RANKING · 2024 ACS · 100 SHOWN OF 100

Highest English population share, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the share of all residents who are English ancestry (2023 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: English residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPENGLISH SHAREVS 2000

01Buncombe County, NCNC277,41726.9%–

02Carteret County, NCNC70,46924.4%–

03Stokes County, NCNC46,12622.6%–

04Mitchell County, NCNC15,06222.0%–

05Currituck County, NCNC33,15820.5%–

06Watauga County, NCNC54,78620.2%–

07Polk County, NCNC20,53319.6%–

08Madison County, NCNC22,55319.3%–

09Haywood County, NCNC63,36919.2%–

10Dare County, NCNC38,24519.1%–

11Transylvania County, NCNC34,21119.1%–

12Clay County, NCNC12,23918.7%–

13Davie County, NCNC45,85517.5%–

14Macon County, NCNC39,23217.3%–

15Henderson County, NCNC122,37517.3%–

16Camden County, NCNC11,31517.1%–

17Gates County, NCNC10,23417.0%–

18Cherokee County, NCNC30,83017.0%–

19Chatham County, NCNC85,11117.0%–

20Surry County, NCNC72,28716.5%–

21Moore County, NCNC110,61916.5%–

22Yadkin County, NCNC38,32516.4%–

23Brunswick County, NCNC174,70216.0%–

24Jackson County, NCNC45,03915.9%–

25New Hanover County, NCNC245,95915.8%–

26Alleghany County, NCNC11,47915.6%–

27Orange County, NCNC152,49815.6%–

28Chowan County, NCNC14,08215.3%–

29Ashe County, NCNC27,51415.3%–

30Yancey County, NCNC19,08415.3%–

31Randolph County, NCNC149,51615.3%–

32Caldwell County, NCNC81,10515.2%–

33Nash County, NCNC99,36515.0%–

34Perquimans County, NCNC13,49015.0%–

35Pender County, NCNC72,11114.3%–

36McDowell County, NCNC45,19814.3%–

37Beaufort County, NCNC44,67014.1%–

38Craven County, NCNC105,02514.1%–

39Rutherford County, NCNC65,74513.9%–

40Wake County, NCNC1,257,23513.7%–

41Montgomery County, NCNC26,40313.6%–

42Iredell County, NCNC211,79813.3%–

43Jones County, NCNC9,57513.2%–

44Alexander County, NCNC36,95813.2%–

45Forsyth County, NCNC401,71813.2%–

46Pamlico County, NCNC12,75813.2%–

47Catawba County, NCNC170,17213.2%–

48Onslow County, NCNC217,17513.1%–

49Wilkes County, NCNC66,23313.1%–

50Lincoln County, NCNC98,65412.9%–

51Caswell County, NCNC22,56312.9%–

52Alamance County, NCNC186,17712.6%–

53Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53712.6%–

54Granville County, NCNC61,42112.5%–

55Union County, NCNC267,67412.4%–

56Person County, NCNC40,63612.4%–

57Johnston County, NCNC256,44812.4%–

58Rockingham County, NCNC94,19512.3%–

59Lenoir County, NCNC55,83712.3%–

60Davidson County, NCNC180,18212.1%–

61Burke County, NCNC88,65512.1%–

62Swain County, NCNC14,02412.1%–

63Avery County, NCNC18,11012.0%–

64Franklin County, NCNC82,03711.8%–

65Gaston County, NCNC246,55811.8%–

66Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20111.8%–

67Duplin County, NCNC51,57111.4%–

68Lee County, NCNC70,25811.2%–

69Wilson County, NCNC81,15011.2%–

70Cleveland County, NCNC103,32511.1%–

71Rowan County, NCNC155,09611.1%–

72Pitt County, NCNC182,93611.0%–

73Durham County, NCNC347,24011.0%–

74Stanly County, NCNC68,83010.9%–

75Guilford County, NCNC562,23410.8%–

76Greene County, NCNC20,70010.7%–

77Wayne County, NCNC122,27810.6%–

78Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72510.4%–

79Harnett County, NCNC150,13710.2%–

80Northampton County, NCNC16,4919.6%–

81Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3839.3%–

82Columbus County, NCNC50,4879.2%–

83Martin County, NCNC21,6019.1%–

84Graham County, NCNC8,1909.0%–

85Vance County, NCNC42,6388.7%–

86Warren County, NCNC18,8988.7%–

87Washington County, NCNC10,6388.2%–

88Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1217.8%–

89Sampson County, NCNC61,5047.7%–

90Halifax County, NCNC46,5347.7%–

91Cumberland County, NCNC338,4737.5%–

92Bertie County, NCNC17,0867.4%–

93Richmond County, NCNC42,0417.4%–

94Hertford County, NCNC19,0157.1%–

95Anson County, NCNC21,7587.0%–

96Bladen County, NCNC30,0076.7%–

97Scotland County, NCNC33,3226.6%–

98Hoke County, NCNC56,9396.4%–

99Hyde County, NCNC4,5545.1%–

100Robeson County, NCNC119,9413.6%–

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UPDATED 2026-06-06 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES