RANKING · 2024 ACS · 97 SHOWN OF 97

Highest British population share, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the share of all residents who are British ancestry (2024 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: British residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 97 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBRITISH SHAREVS 2010

01Polk County, NCNC20,5331.4%+1.0 pts

02Buncombe County, NCNC277,4170.9%+0.2 pts

03Orange County, NCNC152,4980.8%−0.5 pts

04New Hanover County, NCNC245,9590.7%+0.1 pts

05Currituck County, NCNC33,1580.7%+0.3 pts

06Hyde County, NCNC4,5540.7%+0.1 pts

07Greene County, NCNC20,7000.7%+0.6 pts

08Davie County, NCNC45,8550.7%+0.4 pts

09Brunswick County, NCNC174,7020.6%+0.2 pts

10Transylvania County, NCNC34,2110.6%−0.8 pts

11Durham County, NCNC347,2400.6%−0.1 pts

12Dare County, NCNC38,2450.6%−0.1 pts

13Pender County, NCNC72,1110.6%+0.1 pts

14Wake County, NCNC1,257,2350.6%−0.2 pts

15Pamlico County, NCNC12,7580.6%+0.5 pts

16Watauga County, NCNC54,7860.6%−0.2 pts

17Henderson County, NCNC122,3750.6%−0.0 pts

18Chatham County, NCNC85,1110.6%−0.0 pts

19Carteret County, NCNC70,4690.6%−0.1 pts

20Macon County, NCNC39,2320.6%−0.2 pts

21Moore County, NCNC110,6190.6%+0.1 pts

22Harnett County, NCNC150,1370.5%+0.0 pts

23Madison County, NCNC22,5530.5%+0.1 pts

24Forsyth County, NCNC401,7180.5%−0.1 pts

25Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3830.4%−0.1 pts

26Haywood County, NCNC63,3690.4%−0.1 pts

27Cleveland County, NCNC103,3250.4%+0.3 pts

28Alexander County, NCNC36,9580.4%+0.1 pts

29Pitt County, NCNC182,9360.4%+0.0 pts

30Gaston County, NCNC246,5580.4%+0.1 pts

31Perquimans County, NCNC13,4900.4%–

32Onslow County, NCNC217,1750.4%−0.1 pts

33Johnston County, NCNC256,4480.4%+0.0 pts

34Lee County, NCNC70,2580.4%+0.3 pts

35Person County, NCNC40,6360.4%+0.2 pts

36Duplin County, NCNC51,5710.4%+0.2 pts

37Burke County, NCNC88,6550.4%−0.1 pts

38Yadkin County, NCNC38,3250.4%+0.2 pts

39Guilford County, NCNC562,2340.4%−0.2 pts

40Avery County, NCNC18,1100.4%+0.2 pts

41Jackson County, NCNC45,0390.3%−0.4 pts

42Beaufort County, NCNC44,6700.3%+0.0 pts

43Union County, NCNC267,6740.3%−0.3 pts

44Davidson County, NCNC180,1820.3%+0.1 pts

45Stanly County, NCNC68,8300.3%+0.2 pts

46Ashe County, NCNC27,5140.3%+0.3 pts

47Rowan County, NCNC155,0960.3%+0.0 pts

48Clay County, NCNC12,2390.3%−0.2 pts

49Rutherford County, NCNC65,7450.3%+0.1 pts

50Wilson County, NCNC81,1500.3%+0.1 pts

51Chowan County, NCNC14,0820.3%−0.8 pts

52Hoke County, NCNC56,9390.3%+0.1 pts

53Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7250.3%−0.2 pts

54Iredell County, NCNC211,7980.3%−0.2 pts

55Wayne County, NCNC122,2780.3%−0.1 pts

56Craven County, NCNC105,0250.3%−0.2 pts

57Franklin County, NCNC82,0370.3%+0.1 pts

58Catawba County, NCNC170,1720.3%+0.0 pts

59Northampton County, NCNC16,4910.3%+0.2 pts

60Washington County, NCNC10,6380.3%+0.1 pts

61Martin County, NCNC21,6010.3%−0.2 pts

62Granville County, NCNC61,4210.3%+0.0 pts

63Bladen County, NCNC30,0070.3%−0.1 pts

64Nash County, NCNC99,3650.3%−0.1 pts

65Cumberland County, NCNC338,4730.3%+0.0 pts

66Pasquotank County, NCNC42,2010.3%−0.1 pts

67Jones County, NCNC9,5750.2%−0.4 pts

68Yancey County, NCNC19,0840.2%−0.3 pts

69Mitchell County, NCNC15,0620.2%+0.1 pts

70Halifax County, NCNC46,5340.2%+0.1 pts

71Lenoir County, NCNC55,8370.2%+0.0 pts

72Rockingham County, NCNC94,1950.2%−0.0 pts

73Randolph County, NCNC149,5160.2%−0.1 pts

74Caldwell County, NCNC81,1050.2%−0.1 pts

75Surry County, NCNC72,2870.2%−0.4 pts

76Caswell County, NCNC22,5630.2%−0.1 pts

77Alamance County, NCNC186,1770.2%−0.1 pts

78Swain County, NCNC14,0240.2%−0.3 pts

79Alleghany County, NCNC11,4790.2%−0.9 pts

80Richmond County, NCNC42,0410.2%+0.0 pts

81Cherokee County, NCNC30,8300.1%+0.1 pts

82Sampson County, NCNC61,5040.1%−0.0 pts

83Lincoln County, NCNC98,6540.1%−0.0 pts

84Wilkes County, NCNC66,2330.1%−0.4 pts

85Hertford County, NCNC19,0150.1%−0.2 pts

86Warren County, NCNC18,8980.1%−0.1 pts

87Montgomery County, NCNC26,4030.1%−0.0 pts

88Anson County, NCNC21,7580.1%+0.0 pts

89McDowell County, NCNC45,1980.1%−0.0 pts

90Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1210.1%+0.0 pts

91Robeson County, NCNC119,9410.1%+0.0 pts

92Graham County, NCNC8,1900.1%–

93Scotland County, NCNC33,3220.1%−0.1 pts

94Bertie County, NCNC17,0860.1%+0.0 pts

95Vance County, NCNC42,6380.0%−0.0 pts

96Stokes County, NCNC46,1260.0%−0.3 pts

97Columbus County, NCNC50,4870.0%−0.1 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES