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

98 counties

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

#	County	State	Schools	Students	White students	% White
1	Madison County	NC	7	2,063	1,888	91.5%
2	Haywood County	NC	16	7,092	5,984	84.4%
3	Clay County	NC	4	1,322	1,113	84.2%
4	Cherokee County	NC	13	2,992	2,481	82.9%
5	Ashe County	NC	6	2,676	2,205	82.4%
6	Stokes County	NC	19	5,758	4,743	82.4%
7	Watauga County	NC	12	4,821	3,950	81.9%
8	Camden County	NC	5	1,918	1,533	79.9%
9	Avery County	NC	10	2,025	1,611	79.6%
10	Transylvania County	NC	10	3,640	2,825	77.6%
11	Carteret County	NC	18	8,053	6,158	76.5%
12	Polk County	NC	7	2,110	1,595	75.6%
13	Graham County	NC	3	1,096	828	75.5%
14	Alexander County	NC	11	4,344	3,277	75.4%
15	Yancey County	NC	7	2,148	1,575	73.3%
16	Currituck County	NC	11	4,651	3,401	73.1%
17	McDowell County	NC	16	5,712	4,172	73.0%
18	Caldwell County	NC	26	10,920	7,902	72.4%
19	Lincoln County	NC	24	14,428	10,333	71.6%
20	Macon County	NC	12	4,469	3,180	71.2%
21	Dare County	NC	11	4,968	3,523	70.9%
22	Wilkes County	NC	22	8,547	6,042	70.7%
23	Alleghany County	NC	4	1,352	946	70.0%
24	Davie County	NC	13	6,116	4,202	68.7%
25	Rutherford County	NC	20	9,205	6,327	68.7%
26	Perquimans County	NC	4	1,786	1,200	67.2%
27	Yadkin County	NC	14	5,174	3,390	65.5%
28	Pender County	NC	19	11,073	7,178	64.8%
29	Surry County	NC	30	11,139	7,220	64.8%
30	Stanly County	NC	24	9,471	6,092	64.3%
31	Buncombe County	NC	61	29,908	19,106	63.9%
32	Jackson County	NC	11	3,823	2,427	63.5%
33	Burke County	NC	29	12,360	7,793	63.1%
34	Moore County	NC	26	14,708	9,217	62.7%
35	Henderson County	NC	25	13,572	8,329	61.4%
36	Gates County	NC	5	1,410	865	61.3%
37	Pamlico County	NC	5	1,628	983	60.4%
38	Davidson County	NC	47	23,696	14,294	60.3%
39	Brunswick County	NC	22	15,069	9,002	59.7%
40	Mitchell County	NC	8	2,249	1,336	59.4%
41	Randolph County	NC	42	21,656	12,674	58.5%
42	Iredell County	NC	51	31,906	18,360	57.5%
43	New Hanover County	NC	50	27,460	15,595	56.8%
44	Cleveland County	NC	29	15,682	8,888	56.7%
45	Onslow County	NC	40	27,501	14,963	54.4%
46	Rockingham County	NC	26	12,299	6,508	52.9%
47	Chatham County	NC	24	10,374	5,466	52.7%
48	Catawba County	NC	44	22,392	11,719	52.3%
49	Union County	NC	58	45,934	23,753	51.7%
50	Person County	NC	15	5,659	2,858	50.5%

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