 | Graham County | 89.52 |
| 29 | Randolph County | 89.25 |
| 30 | Rutherford County | 87.25 |
| 31 | Davidson County | 86.41 |
| 32 | Burke County | 86.16 |
| 33 | Brunswick County | 85.93 |
| 34 | Jackson County | 85.07 |
| 35 | Catawba County | 84.3 |
| 36 | Stanly County | 84.29 |
| 37 | Moore County | 82.84 |
| 38 | Iredell County | 82.75 |
| 39 | Camden County | 82.6 |
| 40 | Union County | 82.43 |
| 41 | Chatham County | 82.08 |
| 42 | New Hanover County | 81.69 |
| 43 | Pender County | 80.47 |
| 44 | Rowan County | 79.97 |
| 45 | Johnston County | 79.82 |
| 46 | Gaston County | 79.14 |
| 47 | Rockingham County | 77.84 |
| 48 | Pamlico County | 77.69 |
| 49 | Montgomery County | 76.86 |
| 50 | Orange County | 76.65 |
| 51 | Onslow County | 76.59 |
| 52 | Cleveland County | 76.08 |
| 53 | Cabarrus County | 75.38 |
| 54 | Alamance County | 74.78 |
| 55 | Lee County | 74.68 |
| 56 | Perquimans County | 74.34 |
| 57 | Craven County | 71.91 |
| 58 | Beaufort County | 71.75 |
| 58 | Harnett County | 71.75 |
| 59 | Franklin County | 70.08 |
| 60 | Person County | 69.95 |
| 61 | Duplin County | 69.91 |
| 62 | Wake County | 68.55 |
| 63 | Hyde County | 68.26 |
| 64 | Forsyth County | 66.91 |
| 65 | Sampson County | 66.57 |
| 66 | Jones County | 66.21 |
| 67 | Gates County | 64.61 |
| 68 | Granville County | 64.34 |
| 69 | Caswell County | 64.21 |
| 70 | Swain County | 63.91 |
| 71 | Columbus County | 63.22 |
| 72 | Wayne County | 63.12 |
| 73 | Chowan County | 62.76 |
| 74 | Richmond County | 61.78 |
| 75 | Bladen County | 60.44 |
| 76 | Pitt County | 59.78 |
| 77 | Pasquotank County | 58.86 |
| 78 | Tyrrell County | 58.28 |
| 79 | Greene County | 58.17 |
| 80 | Mecklenburg County | 58.01 |
| 81 | Guilford County | 57.22 |
| 82 | Wilson County | 55.94 |
| 83 | Nash County | 55.81 |
| 84 | Lenoir County | 55.63 |
| 85 | Martin County | 55.01 |
| 86 | Durham County | 52.97 |
| 87 | Cumberland County | 52.3 |
| 88 | Hoke County | 50.06 |
| 89 | Washington County | 48.1 |
| 90 | Anson County | 47.82 |
| 91 | Vance County | 45.56 |
| 92 | Scotland County | 45.32 |
| 93 | Warren County | 40.68 |
| 94 | Halifax County | 40.2 |
| 95 | Northampton County | 40.1 |
| 96 | Edgecombe County | 39.44 |
| 97 | Hertford County | 35.9 |
| 98 | Bertie County | 35.86 |
| 99 | Robeson County | 31.17 |