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

98 counties

North Carolina counties 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. The median ranked county is at 18.7%. Showing ranks 51 to 98.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
51	Montgomery County	NC	12	3,818	679	17.8%
52	New Hanover County	NC	50	27,460	4,443	16.2%
53	Pamlico County	NC	5	1,628	260	16.0%
54	Onslow County	NC	40	27,501	4,359	15.9%
55	Iredell County	NC	51	31,906	4,731	14.8%
56	Stanly County	NC	24	9,471	1,322	14.0%
57	Brunswick County	NC	22	15,069	1,996	13.2%
58	Union County	NC	58	45,934	5,817	12.7%
59	Orange County	NC	35	19,582	2,379	12.1%
60	Moore County	NC	26	14,708	1,758	12.0%
61	Davidson County	NC	47	23,696	2,733	11.5%
62	Pender County	NC	19	11,073	1,170	10.6%
63	Rutherford County	NC	20	9,205	949	10.3%
64	Chatham County	NC	24	10,374	1,059	10.2%
65	Catawba County	NC	44	22,392	2,044	9.1%
66	Buncombe County	NC	61	29,908	2,542	8.5%
67	Davie County	NC	13	6,116	454	7.4%
68	Lincoln County	NC	24	14,428	966	6.7%
69	Randolph County	NC	42	21,656	1,329	6.1%
70	Camden County	NC	5	1,918	116	6.0%
71	Polk County	NC	7	2,110	119	5.6%
72	Caldwell County	NC	26	10,920	585	5.4%
73	Currituck County	NC	11	4,651	218	4.7%
74	Alexander County	NC	11	4,344	192	4.4%
75	Carteret County	NC	18	8,053	352	4.4%
76	Burke County	NC	29	12,360	491	4.0%
77	Henderson County	NC	25	13,572	440	3.2%
78	Transylvania County	NC	10	3,640	118	3.2%
79	Wilkes County	NC	22	8,547	273	3.2%
80	Stokes County	NC	19	5,758	173	3.0%
81	Surry County	NC	30	11,139	332	3.0%
82	McDowell County	NC	16	5,712	156	2.7%
83	Yadkin County	NC	14	5,174	124	2.4%
84	Cherokee County	NC	13	2,992	60	2.0%
85	Avery County	NC	10	2,025	24	1.2%
86	Dare County	NC	11	4,968	62	1.2%
87	Jackson County	NC	11	3,823	42	1.1%
88	Watauga County	NC	12	4,821	52	1.1%
89	Haywood County	NC	16	7,092	66	0.9%
90	Macon County	NC	12	4,469	31	0.7%
91	Ashe County	NC	6	2,676	14	0.5%
92	Alleghany County	NC	4	1,352	6	0.4%
93	Clay County	NC	4	1,322	5	0.4%
94	Graham County	NC	3	1,096	4	0.4%
95	Mitchell County	NC	8	2,249	9	0.4%
96	Swain County	NC	9	3,393	13	0.4%
97	Yancey County	NC	7	2,148	6	0.3%
98	Madison County	NC	7	2,063	4	0.2%

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