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RANKING · 2024 ACS · 99 SHOWN OF 99

Least segregated, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties with the lowest CensusEasy Segregation Score, where residents of every race are spread most evenly across neighborhoods (2024 ACS). This list covers the 99 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 99 is 26. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Clay County, NC, up 73 places to #25.

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Least segregated by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPSEGREGATION SCOREVS 2020
01Hyde County, NCNC4,5546+334%
02▲6Camden County, NCNC11,3157−54%
03▼1Greene County, NCNC20,7008+48%
04▼1Gates County, NCNC10,23410+19%
05▲14Macon County, NCNC39,23212−46%
06▲1Washington County, NCNC10,63812−24%
07▲3Yancey County, NCNC19,08412−26%
08▼2Hertford County, NCNC19,01514−4%
09▲4Ashe County, NCNC27,51415−22%
10▲6Watauga County, NCNC54,78617−19%
11▲11Hoke County, NCNC56,93917−25%
12▲60Haywood County, NCNC63,36917−51%
13▼8Jones County, NCNC9,57518+26%
14▲30Caswell County, NCNC22,56318−35%
15▲17Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20118−29%
16▼7Alleghany County, NCNC11,47918+11%
17▼6Harnett County, NCNC150,13718+8%
18Scotland County, NCNC33,32219−11%
19▲23Johnston County, NCNC256,44819−30%
20▲32Bladen County, NCNC30,00720−33%
21▲7Columbus County, NCNC50,48720−16%
22▼18Yadkin County, NCNC38,32521+59%
23▲22Cherokee County, NCNC30,83021−25%
24▼1Orange County, NCNC152,49821−5%
25▲73Clay County, NCNC12,23922−57%
26▲37Chowan County, NCNC14,08222−30%
27▼13Currituck County, NCNC33,15822+16%
28▼8Polk County, NCNC20,53323+6%
29▲5Cleveland County, NCNC103,32523−11%
30▼4Moore County, NCNC110,61923−1%
31▼1Alexander County, NCNC36,95824−5%
32▼15Madison County, NCNC22,55324+16%
33▲4Person County, NCNC40,63624−9%
34▲21Union County, NCNC267,67424−19%
35▼11Sampson County, NCNC61,50424+8%
36▲18Anson County, NCNC21,75825−18%
37▼6Rockingham County, NCNC94,19525−4%
38▼9Onslow County, NCNC217,17525+2%
39▼27Perquimans County, NCNC13,49025+46%
40▼4Henderson County, NCNC122,37525−4%
41▼26Richmond County, NCNC42,04126+30%
42▼9Davie County, NCNC45,85526−1%
43▼8Franklin County, NCNC82,03726−3%
44▲22Iredell County, NCNC211,79826−21%
45▲23Dare County, NCNC38,24526−25%
46▲4Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72526−11%
47▲2Stanly County, NCNC68,83026−10%
48▲35Jackson County, NCNC45,03926−33%
49▲13Transylvania County, NCNC34,21126−17%
50▼9Nash County, NCNC99,36526−4%
51▲24McDowell County, NCNC45,19827−27%
52▼4Buncombe County, NCNC277,41727−4%
53▲8Bertie County, NCNC17,08628−12%
54▼27Mitchell County, NCNC15,06228+17%
55▼8Catawba County, NCNC170,172280%
56▼5Cumberland County, NCNC338,47328−3%
57▼14Carteret County, NCNC70,46929+3%
58▼5Duplin County, NCNC51,57129−3%
59▼3Avery County, NCNC18,11029−4%
60▼14Granville County, NCNC61,42129+4%
61▼40Martin County, NCNC21,60129+32%
62▲3Burke County, NCNC88,65529−10%
63▼38Surry County, NCNC72,28729+25%
64▲10Northampton County, NCNC16,49130−17%
65▼8Vance County, NCNC42,63830−1%
66▼8Rutherford County, NCNC65,74531+1%
67▲6Lincoln County, NCNC98,65431−12%
68▲20Pender County, NCNC72,11132−21%
69Caldwell County, NCNC81,10532−7%
70▼30Beaufort County, NCNC44,67032+17%
71▼33Wilkes County, NCNC66,23332+19%
72▲4Wayne County, NCNC122,27832−13%
73▲14Rowan County, NCNC155,09632−18%
74▼14Pamlico County, NCNC12,75832+5%
75▼11Pitt County, NCNC182,93632+2%
76▲6Randolph County, NCNC149,51633−16%
77▼10Halifax County, NCNC46,53433−2%
78▼19Craven County, NCNC105,02533+9%
79▲1Gaston County, NCNC246,55834−11%
80▼1New Hanover County, NCNC245,95934−10%
81▲12Graham County, NCNC8,19034−23%
82▼12Chatham County, NCNC85,11135+2%
83▼6Wake County, NCNC1,257,23535−7%
84▼6Robeson County, NCNC119,94135−7%
85▲5Lee County, NCNC70,25835−17%
86▼2Brunswick County, NCNC174,70236−7%
87▼48Stokes County, NCNC46,12637+35%
88▼17Warren County, NCNC18,89837+6%
89▼8Alamance County, NCNC186,17737−3%
90▼5Durham County, NCNC347,24037−5%
91▼5Lenoir County, NCNC55,83740+3%
92Forsyth County, NCNC401,71841−6%
93▲2Guilford County, NCNC562,23442−9%
94▼5Wilson County, NCNC81,15042+4%
95▼1Davidson County, NCNC180,18243−4%
96▲1Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38347−5%
97▼6Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12147+9%
98▼2Montgomery County, NCNC26,40348−2%
99Swain County, NCNC14,02453−8%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES