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Largest American population, North Carolina counties · 2020

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are American ancestry, from the 2020 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 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,23590,270+9%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38359,770+36%

03Gaston County, NCNC246,55840,308+66%

04Robeson County, NCNC119,94133,654+468%

05Guilford County, NCNC562,23431,396−3%

06Cleveland County, NCNC103,32529,481+56%

07Johnston County, NCNC256,44828,003+13%

08Catawba County, NCNC170,17227,725+35%

09Forsyth County, NCNC401,71826,553+1%

10Wayne County, NCNC122,27825,371+64%

11Caldwell County, NCNC81,10524,643+62%

12Wilkes County, NCNC66,23322,223−14%

13Burke County, NCNC88,65521,921+12%

14Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72521,823+18%

15Surry County, NCNC72,28720,576+10%

16Cumberland County, NCNC338,47318,895+5%

17Davidson County, NCNC180,18218,273−13%

18Buncombe County, NCNC277,41717,986−43%

19Rowan County, NCNC155,09617,215−29%

20Union County, NCNC267,67416,651−42%

21Iredell County, NCNC211,79814,626−19%

22Randolph County, NCNC149,51614,093−29%

23Durham County, NCNC347,24013,636+5%

24Nash County, NCNC99,36513,548+24%

25Rockingham County, NCNC94,19513,459+0%

26Lincoln County, NCNC98,65413,282+18%

27Columbus County, NCNC50,48713,205+11%

28Henderson County, NCNC122,37513,205+14%

29New Hanover County, NCNC245,95912,776−57%

30Transylvania County, NCNC34,21112,165+128%

31Alamance County, NCNC186,17711,955−23%

32Alexander County, NCNC36,95811,852+110%

33Onslow County, NCNC217,17511,636+13%

34Pitt County, NCNC182,93611,562−8%

35Brunswick County, NCNC174,70211,512−3%

36Rutherford County, NCNC65,74510,416−22%

37Jackson County, NCNC45,03910,398+15%

38Halifax County, NCNC46,53410,094+113%

39Wilson County, NCNC81,1509,987−20%

40Craven County, NCNC105,0259,579+10%

41Ashe County, NCNC27,5149,275−7%

42Watauga County, NCNC54,7869,082+103%

43Bladen County, NCNC30,0078,744+103%

44Harnett County, NCNC150,1378,478−34%

45Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1218,307+53%

46McDowell County, NCNC45,1988,003−29%

47Moore County, NCNC110,6197,983−24%

48Carteret County, NCNC70,4697,715−11%

49Haywood County, NCNC63,3697,319−47%

50Stanly County, NCNC68,8307,178−16%

51Stokes County, NCNC46,1266,429−35%

52Orange County, NCNC152,4986,124−4%

53Yadkin County, NCNC38,3255,988−45%

54Dare County, NCNC38,2455,705+95%

55Chatham County, NCNC85,1115,691+4%

56Duplin County, NCNC51,5715,509−17%

57Franklin County, NCNC82,0375,445−43%

58Granville County, NCNC61,4215,399−41%

59Macon County, NCNC39,2325,261−28%

60Montgomery County, NCNC26,4035,216+31%

61Sampson County, NCNC61,5044,926−25%

62Lenoir County, NCNC55,8374,906−43%

63Pasquotank County, NCNC42,2014,735−12%

64Davie County, NCNC45,8554,507−42%

65Person County, NCNC40,6364,348−28%

66Northampton County, NCNC16,4914,272+139%

67Currituck County, NCNC33,1584,178+23%

68Alleghany County, NCNC11,4794,044+1%

69Lee County, NCNC70,2583,933−33%

70Cherokee County, NCNC30,8303,837+16%

71Pender County, NCNC72,1113,785−47%

72Beaufort County, NCNC44,6703,526−37%

73Hoke County, NCNC56,9393,515+27%

74Martin County, NCNC21,6013,374+12%

75Vance County, NCNC42,6383,344−61%

76Graham County, NCNC8,1903,278+416%

77Caswell County, NCNC22,5633,107+32%

78Richmond County, NCNC42,0413,105−62%

79Yancey County, NCNC19,0842,881+43%

80Swain County, NCNC14,0242,787+158%

81Polk County, NCNC20,5332,359−35%

82Bertie County, NCNC17,0862,213+46%

83Madison County, NCNC22,5532,206−8%

84Hertford County, NCNC19,0152,130+30%

85Greene County, NCNC20,7002,121−24%

86Scotland County, NCNC33,3221,941+14%

87Washington County, NCNC10,6381,908+36%

88Avery County, NCNC18,1101,891+4%

89Gates County, NCNC10,2341,768−41%

90Warren County, NCNC18,8981,756−54%

91Perquimans County, NCNC13,4901,739−42%

92Chowan County, NCNC14,0821,622−31%

93Camden County, NCNC11,3151,584−30%

94Anson County, NCNC21,7581,494−64%

95Mitchell County, NCNC15,0621,407−64%

96Pamlico County, NCNC12,7581,026−43%

97Jones County, NCNC9,575872−23%

98Clay County, NCNC12,239716−53%

99Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537379+33%

100Hyde County, NCNC4,554367+5%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS