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Most segregated, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the CensusEasy Segregation Score, the White vs non-White index of dissimilarity across census tracts (2024 ACS). Higher means residents are more sorted into separate neighborhoods. This list covers the 99 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPSEGREGATION SCOREVS 2020

01Swain County, NCNC14,02453−8%

02Montgomery County, NCNC26,40348−2%

03Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12147+9%

04Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38347−5%

05Davidson County, NCNC180,18243−4%

06Wilson County, NCNC81,15042+4%

07Guilford County, NCNC562,23442−9%

08Forsyth County, NCNC401,71841−6%

09Lenoir County, NCNC55,83740+3%

10Durham County, NCNC347,24037−5%

11Alamance County, NCNC186,17737−3%

12Warren County, NCNC18,89837+6%

13Stokes County, NCNC46,12637+35%

14Brunswick County, NCNC174,70236−7%

15Lee County, NCNC70,25835−17%

16Robeson County, NCNC119,94135−7%

17Wake County, NCNC1,257,23535−7%

18Chatham County, NCNC85,11135+2%

19Graham County, NCNC8,19034−23%

20New Hanover County, NCNC245,95934−10%

21Gaston County, NCNC246,55834−11%

22Craven County, NCNC105,02533+9%

23Halifax County, NCNC46,53433−2%

24Randolph County, NCNC149,51633−16%

25Pitt County, NCNC182,93632+2%

26Pamlico County, NCNC12,75832+5%

27Rowan County, NCNC155,09632−18%

28Wayne County, NCNC122,27832−13%

29Wilkes County, NCNC66,23332+19%

30Beaufort County, NCNC44,67032+17%

31Caldwell County, NCNC81,10532−7%

32Pender County, NCNC72,11132−21%

33Lincoln County, NCNC98,65431−12%

34Rutherford County, NCNC65,74531+1%

35Vance County, NCNC42,63830−1%

36Northampton County, NCNC16,49130−17%

37Surry County, NCNC72,28729+25%

38Burke County, NCNC88,65529−10%

39Martin County, NCNC21,60129+32%

40Granville County, NCNC61,42129+4%

41Avery County, NCNC18,11029−4%

42Duplin County, NCNC51,57129−3%

43Carteret County, NCNC70,46929+3%

44Cumberland County, NCNC338,47328−3%

45Catawba County, NCNC170,17228−0%

46Mitchell County, NCNC15,06228+17%

47Bertie County, NCNC17,08628−12%

48Buncombe County, NCNC277,41727−4%

49McDowell County, NCNC45,19827−27%

50Nash County, NCNC99,36526−4%

51Transylvania County, NCNC34,21126−17%

52Jackson County, NCNC45,03926−33%

53Stanly County, NCNC68,83026−10%

54Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72526−11%

55Dare County, NCNC38,24526−25%

56Iredell County, NCNC211,79826−21%

57Franklin County, NCNC82,03726−3%

58Davie County, NCNC45,85526−1%

59Richmond County, NCNC42,04126+30%

60Henderson County, NCNC122,37525−4%

61Perquimans County, NCNC13,49025+46%

62Onslow County, NCNC217,17525+2%

63Rockingham County, NCNC94,19525−4%

64Anson County, NCNC21,75825−18%

65Sampson County, NCNC61,50424+8%

66Union County, NCNC267,67424−19%

67Person County, NCNC40,63624−9%

68Madison County, NCNC22,55324+16%

69Alexander County, NCNC36,95824−5%

70Moore County, NCNC110,61923−1%

71Cleveland County, NCNC103,32523−11%

72Polk County, NCNC20,53323+6%

73Currituck County, NCNC33,15822+16%

74Chowan County, NCNC14,08222−30%

75Clay County, NCNC12,23922−57%

76Orange County, NCNC152,49821−5%

77Cherokee County, NCNC30,83021−25%

78Yadkin County, NCNC38,32521+59%

79Columbus County, NCNC50,48720−16%

80Bladen County, NCNC30,00720−33%

81Johnston County, NCNC256,44819−30%

82Scotland County, NCNC33,32219−11%

83Harnett County, NCNC150,13718+8%

84Alleghany County, NCNC11,47918+11%

85Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20118−29%

86Caswell County, NCNC22,56318−35%

87Jones County, NCNC9,57518+26%

88Haywood County, NCNC63,36917−51%

89Hoke County, NCNC56,93917−25%

90Watauga County, NCNC54,78617−19%

91Ashe County, NCNC27,51415−22%

92Hertford County, NCNC19,01514−4%

93Yancey County, NCNC19,08412−26%

94Washington County, NCNC10,63812−24%

95Macon County, NCNC39,23212−46%

96Gates County, NCNC10,23410+19%

97Greene County, NCNC20,7008+48%

98Camden County, NCNC11,3157−54%

99Hyde County, NCNC4,5546+334%

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