Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all North Carolina counties, Ashe County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (97.01%), followed by Yancey County (96.68%), and Mitchell County (96.41%).

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 2017
Ashe
Yancey
Mitchell
Clay
Madison
Haywood
Macon
Alleghany
Watauga
Dare
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Ashe County 97.01
2 Yancey County 96.68
3 Mitchell County 96.41
4 Clay County 96.32
5 Madison County 96.21
6 Haywood County 96.12
7 Macon County 95.34
8 Alleghany County 95.25
9 Watauga County 94.98
10 Dare County 94.08
11 Yadkin County 93.94
12 Stokes County 93.77
13 Cherokee County 93.59
14 Transylvania County 93.5
15 Surry County 93.19
16 Avery County 93.17
17 Wilkes County 92.96
18 Polk County 92.82
19 McDowell County 92.67
20 Henderson County 92.65
21 Caldwell County 91.96
22 Lincoln County 91.53
23 Alexander County 90.82
24 Currituck County 90.74
25 Davie County 90.1
26 Carteret County 89.82
27 Buncombe County 89.53
28 Graham County 89.07
29 Randolph County 89.03
30 Rutherford County 87.16
31 Brunswick County 86.09
32 Davidson County 86.05
33 Burke County 85.98
34 Jackson County 85.08
35 Stanly County 84.19
36 Catawba County 83.99
37 Moore County 82.89
38 Camden County 82.86
39 Iredell County 82.56
40 Chatham County 82.19
41 Union County 81.93
42 New Hanover County 81.82
43 Pender County 80.9
44 Rowan County 79.69
45 Johnston County 79.45
46 Gaston County 78.58
47 Rockingham County 77.71
48 Pamlico County 77.6
49 Orange County 76.78
50 Montgomery County 76.58
51 Onslow County 76.17
52 Cleveland County 75.91
53 Lee County 74.63
54 Perquimans County 74.32
55 Cabarrus County 74.26
56 Alamance County 74.22
57 Craven County 71.72
58 Beaufort County 71.69
59 Harnett County 71.54
60 Franklin County 70.17
61 Duplin County 70.02
62 Person County 69.75
63 Wake County 68.24
64 Hyde County 67.86
65 Forsyth County 66.72
66 Sampson County 66.64
67 Jones County 66.15
68 Gates County 64.74
69 Granville County 64.25
70 Caswell County 64.15
71 Swain County 63.98
72 Wayne County 63.11
73 Columbus County 63.07
74 Chowan County 62.16
75 Richmond County 61.67
76 Bladen County 60.26
77 Pitt County 59.48
78 Pasquotank County 58.98
79 Greene County 58.59
80 Mecklenburg County 57.61
81 Tyrrell County 57.19
82 Guilford County 56.7
83 Wilson County 55.84
84 Lenoir County 55.56
85 Nash County 55.32
86 Martin County 55.07
87 Durham County 53.27
88 Cumberland County 51.53
89 Hoke County 49.85
90 Washington County 47.75
91 Anson County 47.65
92 Vance County 45.34
93 Scotland County 44.91
94 Warren County 40.83
95 Halifax County 40.11
96 Northampton County 39.94
97 Edgecombe County 39.62
98 Hertford County 35.72
99 Bertie County 35.64
100 Robeson County 31.02