Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all North Carolina counties, Ashe County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (96.9%), followed by Yancey County (96.46%), and Madison County (96.14%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By White Alone Population in 2019

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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 2019

Ashe

Yancey

Madison

Mitchell

Clay

Haywood

Alleghany

Macon

Watauga

Yadkin

Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2019

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Rank	County	% of County Population
1	Ashe County	96.9
2	Yancey County	96.46
3	Madison County	96.14
4	Mitchell County	96.08
5	Clay County	96.03
6	Haywood County	95.76
7	Alleghany County	95.35
8	Macon County	95.07
9	Watauga County	94.85
10	Yadkin County	93.84
11	Dare County	93.82
12	Stokes County	93.63
13	Cherokee County	93.53
14	Transylvania County	93.43
15	Avery County	92.95
16	Surry County	92.88
17	Polk County	92.77
18	Wilkes County	92.71
19	Henderson County	92.51
20	McDowell County	92.3
21	Caldwell County	91.48
22	Lincoln County	91.21
23	Alexander County	90.8
24	Currituck County	90.43
25	Carteret County	90.09
26	Davie County	89.92
27	Buncombe County	89.43
28	Randolph County	88.71
29	Graham County	88.67
30	Rutherford County	86.9
31	Brunswick County	86.51
32	Burke County	86.01
33	Davidson County	85.5
34	Jackson County	85.04
35	Stanly County	84.35
36	Catawba County	83.62
37	Camden County	83.06
38	Moore County	83
39	New Hanover County	82.24
40	Chatham County	82.2
41	Iredell County	82.14
42	Pender County	81.4
43	Union County	81.02
44	Rowan County	79.34
45	Johnston County	78.6
46	Pamlico County	77.57
47	Gaston County	77.48
48	Rockingham County	77.46
49	Orange County	76.86
50	Montgomery County	76.43
51	Onslow County	76.27
52	Cleveland County	75.7
53	Perquimans County	74.78
54	Lee County	74.58
55	Alamance County	73.32
56	Cabarrus County	72.15
57	Beaufort County	72
58	Craven County	71.6
59	Harnett County	71.13
60	Franklin County	70.11
61	Duplin County	70.06
62	Person County	69.8
63	Hyde County	69.69
64	Wake County	67.67
65	Jones County	66.68
66	Forsyth County	66.42
67	Sampson County	66.33
68	Gates County	65.16
69	Granville County	64.41
70	Caswell County	64.32
71	Columbus County	63.18
72	Swain County	63.15
73	Wayne County	62.55
74	Chowan County	62.42
75	Richmond County	61.08
76	Bladen County	60.67
77	Pitt County	58.97
78	Greene County	58.87
79	Tyrrell County	58.77
80	Pasquotank County	58.35
81	Mecklenburg County	57.09
82	Guilford County	55.75
83	Wilson County	55.71
84	Lenoir County	55.25
85	Martin County	55.1
86	Nash County	54.4
87	Durham County	53.81
88	Cumberland County	50.81
89	Hoke County	48.95
90	Anson County	47.9
91	Washington County	47.67
92	Vance County	44.69
93	Scotland County	44.13
94	Warren County	40.57
95	Northampton County	40.36
96	Halifax County	39.93
97	Edgecombe County	39.56
98	Bertie County	35.78
99	Hertford County	35.32
100	Robeson County	30.52