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Largest White (non-Hispanic) population, North Carolina counties · 1990

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are White, not Hispanic or Latino, 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 29,223.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPWHITE (NON-HISPANIC) POPULATIONVS –

01Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,383360,995–

02Wake County, NCNC1,257,235321,714–

03Guilford County, NCNC562,234248,227–

04Forsyth County, NCNC401,718195,979–

05Cumberland County, NCNC338,473166,023–

06Buncombe County, NCNC277,417158,154–

07Gaston County, NCNC246,558150,410–

08Davidson County, NCNC180,182113,051–

09Onslow County, NCNC217,175108,770–

10Durham County, NCNC347,240108,532–

11Catawba County, NCNC170,172105,950–

12Randolph County, NCNC149,51698,871–

13New Hanover County, NCNC245,95994,494–

14Rowan County, NCNC155,09691,589–

15Alamance County, NCNC186,17786,130–

16Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72584,821–

17Iredell County, NCNC211,79876,942–

18Orange County, NCNC152,49875,124–

19Pitt County, NCNC182,93670,607–

20Union County, NCNC267,67469,829–

21Burke County, NCNC88,65569,604–

22Wayne County, NCNC122,27868,524–

23Rockingham County, NCNC94,19567,556–

24Caldwell County, NCNC81,10566,315–

25Cleveland County, NCNC103,32566,131–

26Henderson County, NCNC122,37565,957–

27Johnston County, NCNC256,44865,430–

28Surry County, NCNC72,28758,023–

29Craven County, NCNC105,02557,650–

30Wilkes County, NCNC66,23355,964–

31Nash County, NCNC99,36551,756–

32Harnett County, NCNC150,13750,643–

33Rutherford County, NCNC65,74549,961–

34Carteret County, NCNC70,46947,428–

35Moore County, NCNC110,61947,382–

36Haywood County, NCNC63,36945,912–

37Lincoln County, NCNC98,65445,333–

38Stanly County, NCNC68,83045,119–

39Brunswick County, NCNC174,70241,150–

40Wilson County, NCNC81,15040,596–

41Robeson County, NCNC119,94137,937–

42Watauga County, NCNC54,78635,679–

43Stokes County, NCNC46,12634,815–

44Lenoir County, NCNC55,83734,113–

45McDowell County, NCNC45,19833,929–

46Columbus County, NCNC50,48732,705–

47Lee County, NCNC70,25831,011–

48Richmond County, NCNC42,04130,721–

49Sampson County, NCNC61,50430,008–

50Chatham County, NCNC85,11129,223–

51Beaufort County, NCNC44,67028,821–

52Yadkin County, NCNC38,32528,816–

53Halifax County, NCNC46,53425,902–

54Duplin County, NCNC51,57125,889–

55Alexander County, NCNC36,95825,701–

56Davie County, NCNC45,85525,091–

57Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12124,685–

58Transylvania County, NCNC34,21124,012–

59Jackson County, NCNC45,03923,464–

60Franklin County, NCNC82,03723,228–

61Macon County, NCNC39,23222,881–

62Granville County, NCNC61,42122,830–

63Ashe County, NCNC27,51421,878–

64Dare County, NCNC38,24521,569–

65Vance County, NCNC42,63820,965–

66Person County, NCNC40,63620,718–

67Pender County, NCNC72,11119,723–

68Cherokee County, NCNC30,83019,233–

69Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20119,225–

70Scotland County, NCNC33,32218,944–

71Bladen County, NCNC30,00716,882–

72Madison County, NCNC22,55316,678–

73Montgomery County, NCNC26,40316,547–

74Yancey County, NCNC19,08415,133–

75Avery County, NCNC18,11014,641–

76Mitchell County, NCNC15,06214,332–

77Martin County, NCNC21,60113,778–

78Polk County, NCNC20,53313,204–

79Anson County, NCNC21,75812,212–

80Caswell County, NCNC22,56312,022–

81Currituck County, NCNC33,15811,993–

82Hoke County, NCNC56,9399,579–

83Alleghany County, NCNC11,4799,309–

84Hertford County, NCNC19,0159,168–

85Greene County, NCNC20,7008,671–

86Northampton County, NCNC16,4918,390–

87Pamlico County, NCNC12,7588,344–

88Chowan County, NCNC14,0828,326–

89Swain County, NCNC14,0247,966–

90Bertie County, NCNC17,0867,794–

91Washington County, NCNC10,6387,566–

92Clay County, NCNC12,2397,026–

93Perquimans County, NCNC13,4906,951–

94Graham County, NCNC8,1906,740–

95Warren County, NCNC18,8986,588–

96Jones County, NCNC9,5755,715–

97Gates County, NCNC10,2345,107–

98Camden County, NCNC11,3154,399–

99Hyde County, NCNC4,5543,580–

100Tyrrell County, NCNC3,5372,278–

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