# Counties in North Carolina by female population share, 2025

All 100 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `female_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Female residents as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by sex; states and the nation are sums of their counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Hertford County | 53.5 |
| 2 | Martin County | 53.4 |
| 3 | Pitt County | 53.4 |
| 4 | Edgecombe County | 53.3 |
| 5 | Vance County | 53.2 |
| 6 | Forsyth County | 52.9 |
| 7 | Guilford County | 52.9 |
| 8 | New Hanover County | 52.9 |
| 9 | Chowan County | 52.7 |
| 10 | Lenoir County | 52.7 |
| 11 | Wilson County | 52.7 |
| 12 | Anson County | 52.6 |
| 13 | Orange County | 52.6 |
| 14 | Brunswick County | 52.5 |
| 15 | Nash County | 52.5 |
| 16 | Washington County | 52.5 |
| 17 | Northampton County | 52.5 |
| 18 | Robeson County | 52.4 |
| 19 | Beaufort County | 52.3 |
| 20 | Durham County | 52.3 |
| 21 | Alamance County | 52.2 |
| 22 | Polk County | 52.2 |
| 23 | Henderson County | 52.2 |
| 24 | Bladen County | 52.2 |
| 25 | Person County | 52.1 |
| 26 | Chatham County | 52.1 |
| 27 | Swain County | 52 |
| 28 | Buncombe County | 52 |
| 29 | Halifax County | 52 |
| 30 | Perquimans County | 52 |
| 31 | Mecklenburg County | 51.9 |
| 32 | Gaston County | 51.9 |
| 33 | Watauga County | 51.9 |
| 34 | Pasquotank County | 51.8 |
| 35 | Cleveland County | 51.8 |
| 36 | Surry County | 51.7 |
| 37 | Transylvania County | 51.7 |
| 38 | Jones County | 51.7 |
| 39 | Rockingham County | 51.7 |
| 40 | Richmond County | 51.6 |
| 41 | Cabarrus County | 51.6 |
| 42 | Macon County | 51.6 |
| 43 | Wake County | 51.6 |
| 44 | Haywood County | 51.5 |
| 45 | Moore County | 51.5 |
| 46 | Rutherford County | 51.5 |
| 47 | Cherokee County | 51.5 |
| 48 | Duplin County | 51.4 |
| 49 | Johnston County | 51.4 |
| 50 | Davie County | 51.4 |
| 51 | Dare County | 51.3 |
| 52 | Cumberland County | 51.3 |
| 53 | Davidson County | 51.2 |
| 54 | Yadkin County | 51.1 |
| 55 | Stokes County | 51.1 |
| 56 | Jackson County | 51.1 |
| 57 | Yancey County | 51.1 |
| 58 | Hoke County | 51.1 |
| 59 | Carteret County | 51.1 |
| 60 | Caldwell County | 51 |
| 61 | Gates County | 51 |
| 62 | Catawba County | 51 |
| 63 | Clay County | 51 |
| 64 | Rowan County | 50.9 |
| 65 | Franklin County | 50.9 |
| 66 | Randolph County | 50.9 |
| 67 | Harnett County | 50.9 |
| 68 | Wilkes County | 50.9 |
| 69 | Union County | 50.9 |
| 70 | Wayne County | 50.8 |
| 71 | Lee County | 50.8 |
| 72 | Mitchell County | 50.8 |
| 73 | Iredell County | 50.8 |
| 74 | Madison County | 50.8 |
| 75 | Stanly County | 50.7 |
| 76 | Craven County | 50.6 |
| 77 | Lincoln County | 50.6 |
| 78 | Warren County | 50.6 |
| 79 | Sampson County | 50.5 |
| 80 | Burke County | 50.5 |
| 81 | Ashe County | 50.4 |
| 82 | Graham County | 50.3 |
| 83 | Currituck County | 50.2 |
| 84 | Columbus County | 50.2 |
| 85 | Pender County | 50.1 |
| 86 | Montgomery County | 50 |
| 87 | Scotland County | 50 |
| 88 | Granville County | 49.7 |
| 89 | McDowell County | 49.6 |
| 90 | Camden County | 49.6 |
| 91 | Alleghany County | 49.5 |
| 92 | Alexander County | 49.3 |
| 93 | Caswell County | 49.2 |
| 94 | Pamlico County | 48.8 |
| 95 | Bertie County | 48.6 |
| 96 | Avery County | 46.5 |
| 97 | Tyrrell County | 46.4 |
| 98 | Onslow County | 46 |
| 99 | Hyde County | 43.3 |
| 100 | Greene County | 42.3 |