Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Population: Black
All Ages, Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Rank
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Black)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | N/A | 12.4 | 41,070,890 | N/A |
| North Carolina | N/A | 20.6 | 2,178,329 | 9 of 52 |
| Yancey County | Rural | 0.6 | 109 | 2,415 |
| Graham County | Rural | 0.7 | 56 | 2,317 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 0.8 | 118 | 2,214 |
| Haywood County | Rural | 1.0 | 624 | 2,055 |
| Madison County | Urban | 1.0 | 223 | 2,055 |
| Ashe County | Rural | 1.1 | 289 | 1,990 |
| Macon County | Rural | 1.2 | 446 | 1,924 |
| Alleghany County | Rural | 1.5 | 164 | 1,804 |
| Cherokee County | Rural | 1.5 | 449 | 1,804 |
| Swain County | Rural | 1.5 | 212 | 1,804 |
| Clay County | Rural | 1.8 | 204 | 1,676 |
| Watauga County | Rural | 2.2 | 1,194 | 1,558 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 2.4 | 1,021 | 1,507 |
| Dare County | Rural | 2.8 | 1,052 | 1,424 |
| Yadkin County | Urban | 2.9 | 1,095 | 1,407 |
| Henderson County | Urban | 3.3 | 3,842 | 1,354 |
| Stokes County | Urban | 3.4 | 1,543 | 1,333 |
| Wilkes County | Rural | 3.7 | 2,461 | 1,285 |
| Surry County | Rural | 3.8 | 2,680 | 1,262 |
| McDowell County | Rural | 3.9 | 1,730 | 1,253 |
| Transylvania County | Rural | 3.9 | 1,302 | 1,253 |
| Alexander County | Urban | 4.0 | 1,468 | 1,235 |
| Davie County | Urban | 4.0 | 1,734 | 1,235 |
| Caldwell County | Urban | 4.1 | 3,319 | 1,220 |
| Avery County | Rural | 4.2 | 742 | 1,202 |
| Carteret County | Rural | 4.4 | 2,998 | 1,180 |
| Currituck County | Urban | 5.1 | 1,509 | 1,106 |
| Polk County | Rural | 5.1 | 1,002 | 1,106 |
| Buncombe County | Urban | 5.4 | 14,702 | 1,070 |
| Lincoln County | Urban | 5.8 | 5,271 | 1,041 |
| Burke County | Urban | 6.1 | 5,320 | 1,011 |
| Randolph County | Urban | 6.1 | 8,907 | 1,011 |
| Catawba County | Urban | 8.0 | 12,975 | 868 |
| Brunswick County | Urban | 8.1 | 11,808 | 858 |
| Rutherford County | Rural | 8.1 | 5,240 | 858 |
| Camden County | Urban | 8.3 | 891 | 847 |
| Davidson County | Urban | 9.3 | 15,898 | 804 |
| Moore County | Urban | 9.6 | 9,898 | 790 |
| Chatham County | Urban | 10.5 | 8,238 | 756 |
| Orange County | Urban | 10.6 | 15,595 | 745 |
| Stanly County | Rural | 11.0 | 6,998 | 723 |
| Union County | Urban | 11.2 | 27,397 | 717 |
| New Hanover County | Urban | 11.3 | 26,060 | 714 |
| Iredell County | Urban | 11.6 | 22,203 | 701 |
| Pender County | Urban | 12.4 | 7,847 | 674 |
| Onslow County | Urban | 12.5 | 26,157 | 671 |
| Rowan County | Urban | 15.7 | 23,278 | 572 |
| Johnston County | Urban | 16.6 | 37,620 | 555 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 16.7 | 4,318 | 553 |
| Gaston County | Urban | 17.6 | 40,681 | 534 |
| Rockingham County | Urban | 17.6 | 16,112 | 534 |
| Cleveland County | Rural | 18.4 | 18,406 | 520 |
| Lee County | Rural | 18.6 | 11,995 | 510 |
| Pamlico County | Rural | 18.6 | 2,286 | 510 |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | 18.9 | 43,654 | 503 |
| Wake County | Urban | 19.3 | 221,985 | 495 |
| Alamance County | Urban | 19.9 | 34,710 | 483 |
| Craven County | Rural | 20.3 | 20,493 | 473 |
| Harnett County | Rural | 20.8 | 28,377 | 461 |
| Perquimans County | Rural | 21.8 | 2,861 | 448 |
| Beaufort County | Rural | 22.8 | 10,181 | 427 |
| Duplin County | Rural | 22.8 | 11,184 | 427 |
| Robeson County | Rural | 23.3 | 27,233 | 417 |
| Franklin County | Urban | 23.7 | 17,074 | 408 |
| Sampson County | Rural | 24.9 | 14,768 | 386 |
| Hyde County | Rural | 25.0 | 1,154 | 384 |
| Forsyth County | Urban | 25.5 | 98,592 | 369 |
| Person County | Urban | 25.5 | 10,004 | 369 |
| Jones County | Rural | 27.3 | 2,523 | 342 |
| Columbus County | Rural | 28.7 | 14,472 | 322 |
| Granville County | Rural | 29.5 | 18,098 | 307 |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | 30.5 | 344,569 | 291 |
| Wayne County | Urban | 30.6 | 35,979 | 288 |
| Gates County | Urban | 31.2 | 3,254 | 279 |
| Caswell County | Rural | 31.5 | 7,138 | 274 |
| Richmond County | Rural | 31.8 | 13,599 | 269 |
| Greene County | Rural | 32.2 | 6,570 | 262 |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | 32.7 | 1,103 | 256 |
| Durham County | Urban | 33.1 | 108,885 | 253 |
| Chowan County | Rural | 33.2 | 4,593 | 251 |
| Hoke County | Urban | 33.5 | 17,797 | 244 |
| Bladen County | Rural | 33.6 | 9,928 | 243 |
| Guilford County | Urban | 34.0 | 184,691 | 241 |
| Pitt County | Urban | 35.1 | 60,469 | 226 |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | 35.2 | 14,361 | 225 |
| Cumberland County | Urban | 37.3 | 125,737 | 202 |
| Scotland County | Rural | 37.8 | 12,973 | 195 |
| Wilson County | Rural | 39.3 | 30,889 | 184 |
| Lenoir County | Rural | 39.7 | 21,799 | 180 |
| Nash County | Urban | 40.6 | 38,787 | 166 |
| Martin County | Rural | 41.0 | 8,934 | 158 |
| Warren County | Rural | 47.1 | 8,826 | 115 |
| Anson County | Urban | 47.2 | 10,346 | 113 |
| Vance County | Rural | 49.0 | 20,746 | 101 |
| Washington County | Rural | 49.6 | 5,411 | 96 |
| Halifax County | Rural | 51.9 | 25,038 | 81 |
| Northampton County | Rural | 54.9 | 9,451 | 69 |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | 55.9 | 27,272 | 59 |
| Hertford County | Rural | 56.8 | 11,636 | 55 |
| Bertie County | Rural | 60.1 | 10,498 | 42 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/11/2025 11:27 pm.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Population: Black, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/11/2025 11:27 pm.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Population: Black, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.