North Carolina: the counties with the highest share of Black students

98 counties

North Carolina public school districts ranked by the share of public school students who are Black or African American. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Northampton County	NC	6	2,246	1,818	80.9%
2	Bertie County	NC	7	1,819	1,412	77.6%
3	Hertford County	NC	7	2,367	1,820	76.9%
4	Warren County	NC	7	1,687	1,074	63.7%
5	Vance County	NC	18	7,495	4,282	57.1%
6	Halifax County	NC	23	6,803	3,769	55.4%
7	Anson County	NC	9	2,924	1,605	54.9%
8	Washington County	NC	6	1,586	853	53.8%
9	Edgecombe County	NC	24	8,573	4,494	52.4%
10	Scotland County	NC	10	5,416	2,685	49.6%
11	Nash County	NC	25	14,285	7,001	49.0%
12	Pitt County	NC	42	25,202	11,894	47.2%
13	Cumberland County	NC	88	50,815	23,680	46.6%
14	Lenoir County	NC	18	8,480	3,871	45.6%
15	Wilson County	NC	29	12,482	5,588	44.8%
16	Guilford County	NC	137	79,539	33,262	41.8%
17	Chowan County	NC	4	1,767	730	41.3%
18	Pasquotank County	NC	14	5,774	2,342	40.6%
19	Caswell County	NC	6	2,098	776	37.0%
20	Richmond County	NC	15	6,504	2,361	36.3%
21	Wayne County	NC	36	18,481	6,523	35.3%
22	Martin County	NC	12	3,967	1,385	34.9%
23	Mecklenburg County	NC	221	170,407	59,086	34.7%
24	Hoke County	NC	14	8,732	3,007	34.4%
25	Durham County	NC	71	46,109	15,825	34.3%
26	Greene County	NC	6	2,699	918	34.0%
27	Bladen County	NC	14	4,756	1,541	32.4%
28	Columbus County	NC	19	8,386	2,540	30.3%
29	Forsyth County	NC	85	55,902	16,523	29.6%
30	Beaufort County	NC	14	6,030	1,770	29.4%
31	Jones County	NC	5	1,016	297	29.2%
32	Granville County	NC	18	8,376	2,418	28.9%
33	Person County	NC	15	5,659	1,502	26.5%
34	Gates County	NC	5	1,410	372	26.4%
35	Franklin County	NC	19	11,614	3,041	26.2%
36	Cleveland County	NC	29	15,682	3,963	25.3%
37	Cabarrus County	NC	56	43,278	10,786	24.9%
38	Craven County	NC	27	12,526	3,087	24.6%
39	Gaston County	NC	60	35,898	8,781	24.5%
40	Harnett County	NC	31	20,611	4,948	24.0%
41	Alamance County	NC	41	25,737	5,968	23.2%
42	Robeson County	NC	39	21,625	4,704	21.8%
43	Perquimans County	NC	4	1,786	385	21.6%
44	Wake County	NC	226	184,790	38,830	21.0%
45	Sampson County	NC	23	11,001	2,221	20.2%
46	Rockingham County	NC	26	12,299	2,476	20.1%
47	Duplin County	NC	13	9,822	1,951	19.9%
48	Lee County	NC	20	10,641	2,020	19.0%
49	Rowan County	NC	34	18,917	3,582	18.9%
50	Johnston County	NC	51	41,004	7,583	18.5%

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