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

98 counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the share of public school students who are White. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 51.1%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsWhite students% White
1Madison CountyNC72,0631,88891.5%
2Haywood CountyNC167,0925,98484.4%
3Clay CountyNC41,3221,11384.2%
4Cherokee CountyNC132,9922,48182.9%
5Ashe CountyNC62,6762,20582.4%
6Stokes CountyNC195,7584,74382.4%
7Watauga CountyNC124,8213,95081.9%
8Camden CountyNC51,9181,53379.9%
9Avery CountyNC102,0251,61179.6%
10Transylvania CountyNC103,6402,82577.6%
11Carteret CountyNC188,0536,15876.5%
12Polk CountyNC72,1101,59575.6%
13Graham CountyNC31,09682875.5%
14Alexander CountyNC114,3443,27775.4%
15Yancey CountyNC72,1481,57573.3%
16Currituck CountyNC114,6513,40173.1%
17McDowell CountyNC165,7124,17273.0%
18Caldwell CountyNC2610,9207,90272.4%
19Lincoln CountyNC2414,42810,33371.6%
20Macon CountyNC124,4693,18071.2%
21Dare CountyNC114,9683,52370.9%
22Wilkes CountyNC228,5476,04270.7%
23Alleghany CountyNC41,35294670.0%
24Davie CountyNC136,1164,20268.7%
25Rutherford CountyNC209,2056,32768.7%
26Perquimans CountyNC41,7861,20067.2%
27Yadkin CountyNC145,1743,39065.5%
28Pender CountyNC1911,0737,17864.8%
29Surry CountyNC3011,1397,22064.8%
30Stanly CountyNC249,4716,09264.3%
31Buncombe CountyNC6129,90819,10663.9%
32Jackson CountyNC113,8232,42763.5%
33Burke CountyNC2912,3607,79363.1%
34Moore CountyNC2614,7089,21762.7%
35Henderson CountyNC2513,5728,32961.4%
36Gates CountyNC51,41086561.3%
37Pamlico CountyNC51,62898360.4%
38Davidson CountyNC4723,69614,29460.3%
39Brunswick CountyNC2215,0699,00259.7%
40Mitchell CountyNC82,2491,33659.4%
41Randolph CountyNC4221,65612,67458.5%
42Iredell CountyNC5131,90618,36057.5%
43New Hanover CountyNC5027,46015,59556.8%
44Cleveland CountyNC2915,6828,88856.7%
45Onslow CountyNC4027,50114,96354.4%
46Rockingham CountyNC2612,2996,50852.9%
47Chatham CountyNC2410,3745,46652.7%
48Catawba CountyNC4422,39211,71952.3%
49Union CountyNC5845,93423,75351.7%
50Person CountyNC155,6592,85850.5%

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