The graph below ranks each North Carolina County by total of White residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
North Carolina total of White population by county
| County | White Population |
| Wake |  662,692 |
| Mecklenburg | 581,751 |
| Guilford | 297,104 |
| Forsyth | 243,338 |
| Buncombe | 219,526 |
| Union | 174,513 |
| Cumberland | 173,457 |
| New Hanover | 170,260 |
| Gaston | 168,068 |
| Durham | 149,503 |
| Cabarrus | 145,128 |
| Davidson | 142,565 |
| Johnston | 141,414 |
| Onslow | 140,945 |
| Iredell | 135,524 |
| Catawba | 131,748 |
| Randolph | 128,678 |
| Alamance | 116,944 |
| Rowan | 111,093 |
| Orange | 106,995 |
| Pitt | 105,858 |
| Henderson | 100,855 |
| Brunswick | 95,704 |
| Harnett | 88,546 |
| Wayne | 79,315 |
| Burke | 78,335 |
| Craven | 76,188 |
| Caldwell | 75,562 |
| Moore | 74,840 |
| Cleveland | 74,736 |
| Lincoln | 72,848 |
| Rockingham | 72,556 |
| Surry | 68,899 |
| Wilkes | 64,779 |
| Carteret | 60,907 |
| Rutherford | 58,890 |
| Haywood | 56,838 |
| Nash | 55,400 |
| Chatham | 54,235 |
| Stanly | 51,494 |
| Watauga | 49,709 |
| Wilson | 47,009 |
| Lee | 44,923 |
| Robeson | 44,404 |
| Stokes | 43,912 |
| Sampson | 42,973 |
| Franklin | 42,969 |
| Pender | 42,809 |
| Duplin | 42,304 |
| McDowell | 41,872 |
| Davie | 37,503 |
| Granville | 37,046 |
| Columbus | 36,860 |
| Yadkin | 36,037 |
| Jackson | 34,668 |
| Beaufort | 34,045 |
| Alexander | 33,865 |
| Lenoir | 33,432 |
| Dare | 32,584 |
| Macon | 32,500 |
| Transylvania | 30,705 |
| Richmond | 29,160 |
| Person | 27,567 |
| Ashe | 26,454 |
| Hoke | 25,449 |
| Cherokee | 25,437 |
| Pasquotank | 23,533 |
| Edgecombe | 22,517 |
| Halifax | 22,070 |
| Currituck | 21,907 |
| Montgomery | 21,372 |
| Bladen | 21,144 |
| Vance | 21,084 |
| Madison | 20,142 |
| Polk | 18,866 |
| Yancey | 17,080 |
| Scotland | 16,944 |
| Avery | 16,557 |
| Mitchell | 14,908 |
| Caswell | 14,786 |
| Martin | 13,005 |
| Anson | 12,702 |
| Greene | 12,608 |
| Alleghany | 10,560 |
| Clay | 10,336 |
| Pamlico | 10,092 |
| Perquimans | 9,860 |
| Swain | 9,362 |
| Chowan | 9,312 |
| Hertford | 8,829 |
| Northampton | 8,499 |
| Warren | 8,315 |
| Camden | 8,283 |
| Graham | 7,879 |
| Gates | 7,600 |
| Bertie | 7,389 |
| Jones | 6,705 |
| Washington | 6,091 |
| Hyde | 3,816 |
| Tyrrell | 2,410 |