RANKING · 2024 ACS · 100 SHOWN OF 100

Largest American population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are American ancestry, from the 2023 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2000

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,23570,051–

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38354,351–

03Guilford County, NCNC562,23434,840–

04Gaston County, NCNC246,55834,107–

05Forsyth County, NCNC401,71823,829–

06Cumberland County, NCNC338,47322,887–

07Wilkes County, NCNC66,23321,616–

08Johnston County, NCNC256,44821,588–

09Cleveland County, NCNC103,32521,102–

10Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72520,974–

11Robeson County, NCNC119,94120,085–

12Wayne County, NCNC122,27819,179–

13Iredell County, NCNC211,79818,064–

14Catawba County, NCNC170,17217,959–

15Union County, NCNC267,67416,937–

16Buncombe County, NCNC277,41716,808–

17Rowan County, NCNC155,09615,947–

18Caldwell County, NCNC81,10515,533–

19Davidson County, NCNC180,18214,070–

20Durham County, NCNC347,24013,171–

21Craven County, NCNC105,02513,075–

22Burke County, NCNC88,65512,964–

23Rockingham County, NCNC94,19512,463–

24Henderson County, NCNC122,37512,319–

25New Hanover County, NCNC245,95911,693–

26Randolph County, NCNC149,51611,409–

27Alamance County, NCNC186,17710,663–

28Harnett County, NCNC150,13710,306–

29Pitt County, NCNC182,93610,258–

30Lincoln County, NCNC98,65410,106–

31Onslow County, NCNC217,1759,553–

32Brunswick County, NCNC174,7029,313–

33Alexander County, NCNC36,9589,143–

34Surry County, NCNC72,2878,783–

35Ashe County, NCNC27,5148,423–

36Jackson County, NCNC45,0397,898–

37Columbus County, NCNC50,4877,872–

38Rutherford County, NCNC65,7457,025–

39Moore County, NCNC110,6196,885–

40Nash County, NCNC99,3656,829–

41Wilson County, NCNC81,1506,543–

42Bladen County, NCNC30,0076,379–

43Orange County, NCNC152,4986,020–

44Cherokee County, NCNC30,8306,016–

45Granville County, NCNC61,4215,887–

46Macon County, NCNC39,2325,826–

47Watauga County, NCNC54,7865,574–

48Dare County, NCNC38,2455,363–

49Haywood County, NCNC63,3695,248–

50McDowell County, NCNC45,1985,247–

51Carteret County, NCNC70,4695,220–

52Stokes County, NCNC46,1264,970–

53Stanly County, NCNC68,8304,877–

54Halifax County, NCNC46,5344,826–

55Person County, NCNC40,6364,800–

56Franklin County, NCNC82,0374,700–

57Lenoir County, NCNC55,8374,639–

58Currituck County, NCNC33,1584,578–

59Chatham County, NCNC85,1114,523–

60Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1214,111–

61Davie County, NCNC45,8554,042–

62Sampson County, NCNC61,5043,876–

63Pasquotank County, NCNC42,2013,869–

64Yadkin County, NCNC38,3253,774–

65Duplin County, NCNC51,5713,708–

66Vance County, NCNC42,6383,703–

67Pender County, NCNC72,1113,588–

68Richmond County, NCNC42,0413,584–

69Swain County, NCNC14,0243,382–

70Lee County, NCNC70,2582,986–

71Beaufort County, NCNC44,6702,983–

72Graham County, NCNC8,1902,924–

73Martin County, NCNC21,6012,760–

74Madison County, NCNC22,5532,753–

75Yancey County, NCNC19,0842,589–

76Montgomery County, NCNC26,4032,540–

77Caswell County, NCNC22,5632,531–

78Hoke County, NCNC56,9392,516–

79Alleghany County, NCNC11,4792,456–

80Transylvania County, NCNC34,2112,400–

81Perquimans County, NCNC13,4902,364–

82Northampton County, NCNC16,4912,331–

83Polk County, NCNC20,5332,169–

84Greene County, NCNC20,7001,840–

85Avery County, NCNC18,1101,783–

86Chowan County, NCNC14,0821,585–

87Anson County, NCNC21,7581,574–

88Bertie County, NCNC17,0861,569–

89Camden County, NCNC11,3151,518–

90Hertford County, NCNC19,0151,357–

91Washington County, NCNC10,6381,323–

92Gates County, NCNC10,2341,282–

93Mitchell County, NCNC15,0621,174–

94Clay County, NCNC12,2391,166–

95Pamlico County, NCNC12,7581,163–

96Jones County, NCNC9,5751,075–

97Scotland County, NCNC33,3221,057–

98Warren County, NCNC18,898847–

99Hyde County, NCNC4,554567–

100Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537308–

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