# Counties in North Carolina by black or African American population share, 2024

All 100 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `black_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People who are not Hispanic or Latino and report Black or African American as their only race, as a percentage of the total population. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b03002.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b03002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/black-population-share/north-carolina-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/black-population-share/north-carolina-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bertie County | 59.6 |
| 2 | Hertford County | 55.6 |
| 3 | Edgecombe County | 55.5 |
| 4 | Northampton County | 54.4 |
| 5 | Halifax County | 51.5 |
| 6 | Washington County | 47.7 |
| 7 | Vance County | 47.3 |
| 8 | Warren County | 47.3 |
| 9 | Anson County | 44.6 |
| 10 | Martin County | 40.1 |
| 11 | Nash County | 40.1 |
| 12 | Lenoir County | 39.2 |
| 13 | Wilson County | 38.6 |
| 14 | Scotland County | 37 |
| 15 | Cumberland County | 36.7 |
| 16 | Pitt County | 34.7 |
| 17 | Pasquotank County | 34.2 |
| 18 | Guilford County | 33.5 |
| 19 | Tyrrell County | 32.6 |
| 20 | Chowan County | 32.4 |
| 21 | Bladen County | 32.1 |
| 22 | Hoke County | 32.1 |
| 23 | Durham County | 31.8 |
| 24 | Greene County | 31.5 |
| 25 | Richmond County | 31.2 |
| 26 | Gates County | 31 |
| 27 | Caswell County | 30.5 |
| 28 | Mecklenburg County | 29.7 |
| 29 | Wayne County | 29.6 |
| 30 | Granville County | 28.8 |
| 31 | Columbus County | 28 |
| 32 | Jones County | 26.6 |
| 33 | Person County | 25.8 |
| 34 | Forsyth County | 24.6 |
| 35 | Hyde County | 24.2 |
| 36 | Sampson County | 24 |
| 37 | Robeson County | 23.2 |
| 38 | Beaufort County | 22.8 |
| 39 | Franklin County | 22.5 |
| 40 | Duplin County | 22.1 |
| 41 | Perquimans County | 21.3 |
| 42 | Harnett County | 19.8 |
| 43 | Alamance County | 19.6 |
| 44 | Craven County | 19.5 |
| 45 | Cabarrus County | 18.7 |
| 46 | Wake County | 18.5 |
| 47 | Cleveland County | 17.9 |
| 48 | Rockingham County | 17.3 |
| 49 | Lee County | 17.2 |
| 50 | Gaston County | 17.1 |
| 51 | Johnston County | 16.7 |
| 52 | Pamlico County | 16.1 |
| 53 | Montgomery County | 16 |
| 54 | Rowan County | 15.5 |
| 55 | Pender County | 12.1 |
| 56 | Onslow County | 11.5 |
| 57 | Stanly County | 11.2 |
| 58 | Iredell County | 11.1 |
| 59 | Union County | 10.9 |
| 60 | New Hanover County | 10.8 |
| 61 | Orange County | 10.1 |
| 62 | Chatham County | 10 |
| 63 | Camden County | 9.4 |
| 64 | Davidson County | 9.1 |
| 65 | Moore County | 8.9 |
| 66 | Brunswick County | 8.3 |
| 67 | Rutherford County | 7.7 |
| 68 | Catawba County | 7.7 |
| 69 | Burke County | 6.1 |
| 70 | Randolph County | 6 |
| 71 | Lincoln County | 5.9 |
| 72 | Currituck County | 5 |
| 73 | Alexander County | 5 |
| 74 | Buncombe County | 4.8 |
| 75 | Davie County | 4.4 |
| 76 | Polk County | 4.4 |
| 77 | Carteret County | 4.1 |
| 78 | Caldwell County | 4.1 |
| 79 | McDowell County | 3.9 |
| 80 | Avery County | 3.8 |
| 81 | Stokes County | 3.7 |
| 82 | Wilkes County | 3.6 |
| 83 | Transylvania County | 3.6 |
| 84 | Surry County | 3.6 |
| 85 | Henderson County | 2.6 |
| 86 | Swain County | 2.6 |
| 87 | Dare County | 2.6 |
| 88 | Clay County | 2.2 |
| 89 | Jackson County | 2.1 |
| 90 | Cherokee County | 1.8 |
| 91 | Yadkin County | 1.6 |
| 92 | Alleghany County | 1.6 |
| 93 | Watauga County | 1.6 |
| 94 | Macon County | 1.4 |
| 95 | Madison County | 1.1 |
| 96 | Mitchell County | 0.9 |
| 97 | Ashe County | 0.9 |
| 98 | Haywood County | 0.9 |
| 99 | Yancey County | 0.8 |
| 100 | Graham County | 0.4 |