Population in North Carolina Counties by Race as of July 1, 2016 |
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American Indian & Alaska Native | Asian & Pacific Islander | Black | Other | White | |||||||
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County | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Total |
Alamance | 2,948 | 1.9 | 2,482 | 1.6 | 30,645 | 19.3 | 3,653 | 2.3 | 119,326 | 75.0 | 159,054 |
Alexander | 205 | 0.5 | 383 | 1.0 | 2,069 | 5.4 | 566 | 1.5 | 35,061 | 91.6 | 38,284 |
Alleghany | 73 | 0.7 | 85 | 0.8 | 155 | 1.4 | 125 | 1.1 | 10,764 | 96.1 | 11,202 |
Anson | 225 | 0.9 | 382 | 1.5 | 12,373 | 48.3 | 434 | 1.7 | 12,214 | 47.7 | 25,628 |
Ashe | 75 | 0.3 | 143 | 0.5 | 207 | 0.8 | 347 | 1.3 | 26,572 | 97.2 | 27,344 |
Avery | 110 | 0.6 | 86 | 0.5 | 753 | 4.2 | 144 | 0.8 | 17,005 | 94.0 | 18,098 |
Beaufort | 588 | 1.2 | 269 | 0.6 | 11,373 | 23.9 | 768 | 1.6 | 34,612 | 72.7 | 47,610 |
Bertie | 93 | 0.5 | 164 | 0.8 | 12,227 | 61.6 | 249 | 1.3 | 7,114 | 35.8 | 19,847 |
Bladen | 975 | 2.8 | 97 | 0.3 | 11,711 | 33.8 | 611 | 1.8 | 21,273 | 61.4 | 34,667 |
Brunswick | 1,179 | 0.9 | 1,013 | 0.8 | 14,382 | 11.3 | 2,327 | 1.8 | 108,849 | 85.2 | 127,750 |
Buncombe | 1,566 | 0.6 | 3,833 | 1.5 | 15,329 | 5.9 | 5,884 | 2.3 | 231,794 | 89.7 | 258,406 |
Burke | 947 | 1.1 | 3,978 | 4.4 | 5,963 | 6.6 | 1,728 | 1.9 | 77,198 | 86.0 | 89,814 |
Cabarrus | 1,550 | 0.8 | 5,457 | 2.7 | 34,836 | 17.4 | 4,493 | 2.2 | 154,327 | 76.9 | 200,663 |
Caldwell | 620 | 0.7 | 567 | 0.7 | 3,991 | 4.8 | 1,439 | 1.7 | 76,176 | 92.0 | 82,793 |
Camden | 39 | 0.4 | 220 | 2.1 | 1,350 | 13.1 | 281 | 2.7 | 8,397 | 81.6 | 10,287 |
Carteret | 391 | 0.6 | 856 | 1.2 | 3,978 | 5.7 | 1,650 | 2.4 | 63,006 | 90.2 | 69,881 |
Caswell | 140 | 0.6 | 71 | 0.3 | 7,835 | 33.1 | 445 | 1.9 | 15,198 | 64.2 | 23,689 |
Catawba | 1,038 | 0.7 | 6,010 | 3.8 | 13,568 | 8.7 | 3,178 | 2.0 | 132,679 | 84.8 | 156,473 |
Chatham | 1,207 | 1.6 | 1,099 | 1.5 | 8,870 | 12.1 | 1,306 | 1.8 | 60,804 | 83.0 | 73,286 |
Cherokee | 394 | 1.4 | 202 | 0.7 | 382 | 1.3 | 935 | 3.3 | 26,678 | 93.3 | 28,591 |
Chowan | 62 | 0.4 | 108 | 0.7 | 4,748 | 32.9 | 198 | 1.4 | 9,294 | 64.5 | 14,410 |
Clay | 34 | 0.3 | 33 | 0.3 | 76 | 0.7 | 176 | 1.6 | 11,001 | 97.2 | 11,320 |
Cleveland | 418 | 0.4 | 889 | 0.9 | 20,326 | 20.7 | 1,793 | 1.8 | 74,818 | 76.2 | 98,244 |
Columbus | 1,981 | 3.5 | 280 | 0.5 | 18,440 | 32.2 | 1,056 | 1.8 | 35,425 | 62.0 | 57,182 |
Craven | 616 | 0.6 | 2,869 | 2.8 | 23,436 | 22.6 | 3,098 | 3.0 | 73,718 | 71.1 | 103,737 |
Cumberland | 5,715 | 1.7 | 9,740 | 3.0 | 124,177 | 37.6 | 17,277 | 5.2 | 172,915 | 52.4 | 329,824 |
Currituck | 141 | 0.5 | 259 | 1.0 | 1,540 | 5.9 | 601 | 2.3 | 23,560 | 90.3 | 26,101 |
Dare | 253 | 0.7 | 334 | 0.9 | 951 | 2.6 | 781 | 2.1 | 34,068 | 93.6 | 36,387 |
Davidson | 1,605 | 1.0 | 2,569 | 1.5 | 14,891 | 9.0 | 2,695 | 1.6 | 144,377 | 86.9 | 166,137 |
Davie | 323 | 0.8 | 339 | 0.8 | 2,564 | 6.1 | 775 | 1.8 | 38,210 | 90.5 | 42,211 |
Duplin | 1,082 | 1.8 | 672 | 1.1 | 14,488 | 24.3 | 887 | 1.5 | 42,468 | 71.3 | 59,597 |
Durham | 3,884 | 1.3 | 15,925 | 5.3 | 118,228 | 39.2 | 8,550 | 2.8 | 154,933 | 51.4 | 301,520 |
Edgecombe | 395 | 0.7 | 177 | 0.3 | 30,764 | 57.5 | 678 | 1.3 | 21,488 | 40.2 | 53,502 |
Forsyth | 3,914 | 1.1 | 9,453 | 2.6 | 102,965 | 27.9 | 8,744 | 2.4 | 244,068 | 66.1 | 369,144 |
Franklin | 715 | 1.1 | 469 | 0.7 | 16,691 | 25.5 | 1,190 | 1.8 | 46,380 | 70.9 | 65,445 |
Gaston | 1,533 | 0.7 | 3,321 | 1.5 | 35,298 | 16.4 | 4,327 | 2.0 | 171,010 | 79.4 | 215,489 |
Gates | 81 | 0.7 | 28 | 0.2 | 3,931 | 33.1 | 278 | 2.3 | 7,573 | 63.7 | 11,891 |
Graham | 580 | 6.6 | 48 | 0.5 | 16 | 0.2 | 187 | 2.1 | 8,004 | 90.6 | 8,835 |
Granville | 608 | 1.0 | 459 | 0.8 | 19,100 | 32.1 | 1,080 | 1.8 | 38,186 | 64.3 | 59,433 |
Greene | 669 | 3.1 | 175 | 0.8 | 7,492 | 35.0 | 298 | 1.4 | 12,787 | 59.7 | 21,421 |
Guilford | 4,254 | 0.8 | 25,351 | 4.9 | 180,359 | 34.7 | 12,933 | 2.5 | 297,333 | 57.2 | 520,230 |
Halifax | 2,240 | 4.3 | 485 | 0.9 | 27,994 | 53.7 | 704 | 1.3 | 20,737 | 39.8 | 52,160 |
Harnett | 2,946 | 2.3 | 1,715 | 1.3 | 26,753 | 20.8 | 5,189 | 4.0 | 92,180 | 71.6 | 128,783 |
Haywood | 369 | 0.6 | 323 | 0.5 | 646 | 1.0 | 756 | 1.2 | 59,677 | 96.6 | 61,771 |
Henderson | 846 | 0.7 | 1,643 | 1.4 | 3,557 | 3.1 | 2,065 | 1.8 | 106,274 | 92.9 | 114,385 |
Hertford | 263 | 1.1 | 196 | 0.8 | 14,344 | 59.7 | 323 | 1.3 | 8,912 | 37.1 | 24,038 |
Hoke | 5,165 | 9.9 | 896 | 1.7 | 16,698 | 32.0 | 2,646 | 5.1 | 26,809 | 51.3 | 52,214 |
Hyde | 47 | 0.8 | 14 | 0.2 | 1,707 | 30.4 | 84 | 1.5 | 3,769 | 67.1 | 5,621 |
Iredell | 1,288 | 0.7 | 4,061 | 2.3 | 20,006 | 11.5 | 3,359 | 1.9 | 144,677 | 83.4 | 173,391 |
Jackson | 4,101 | 9.6 | 488 | 1.1 | 738 | 1.7 | 927 | 2.2 | 36,320 | 85.3 | 42,574 |
Johnston | 2,003 | 1.1 | 1,746 | 0.9 | 29,227 | 15.4 | 3,836 | 2.0 | 152,648 | 80.6 | 189,460 |
Jones | 95 | 0.9 | 41 | 0.4 | 3,030 | 29.3 | 274 | 2.6 | 6,914 | 66.8 | 10,354 |
Lee | 929 | 1.6 | 736 | 1.2 | 11,972 | 20.2 | 1,516 | 2.6 | 44,091 | 74.4 | 59,244 |
Lenoir | 472 | 0.8 | 462 | 0.8 | 23,810 | 41.3 | 836 | 1.5 | 32,007 | 55.6 | 57,587 |
Lincoln | 349 | 0.4 | 591 | 0.7 | 4,381 | 5.3 | 1,191 | 1.5 | 75,521 | 92.1 | 82,033 |
Macon | 290 | 0.8 | 297 | 0.8 | 555 | 1.6 | 419 | 1.2 | 33,486 | 95.5 | 35,047 |
Madison | 64 | 0.3 | 109 | 0.5 | 293 | 1.3 | 354 | 1.6 | 21,159 | 96.3 | 21,979 |
Martin | 115 | 0.5 | 119 | 0.5 | 10,192 | 43.2 | 240 | 1.0 | 12,940 | 54.8 | 23,606 |
McDowell | 423 | 0.9 | 408 | 0.9 | 1,769 | 3.9 | 629 | 1.4 | 42,281 | 92.9 | 45,510 |
Mecklenburg | 9,803 | 0.9 | 57,197 | 5.4 | 348,266 | 33.1 | 26,872 | 2.6 | 611,407 | 58.0 | 1,053,545 |
Mitchell | 154 | 1.0 | 84 | 0.6 | 70 | 0.5 | 215 | 1.4 | 14,743 | 96.6 | 15,266 |
Montgomery | 257 | 0.9 | 444 | 1.6 | 4,998 | 18.0 | 393 | 1.4 | 21,676 | 78.1 | 27,768 |
Moore | 964 | 1.0 | 1,376 | 1.4 | 12,346 | 12.8 | 1,843 | 1.9 | 79,573 | 82.8 | 96,102 |
Nash | 1,066 | 1.1 | 1,043 | 1.1 | 37,470 | 39.7 | 1,789 | 1.9 | 53,053 | 56.2 | 94,421 |
New Hanover | 1,634 | 0.7 | 3,511 | 1.6 | 31,377 | 14.0 | 5,048 | 2.3 | 182,038 | 81.4 | 223,608 |
Northampton | 131 | 0.6 | 59 | 0.3 | 12,147 | 58.4 | 235 | 1.1 | 8,216 | 39.5 | 20,788 |
Onslow | 1,578 | 0.8 | 4,789 | 2.5 | 27,742 | 14.3 | 8,672 | 4.5 | 151,133 | 77.9 | 193,914 |
Orange | 1,059 | 0.8 | 11,757 | 8.3 | 15,528 | 11.0 | 3,822 | 2.7 | 108,687 | 77.2 | 140,853 |
Pamlico | 91 | 0.7 | 64 | 0.5 | 2,482 | 18.6 | 202 | 1.5 | 10,497 | 78.7 | 13,336 |
Pasquotank | 208 | 0.5 | 606 | 1.5 | 15,924 | 39.5 | 1,003 | 2.5 | 22,543 | 56.0 | 40,284 |
Pender | 623 | 1.0 | 399 | 0.7 | 9,154 | 15.4 | 1,326 | 2.2 | 47,957 | 80.7 | 59,459 |
Perquimans | 54 | 0.4 | 68 | 0.5 | 3,352 | 24.7 | 201 | 1.5 | 9,886 | 72.9 | 13,561 |
Person | 343 | 0.9 | 181 | 0.5 | 10,335 | 26.0 | 672 | 1.7 | 28,197 | 71.0 | 39,728 |
Pitt | 1,032 | 0.6 | 3,653 | 2.1 | 60,909 | 34.6 | 3,838 | 2.2 | 106,453 | 60.5 | 175,885 |
Polk | 123 | 0.6 | 127 | 0.6 | 866 | 4.1 | 343 | 1.6 | 19,571 | 93.1 | 21,030 |
Randolph | 1,946 | 1.4 | 1,946 | 1.4 | 8,805 | 6.1 | 2,501 | 1.7 | 128,513 | 89.4 | 143,711 |
Richmond | 1,707 | 3.8 | 569 | 1.3 | 13,888 | 30.9 | 1,111 | 2.5 | 27,637 | 61.5 | 44,912 |
Robeson | 52,920 | 39.9 | 1,572 | 1.2 | 32,082 | 24.2 | 3,954 | 3.0 | 42,129 | 31.8 | 132,657 |
Rockingham | 553 | 0.6 | 666 | 0.7 | 17,378 | 18.9 | 1,965 | 2.1 | 71,329 | 77.6 | 91,891 |
Rowan | 884 | 0.6 | 1,627 | 1.2 | 23,574 | 16.7 | 2,433 | 1.7 | 112,452 | 79.8 | 140,970 |
Rutherford | 222 | 0.3 | 384 | 0.6 | 6,401 | 9.5 | 1,476 | 2.2 | 59,220 | 87.5 | 67,703 |
Sampson | 2,477 | 3.9 | 456 | 0.7 | 16,544 | 26.1 | 1,353 | 2.1 | 42,669 | 67.2 | 63,499 |
Scotland | 4,614 | 12.9 | 355 | 1.0 | 13,844 | 38.7 | 927 | 2.6 | 16,049 | 44.8 | 35,789 |
Stanly | 250 | 0.4 | 1,428 | 2.3 | 6,846 | 11.1 | 853 | 1.4 | 52,374 | 84.8 | 61,751 |
Stokes | 214 | 0.5 | 150 | 0.3 | 1,759 | 3.8 | 669 | 1.4 | 43,959 | 94.0 | 46,751 |
Surry | 496 | 0.7 | 450 | 0.6 | 2,936 | 4.0 | 1,049 | 1.4 | 67,912 | 93.2 | 72,843 |
Swain | 3,942 | 26.5 | 102 | 0.7 | 33 | 0.2 | 830 | 5.6 | 9,945 | 67.0 | 14,852 |
Transylvania | 130 | 0.4 | 186 | 0.5 | 1,301 | 3.8 | 652 | 1.9 | 31,870 | 93.4 | 34,139 |
Tyrrell | 40 | 1.0 | 96 | 2.3 | 1,547 | 37.4 | 69 | 1.7 | 2,384 | 57.6 | 4,136 |
Union | 1,636 | 0.7 | 5,652 | 2.5 | 26,996 | 12.1 | 4,326 | 1.9 | 185,305 | 82.8 | 223,915 |
Vance | 418 | 0.9 | 229 | 0.5 | 23,178 | 51.6 | 689 | 1.5 | 20,431 | 45.5 | 44,945 |
Wake | 10,955 | 1.1 | 66,846 | 6.5 | 227,203 | 22.1 | 27,388 | 2.7 | 694,356 | 67.6 | 1,026,748 |
Warren | 1,137 | 5.7 | 78 | 0.4 | 10,364 | 51.5 | 393 | 2.0 | 8,149 | 40.5 | 20,121 |
Washington | 93 | 0.7 | 35 | 0.3 | 6,392 | 51.4 | 217 | 1.7 | 5,688 | 45.8 | 12,425 |
Watauga | 149 | 0.3 | 639 | 1.2 | 1,053 | 1.9 | 924 | 1.7 | 52,227 | 95.0 | 54,992 |
Wayne | 1,141 | 0.9 | 1,943 | 1.6 | 38,564 | 30.9 | 3,176 | 2.5 | 79,984 | 64.1 | 124,808 |
Wilkes | 302 | 0.4 | 420 | 0.6 | 2,967 | 4.2 | 1,094 | 1.6 | 65,244 | 93.2 | 70,027 |
Wilson | 495 | 0.6 | 959 | 1.2 | 32,884 | 40.2 | 1,346 | 1.6 | 46,074 | 56.4 | 81,758 |
Yadkin | 286 | 0.8 | 160 | 0.4 | 1,164 | 3.1 | 449 | 1.2 | 35,666 | 94.5 | 37,725 |
Yancey | 141 | 0.8 | 109 | 0.6 | 165 | 0.9 | 201 | 1.1 | 17,526 | 96.6 | 18,142 |
State | 171,499 | 1.7 | 287,640 | 2.8 | 2,240,984 | 22.1 | 240,032 | 2.4 | 7,215,787 | 71.0 | 10,155,942 |
Source: North Carolina OSBM, Standard Population Estimates, Vintage 2016 (Estimated 2010-2016 Populations); & Population Projections, Vintage 2017 (2017-2037 Populations). |
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Last updated October 9, 2017 |