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Largest White (non-Hispanic) population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are White, not Hispanic or Latino, from the 2024 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 33,754.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPWHITE (NON-HISPANIC) POPULATIONVS 1990

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,235662,267+106%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,383498,847+38%

03Guilford County, NCNC562,234252,302+2%

04Buncombe County, NCNC277,417221,607+40%

05Forsyth County, NCNC401,718208,781+7%

06New Hanover County, NCNC245,959175,818+86%

07Union County, NCNC267,674167,601+140%

08Gaston County, NCNC246,558155,945+4%

09Johnston County, NCNC256,448143,892+120%

10Iredell County, NCNC211,798142,907+86%

11Durham County, NCNC347,240138,543+28%

12Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725135,319+60%

13Cumberland County, NCNC338,473134,847−19%

14Onslow County, NCNC217,175133,070+22%

15Davidson County, NCNC180,182131,384+16%

16Brunswick County, NCNC174,702123,338+200%

17Catawba County, NCNC170,172117,581+11%

18Randolph County, NCNC149,516109,713+11%

19Alamance County, NCNC186,177102,741+19%

20Rowan County, NCNC155,096101,687+11%

21Orange County, NCNC152,49899,091+32%

22Henderson County, NCNC122,37594,172+43%

23Pitt County, NCNC182,93691,928+30%

24Harnett County, NCNC150,13781,041+60%

25Moore County, NCNC110,61979,384+68%

26Lincoln County, NCNC98,65475,997+68%

27Cleveland County, NCNC103,32571,321+8%

28Burke County, NCNC88,65569,4610%

29Caldwell County, NCNC81,10568,703+4%

30Craven County, NCNC105,02566,187+15%

31Rockingham County, NCNC94,19564,421−5%

32Wayne County, NCNC122,27859,511−13%

33Carteret County, NCNC70,46958,952+24%

34Surry County, NCNC72,28757,9350%

35Haywood County, NCNC63,36956,657+23%

36Wilkes County, NCNC66,23356,518+1%

37Chatham County, NCNC85,11155,672+91%

38Rutherford County, NCNC65,74552,457+5%

39Stanly County, NCNC68,83050,405+12%

40Watauga County, NCNC54,78648,766+37%

41Pender County, NCNC72,11148,528+146%

42Franklin County, NCNC82,03745,138+94%

43Nash County, NCNC99,36544,504−14%

44Stokes County, NCNC46,12640,160+15%

45McDowell County, NCNC45,19838,364+13%

46Lee County, NCNC70,25836,695+18%

47Davie County, NCNC45,85536,195+44%

48Wilson County, NCNC81,15035,145−13%

49Jackson County, NCNC45,03934,317+46%

50Granville County, NCNC61,42133,754+48%

51Macon County, NCNC39,23232,344+41%

52Dare County, NCNC38,24532,339+50%

53Alexander County, NCNC36,95831,134+21%

54Yadkin County, NCNC38,32530,674+6%

55Transylvania County, NCNC34,21129,516+23%

56Beaufort County, NCNC44,67029,481+2%

57Columbus County, NCNC50,48729,364−10%

58Sampson County, NCNC61,50429,244−3%

59Robeson County, NCNC119,94127,182−28%

60Cherokee County, NCNC30,83026,388+37%

61Lenoir County, NCNC55,83725,969−24%

62Currituck County, NCNC33,15825,646+114%

63Person County, NCNC40,63625,382+23%

64Duplin County, NCNC51,57124,769−4%

65Ashe County, NCNC27,51424,475+12%

66Richmond County, NCNC42,04123,145−25%

67Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20121,969+14%

68Madison County, NCNC22,55319,947+20%

69Hoke County, NCNC56,93919,401+103%

70Halifax County, NCNC46,53417,496−32%

71Polk County, NCNC20,53317,234+31%

72Yancey County, NCNC19,08417,068+13%

73Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12117,030−31%

74Montgomery County, NCNC26,40316,319−1%

75Bladen County, NCNC30,00715,790−6%

76Vance County, NCNC42,63815,752−25%

77Avery County, NCNC18,11015,152+3%

78Mitchell County, NCNC15,06213,643−5%

79Scotland County, NCNC33,32213,466−29%

80Caswell County, NCNC22,56313,429+12%

81Martin County, NCNC21,60111,071−20%

82Clay County, NCNC12,23910,469+49%

83Anson County, NCNC21,7589,749−20%

84Alleghany County, NCNC11,4799,370+1%

85Greene County, NCNC20,7009,316+7%

86Perquimans County, NCNC13,4909,314+34%

87Pamlico County, NCNC12,7589,090+9%

88Camden County, NCNC11,3158,536+94%

89Chowan County, NCNC14,0828,3530%

90Swain County, NCNC14,0248,292+4%

91Warren County, NCNC18,8987,103+8%

92Graham County, NCNC8,1906,853+2%

93Northampton County, NCNC16,4916,605−21%

94Gates County, NCNC10,2346,562+28%

95Hertford County, NCNC19,0156,406−30%

96Bertie County, NCNC17,0865,904−24%

97Jones County, NCNC9,5755,866+3%

98Washington County, NCNC10,6384,815−36%

99Hyde County, NCNC4,5542,649−26%

100Tyrrell County, NCNC3,5371,953−14%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES