The graph below ranks each North Carolina County by total of Black residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
North Carolina total of Black population by county
| County | Black Population |
| Mecklenburg |  307,815 |
| Wake | 203,759 |
| Guilford | 167,841 |
| Cumberland | 120,806 |
| Durham | 109,447 |
| Forsyth | 96,977 |
| Pitt | 59,848 |
| Wayne | 39,906 |
| Nash | 36,679 |
| Robeson | 33,439 |
| Gaston | 32,657 |
| Wilson | 32,375 |
| Edgecombe | 32,104 |
| New Hanover | 30,538 |
| Cabarrus | 29,836 |
| Onslow | 29,808 |
| Alamance | 29,505 |
| Halifax | 28,708 |
| Johnston | 27,444 |
| Harnett | 26,258 |
| Union | 25,228 |
| Lenoir | 24,201 |
| Craven | 23,256 |
| Vance | 22,796 |
| Rowan | 22,633 |
| Cleveland | 20,170 |
| Iredell | 20,011 |
| Granville | 19,102 |
| Columbus | 17,623 |
| Rockingham | 17,606 |
| Sampson | 17,458 |
| Hoke | 17,269 |
| Orange | 16,865 |
| Franklin | 16,621 |
| Buncombe | 15,890 |
| Duplin | 15,601 |
| Pasquotank | 15,392 |
| Davidson | 14,844 |
| Hertford | 14,820 |
| Richmond | 14,441 |
| Scotland | 14,084 |
| Catawba | 13,437 |
| Brunswick | 12,903 |
| Anson | 12,808 |
| Bertie | 12,740 |
| Northampton | 12,418 |
| Bladen | 12,232 |
| Beaufort | 12,156 |
| Moore | 12,112 |
| Lee | 12,095 |
| Warren | 10,744 |
| Person | 10,627 |
| Martin | 10,447 |
| Pender | 9,591 |
| Chatham | 8,896 |
| Randolph | 8,693 |
| Greene | 7,928 |
| Caswell | 7,821 |
| Stanly | 6,777 |
| Rutherford | 6,730 |
| Washington | 6,320 |
| Burke | 6,144 |
| Montgomery | 5,253 |
| Chowan | 5,046 |
| Lincoln | 4,677 |
| Carteret | 4,268 |
| Caldwell | 4,180 |
| Gates | 3,973 |
| Henderson | 3,459 |
| Perquimans | 3,368 |
| Jones | 3,281 |
| Wilkes | 3,045 |
| Surry | 2,941 |
| Davie | 2,691 |
| Pamlico | 2,654 |
| Alexander | 2,107 |
| Stokes | 1,964 |
| McDowell | 1,799 |
| Hyde | 1,796 |
| Tyrrell | 1,557 |
| Currituck | 1,446 |
| Camden | 1,317 |
| Transylvania | 1,312 |
| Yadkin | 1,295 |
| Dare | 966 |
| Watauga | 938 |
| Polk | 911 |
| Jackson | 810 |
| Avery | 758 |
| Haywood | 705 |
| Macon | 576 |
| Cherokee | 378 |
| Madison | 292 |
| Ashe | 244 |
| Yancey | 176 |
| Alleghany | 176 |
| Swain | 141 |
| Clay | 106 |
| Mitchell | 77 |
| Graham | 26 |