RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 91 SHOWN OF 91

Largest Subsaharan African population, North Carolina counties · 2010

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Subsaharan African ancestry, from the 2010 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 91 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 91 is 198.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSUBSAHARAN AFRICAN POPULATIONVS –

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,23516,569–

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38312,614–

03Guilford County, NCNC562,2348,194–

04Durham County, NCNC347,2405,677–

05Rowan County, NCNC155,0963,529–

06Cumberland County, NCNC338,4732,935–

07Forsyth County, NCNC401,7182,127–

08Onslow County, NCNC217,1751,785–

09Johnston County, NCNC256,4481,597–

10Nash County, NCNC99,3651,295–

11Craven County, NCNC105,0251,246–

12Union County, NCNC267,6741,146–

13Orange County, NCNC152,4981,145–

14Harnett County, NCNC150,1371,093–

15Lenoir County, NCNC55,837951–

16Buncombe County, NCNC277,417923–

17Gaston County, NCNC246,558860–

18Pitt County, NCNC182,936858–

19Hertford County, NCNC19,015671–

20Halifax County, NCNC46,534642–

21Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121617–

22New Hanover County, NCNC245,959594–

23Hoke County, NCNC56,939572–

24Vance County, NCNC42,638556–

25Northampton County, NCNC16,491543–

26Alamance County, NCNC186,177531–

27Wilson County, NCNC81,150522–

28Wayne County, NCNC122,278499–

29Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725493–

30Cleveland County, NCNC103,325473–

31Robeson County, NCNC119,941442–

32Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201436–

33Franklin County, NCNC82,037433–

34Granville County, NCNC61,421397–

35Chatham County, NCNC85,111389–

36Washington County, NCNC10,638334–

37Sampson County, NCNC61,504321–

38Stanly County, NCNC68,830308–

39Bertie County, NCNC17,086288–

40Rutherford County, NCNC65,745288–

41Jackson County, NCNC45,039282–

42Iredell County, NCNC211,798278–

43Scotland County, NCNC33,322266–

44Davidson County, NCNC180,182259–

45Beaufort County, NCNC44,670236–

46Moore County, NCNC110,619198–

47Greene County, NCNC20,700194–

48Rockingham County, NCNC94,195190–

49Columbus County, NCNC50,487180–

50Burke County, NCNC88,655149–

51Carteret County, NCNC70,469148–

52Currituck County, NCNC33,158139–

53Person County, NCNC40,636127–

54Catawba County, NCNC170,172126–

55Anson County, NCNC21,758122–

56Randolph County, NCNC149,516121–

57Lee County, NCNC70,258120–

58Davie County, NCNC45,855115–

59Brunswick County, NCNC174,702114–

60Duplin County, NCNC51,571114–

61Wilkes County, NCNC66,233110–

62Pamlico County, NCNC12,758109–

63Surry County, NCNC72,287107–

64Pender County, NCNC72,111104–

65Jones County, NCNC9,575103–

66Polk County, NCNC20,533103–

67Caswell County, NCNC22,56398–

68Macon County, NCNC39,23292–

69Henderson County, NCNC122,37574–

70Martin County, NCNC21,60173–

71Bladen County, NCNC30,00768–

72Richmond County, NCNC42,04166–

73Gates County, NCNC10,23462–

74Montgomery County, NCNC26,40357–

75Chowan County, NCNC14,08255–

76Caldwell County, NCNC81,10547–

77Lincoln County, NCNC98,65446–

78Graham County, NCNC8,19043–

79Haywood County, NCNC63,36940–

80Warren County, NCNC18,89840–

81Stokes County, NCNC46,12639–

82Alexander County, NCNC36,95836–

83Dare County, NCNC38,24533–

84Cherokee County, NCNC30,83025–

85Madison County, NCNC22,55324–

86Perquimans County, NCNC13,49013–

87McDowell County, NCNC45,19810–

88Tyrrell County, NCNC3,5379–

89Yadkin County, NCNC38,3255–

90Yancey County, NCNC19,0845–

91Watauga County, NCNC54,7864–

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