Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Population: White
All Ages, Both Sexes
2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Value
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (White)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | N/A | 65.9 | 218,123,424 | N/A |
| North Carolina | N/A | 65.0 | 6,800,458 | 35 of 52 |
| Ashe County | Rural | 95.6 | 25,585 | 203 |
| Clay County | Rural | 94.5 | 10,571 | 431 |
| Alleghany County | Rural | 93.5 | 10,270 | 629 |
| Madison County | Urban | 93.4 | 19,996 | 640 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 93.3 | 13,980 | 659 |
| Yancey County | Rural | 93.1 | 17,253 | 700 |
| Haywood County | Rural | 92.4 | 57,454 | 802 |
| Watauga County | Rural | 92.3 | 50,349 | 823 |
| Cherokee County | Rural | 91.8 | 26,502 | 895 |
| Stokes County | Urban | 91.6 | 40,946 | 910 |
| Macon County | Rural | 90.9 | 33,707 | 1,039 |
| Transylvania County | Rural | 90.5 | 29,993 | 1,082 |
| Avery County | Rural | 89.2 | 15,773 | 1,218 |
| McDowell County | Rural | 89.0 | 39,732 | 1,234 |
| Polk County | Rural | 88.8 | 17,351 | 1,251 |
| Wilkes County | Rural | 88.5 | 58,549 | 1,279 |
| Carteret County | Rural | 88.1 | 60,190 | 1,330 |
| Surry County | Rural | 88.0 | 62,836 | 1,344 |
| Alexander County | Urban | 87.9 | 32,093 | 1,347 |
| Dare County | Rural | 87.9 | 32,650 | 1,352 |
| Yadkin County | Urban | 87.5 | 32,621 | 1,385 |
| Caldwell County | Urban | 87.3 | 70,428 | 1,412 |
| Henderson County | Urban | 86.9 | 101,264 | 1,428 |
| Currituck County | Urban | 86.8 | 24,837 | 1,438 |
| Lincoln County | Urban | 86.2 | 75,764 | 1,488 |
| Graham County | Rural | 85.7 | 6,898 | 1,528 |
| Davie County | Urban | 85.6 | 36,814 | 1,543 |
| Buncombe County | Urban | 85.2 | 229,554 | 1,572 |
| Rutherford County | Rural | 83.9 | 54,235 | 1,656 |
| Burke County | Urban | 83.1 | 72,967 | 1,709 |
| Brunswick County | Urban | 83.0 | 116,031 | 1,713 |
| Randolph County | Urban | 82.1 | 118,493 | 1,779 |
| Stanly County | Rural | 81.4 | 51,085 | 1,814 |
| Davidson County | Urban | 81.3 | 137,816 | 1,823 |
| Camden County | Urban | 81.1 | 8,558 | 1,838 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 80.9 | 34,309 | 1,847 |
| New Hanover County | Urban | 79.1 | 180,420 | 1,937 |
| Moore County | Urban | 79.1 | 79,661 | 1,939 |
| Iredell County | Urban | 77.3 | 145,120 | 2,039 |
| Catawba County | Urban | 77.1 | 124,060 | 2,046 |
| Pender County | Urban | 75.8 | 46,696 | 2,100 |
| Pamlico County | Rural | 75.7 | 9,330 | 2,104 |
| Chatham County | Urban | 74.9 | 57,509 | 2,140 |
| Union County | Urban | 74.1 | 178,008 | 2,172 |
| Rowan County | Urban | 73.4 | 108,005 | 2,206 |
| Rockingham County | Urban | 73.0 | 66,592 | 2,223 |
| Cleveland County | Rural | 72.9 | 72,559 | 2,228 |
| Gaston County | Urban | 72.7 | 166,431 | 2,234 |
| Orange County | Urban | 72.1 | 105,171 | 2,256 |
| Perquimans County | Rural | 71.8 | 9,371 | 2,266 |
| Onslow County | Urban | 70.5 | 143,660 | 2,325 |
| Beaufort County | Rural | 70.5 | 31,510 | 2,327 |
| Johnston County | Urban | 69.8 | 152,984 | 2,352 |
| Lee County | Rural | 68.7 | 43,650 | 2,390 |
| Craven County | Rural | 68.4 | 69,166 | 2,402 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 67.4 | 17,424 | 2,442 |
| Person County | Urban | 66.6 | 26,043 | 2,480 |
| Alamance County | Urban | 65.6 | 112,619 | 2,518 |
| Harnett County | Rural | 64.9 | 87,411 | 2,543 |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | 64.8 | 146,679 | 2,547 |
| Franklin County | Urban | 64.5 | 44,934 | 2,556 |
| Gates County | Urban | 63.2 | 6,637 | 2,609 |
| Jones County | Rural | 62.2 | 5,764 | 2,637 |
| Swain County | Rural | 62.2 | 8,786 | 2,639 |
| Wake County | Urban | 61.2 | 692,488 | 2,669 |
| Duplin County | Rural | 61.0 | 30,070 | 2,672 |
| Columbus County | Rural | 60.7 | 30,854 | 2,680 |
| Forsyth County | Urban | 60.5 | 231,971 | 2,691 |
| Chowan County | Rural | 60.4 | 8,358 | 2,693 |
| Caswell County | Rural | 60.3 | 13,719 | 2,696 |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | 59.0 | 1,999 | 2,725 |
| Granville County | Rural | 58.8 | 35,983 | 2,727 |
| Hyde County | Rural | 58.7 | 2,722 | 2,731 |
| Richmond County | Rural | 57.8 | 24,952 | 2,756 |
| Wayne County | Urban | 57.4 | 67,475 | 2,773 |
| Bladen County | Rural | 56.6 | 16,874 | 2,794 |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | 56.5 | 22,871 | 2,798 |
| Sampson County | Rural | 56.0 | 33,200 | 2,810 |
| Pitt County | Urban | 54.7 | 93,580 | 2,824 |
| Martin County | Rural | 52.3 | 11,503 | 2,863 |
| Lenoir County | Rural | 51.6 | 28,400 | 2,872 |
| Greene County | Rural | 51.1 | 10,428 | 2,881 |
| Guilford County | Urban | 51.0 | 275,155 | 2,883 |
| Nash County | Urban | 49.5 | 47,001 | 2,905 |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | 48.4 | 539,668 | 2,914 |
| Durham County | Urban | 47.6 | 154,835 | 2,924 |
| Wilson County | Rural | 46.9 | 36,875 | 2,932 |
| Anson County | Urban | 46.0 | 10,218 | 2,944 |
| Washington County | Rural | 45.8 | 5,060 | 2,948 |
| Cumberland County | Urban | 45.1 | 151,226 | 2,958 |
| Hoke County | Urban | 42.4 | 22,292 | 2,988 |
| Scotland County | Rural | 41.7 | 14,265 | 2,997 |
| Vance County | Rural | 40.9 | 17,378 | 3,008 |
| Northampton County | Rural | 40.4 | 7,087 | 3,011 |
| Warren County | Rural | 38.4 | 7,224 | 3,030 |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | 38.3 | 18,815 | 3,034 |
| Halifax County | Rural | 38.1 | 18,584 | 3,036 |
| Bertie County | Rural | 34.7 | 6,188 | 3,059 |
| Hertford County | Rural | 33.9 | 7,343 | 3,065 |
| Robeson County | Rural | 25.6 | 30,143 | 3,099 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/16/2025 9:17 am.
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: White, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/16/2025 9:17 am.
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: White, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.