RANKING · 1990 CENSUS · 100 SHOWN OF 100

Largest Black population, North Carolina counties · 1990

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Black or African American, from the 1990 American Community Survey (table B03002). Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 100 is 9,831.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPBLACK POPULATIONVS –

01Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,383134,140–

02Guilford County, NCNC562,23491,508–

03Wake County, NCNC1,257,23587,359–

04Cumberland County, NCNC338,47386,163–

05Durham County, NCNC347,24067,391–

06Forsyth County, NCNC401,71865,736–

07Pitt County, NCNC182,93635,919–

08Wayne County, NCNC122,27833,724–

09Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12131,614–

10Onslow County, NCNC217,17529,154–

11Halifax County, NCNC46,53427,477–

12Robeson County, NCNC119,94126,204–

13Wilson County, NCNC81,15024,892–

14Nash County, NCNC99,36524,076–

15New Hanover County, NCNC245,95923,928–

16Lenoir County, NCNC55,83722,544–

17Gaston County, NCNC246,55822,441–

18Craven County, NCNC105,02520,941–

19Alamance County, NCNC186,17720,767–

20Cleveland County, NCNC103,32517,679–

21Rowan County, NCNC155,09617,626–

22Vance County, NCNC42,63817,536–

23Rockingham County, NCNC94,19517,532–

24Sampson County, NCNC61,50415,623–

25Harnett County, NCNC150,13715,201–

26Columbus County, NCNC50,48715,154–

27Granville County, NCNC61,42114,932–

28Orange County, NCNC152,49814,808–

29Iredell County, NCNC211,79814,649–

30Johnston County, NCNC256,44814,363–

31Buncombe County, NCNC277,41714,027–

32Union County, NCNC267,67413,411–

33Duplin County, NCNC51,57113,291–

34Beaufort County, NCNC44,67013,144–

35Hertford County, NCNC19,01513,001–

36Franklin County, NCNC82,03712,877–

37Richmond County, NCNC42,04112,863–

38Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72512,802–

39Bertie County, NCNC17,08612,519–

40Northampton County, NCNC16,49112,307–

41Davidson County, NCNC180,18212,167–

42Scotland County, NCNC33,32212,110–

43Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20111,597–

44Bladen County, NCNC30,00711,211–

45Martin County, NCNC21,60111,180–

46Anson County, NCNC21,75811,071–

47Moore County, NCNC110,61910,846–

48Catawba County, NCNC170,17210,666–

49Warren County, NCNC18,8989,851–

50Hoke County, NCNC56,9399,831–

51Lee County, NCNC70,2589,401–

52Brunswick County, NCNC174,7029,177–

53Person County, NCNC40,6369,092–

54Chatham County, NCNC85,1118,776–

55Pender County, NCNC72,1118,743–

56Caswell County, NCNC22,5638,461–

57Rutherford County, NCNC65,7456,555–

58Greene County, NCNC20,7006,517–

59Washington County, NCNC10,6386,359–

60Randolph County, NCNC149,5166,169–

61Montgomery County, NCNC26,4035,982–

62Stanly County, NCNC68,8305,905–

63Chowan County, NCNC14,0825,095–

64Burke County, NCNC88,6555,031–

65Carteret County, NCNC70,4694,262–

66Gates County, NCNC10,2344,195–

67Lincoln County, NCNC98,6544,060–

68Caldwell County, NCNC81,1053,893–

69Jones County, NCNC9,5753,676–

70Perquimans County, NCNC13,4903,406–

71Surry County, NCNC72,2872,956–

72Pamlico County, NCNC12,7582,941–

73Wilkes County, NCNC66,2332,884–

74Davie County, NCNC45,8552,468–

75Henderson County, NCNC122,3752,205–

76Stokes County, NCNC46,1262,038–

77Hyde County, NCNC4,5541,795–

78Alexander County, NCNC36,9581,689–

79Tyrrell County, NCNC3,5371,546–

80Currituck County, NCNC33,1581,530–

81Camden County, NCNC11,3151,473–

82McDowell County, NCNC45,1981,369–

83Yadkin County, NCNC38,3251,309–

84Transylvania County, NCNC34,2111,186–

85Polk County, NCNC20,5331,050–

86Dare County, NCNC38,245829–

87Watauga County, NCNC54,786789–

88Haywood County, NCNC63,369571–

89Jackson County, NCNC45,039451–

90Macon County, NCNC39,232376–

91Cherokee County, NCNC30,830372–

92Yancey County, NCNC19,084197–

93Alleghany County, NCNC11,479193–

94Swain County, NCNC14,024140–

95Ashe County, NCNC27,514118–

96Avery County, NCNC18,110116–

97Madison County, NCNC22,553116–

98Mitchell County, NCNC15,06233–

99Clay County, NCNC12,23930–

100Graham County, NCNC8,1900–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS