RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 100 SHOWN OF 100

Largest American population, North Carolina counties · 2010

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are American ancestry, from the 2010 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. The median across all 100 is 8,169.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAMERICAN POPULATIONVS –

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,23582,720–

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38343,953–

03Guilford County, NCNC562,23432,345–

04Buncombe County, NCNC277,41731,776–

05New Hanover County, NCNC245,95929,771–

06Union County, NCNC267,67428,569–

07Forsyth County, NCNC401,71826,383–

08Wilkes County, NCNC66,23325,895–

09Johnston County, NCNC256,44824,682–

10Rowan County, NCNC155,09624,405–

11Gaston County, NCNC246,55824,321–

12Davidson County, NCNC180,18220,912–

13Catawba County, NCNC170,17220,562–

14Randolph County, NCNC149,51619,879–

15Burke County, NCNC88,65519,631–

16Cleveland County, NCNC103,32518,906–

17Surry County, NCNC72,28718,639–

18Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72518,464–

19Iredell County, NCNC211,79818,052–

20Cumberland County, NCNC338,47317,940–

21Wayne County, NCNC122,27815,495–

22Alamance County, NCNC186,17715,467–

23Caldwell County, NCNC81,10515,175–

24Haywood County, NCNC63,36913,920–

25Rockingham County, NCNC94,19513,396–

26Rutherford County, NCNC65,74513,277–

27Durham County, NCNC347,24013,032–

28Harnett County, NCNC150,13712,790–

29Pitt County, NCNC182,93612,569–

30Wilson County, NCNC81,15012,481–

31Brunswick County, NCNC174,70211,907–

32Columbus County, NCNC50,48711,853–

33Henderson County, NCNC122,37511,596–

34Lincoln County, NCNC98,65411,238–

35McDowell County, NCNC45,19811,226–

36Yadkin County, NCNC38,32510,950–

37Nash County, NCNC99,36510,912–

38Moore County, NCNC110,61910,485–

39Onslow County, NCNC217,17510,314–

40Ashe County, NCNC27,5149,999–

41Stokes County, NCNC46,1269,893–

42Franklin County, NCNC82,0379,525–

43Granville County, NCNC61,4219,130–

44Jackson County, NCNC45,0399,046–

45Craven County, NCNC105,0258,720–

46Carteret County, NCNC70,4698,686–

47Vance County, NCNC42,6388,616–

48Lenoir County, NCNC55,8378,588–

49Stanly County, NCNC68,8308,537–

50Richmond County, NCNC42,0418,169–

51Davie County, NCNC45,8557,828–

52Macon County, NCNC39,2327,278–

53Pender County, NCNC72,1117,170–

54Duplin County, NCNC51,5716,676–

55Sampson County, NCNC61,5046,548–

56Orange County, NCNC152,4986,349–

57Person County, NCNC40,6366,014–

58Robeson County, NCNC119,9415,929–

59Lee County, NCNC70,2585,847–

60Alexander County, NCNC36,9585,639–

61Beaufort County, NCNC44,6705,621–

62Chatham County, NCNC85,1115,463–

63Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1215,416–

64Pasquotank County, NCNC42,2015,398–

65Transylvania County, NCNC34,2115,327–

66Halifax County, NCNC46,5344,740–

67Watauga County, NCNC54,7864,465–

68Bladen County, NCNC30,0074,312–

69Anson County, NCNC21,7584,113–

70Alleghany County, NCNC11,4794,001–

71Montgomery County, NCNC26,4033,987–

72Mitchell County, NCNC15,0623,904–

73Warren County, NCNC18,8983,787–

74Polk County, NCNC20,5333,613–

75Currituck County, NCNC33,1583,383–

76Cherokee County, NCNC30,8303,321–

77Gates County, NCNC10,2343,017–

78Martin County, NCNC21,6013,013–

79Perquimans County, NCNC13,4903,003–

80Dare County, NCNC38,2452,925–

81Greene County, NCNC20,7002,802–

82Hoke County, NCNC56,9392,760–

83Madison County, NCNC22,5532,385–

84Chowan County, NCNC14,0822,351–

85Caswell County, NCNC22,5632,345–

86Camden County, NCNC11,3152,252–

87Yancey County, NCNC19,0842,019–

88Avery County, NCNC18,1101,817–

89Pamlico County, NCNC12,7581,788–

90Northampton County, NCNC16,4911,784–

91Scotland County, NCNC33,3221,698–

92Hertford County, NCNC19,0151,639–

93Clay County, NCNC12,2391,530–

94Bertie County, NCNC17,0861,515–

95Washington County, NCNC10,6381,405–

96Jones County, NCNC9,5751,136–

97Swain County, NCNC14,0241,079–

98Graham County, NCNC8,190635–

99Hyde County, NCNC4,554349–

100Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537285–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS