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RANKING · 2024 ACS · 99 SHOWN OF 99

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. The median across all 99 is 26. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Stokes County, NC, up 48 places to #13.

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