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Largest Subsaharan African population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Subsaharan African ancestry, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 95 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSUBSAHARAN AFRICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38335,413+181%

02Wake County, NCNC1,257,23522,530+36%

03Guilford County, NCNC562,23418,405+125%

04Durham County, NCNC347,2409,716+71%

05Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7255,379+991%

06Cumberland County, NCNC338,4734,828+64%

07Forsyth County, NCNC401,7184,722+122%

08Gaston County, NCNC246,5582,358+174%

09Lenoir County, NCNC55,8372,339+146%

10Union County, NCNC267,6742,310+102%

11Davidson County, NCNC180,1822,204+751%

12New Hanover County, NCNC245,9592,017+240%

13Johnston County, NCNC256,4481,926+21%

14Orange County, NCNC152,4981,893+65%

15Alamance County, NCNC186,1771,851+249%

16Onslow County, NCNC217,1751,605−10%

17Rowan County, NCNC155,0961,578−55%

18Pitt County, NCNC182,9361,503+75%

19Harnett County, NCNC150,1371,330+22%

20Iredell County, NCNC211,7981,215+337%

21Catawba County, NCNC170,172988+684%

22Hoke County, NCNC56,939902+58%

23Halifax County, NCNC46,534843+31%

24Randolph County, NCNC149,516832+588%

25Buncombe County, NCNC277,417820−11%

26Moore County, NCNC110,619778+293%

27Craven County, NCNC105,025755−39%

28Brunswick County, NCNC174,702737+546%

29Franklin County, NCNC82,037725+67%

30Greene County, NCNC20,700692+257%

31Nash County, NCNC99,365664−49%

32Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201573+31%

33Rockingham County, NCNC94,195527+177%

34Wilson County, NCNC81,150523+0%

35Robeson County, NCNC119,941482+9%

36Cleveland County, NCNC103,325452−4%

37Chowan County, NCNC14,082431+684%

38Lee County, NCNC70,258405+238%

39Columbus County, NCNC50,487385+114%

40Scotland County, NCNC33,322365+37%

41Pender County, NCNC72,111362+248%

42Hertford County, NCNC19,015352−48%

43Bladen County, NCNC30,007347+410%

44Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121342−45%

45Vance County, NCNC42,638320−42%

46Watauga County, NCNC54,786312+7700%

47Granville County, NCNC61,421301−24%

48Dare County, NCNC38,245267+709%

49Henderson County, NCNC122,375267+261%

50Burke County, NCNC88,655261+75%

51Currituck County, NCNC33,158260+87%

52Macon County, NCNC39,232259+182%

53Wayne County, NCNC122,278258−48%

54Caldwell County, NCNC81,105247+426%

55Montgomery County, NCNC26,403210+268%

56McDowell County, NCNC45,198188+1780%

57Wilkes County, NCNC66,233166+51%

58Bertie County, NCNC17,086165−43%

59Rutherford County, NCNC65,745165−43%

60Chatham County, NCNC85,111162−58%

61Surry County, NCNC72,287159+49%

62Sampson County, NCNC61,504151−53%

63Caswell County, NCNC22,563150+53%

64Beaufort County, NCNC44,670147−38%

65Ashe County, NCNC27,514129–

66Stanly County, NCNC68,830115−63%

67Jackson County, NCNC45,039102−64%

68Transylvania County, NCNC34,211102–

69Warren County, NCNC18,898102+155%

70Anson County, NCNC21,75897−20%

71Person County, NCNC40,63689−30%

72Carteret County, NCNC70,46987−41%

73Davie County, NCNC45,85586−25%

74Lincoln County, NCNC98,65482+78%

75Haywood County, NCNC63,36977+93%

76Northampton County, NCNC16,49176−86%

77Duplin County, NCNC51,57172−37%

78Alexander County, NCNC36,95868+89%

79Cherokee County, NCNC30,83067+168%

80Perquimans County, NCNC13,49063+385%

81Richmond County, NCNC42,04155−17%

82Martin County, NCNC21,60151−30%

83Alleghany County, NCNC11,47947–

84Stokes County, NCNC46,12637−5%

85Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53737+311%

86Pamlico County, NCNC12,75836−67%

87Swain County, NCNC14,02433–

88Mitchell County, NCNC15,06221–

89Yadkin County, NCNC38,32516+220%

90Avery County, NCNC18,11015–

91Madison County, NCNC22,55314−42%

92Yancey County, NCNC19,08410+100%

93Clay County, NCNC12,2397–

94Gates County, NCNC10,2346−90%

95Hyde County, NCNC4,5545–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES