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Largest Arab population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Arab ancestry, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 88 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 88 is 106. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Cabarrus County, NC, up 14 places to #11.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest Arab population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPARAB POPULATIONVS 2010
01▲2Wake County, NCNC1,257,23514,712+122%
02▼1Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3838,013+45%
03▼1Guilford County, NCNC562,2343,633+136%
04▲5Durham County, NCNC347,2401,813+125%
05▼1Forsyth County, NCNC401,7181,775+84%
06▲2Cumberland County, NCNC338,4731,634+166%
07▲8New Hanover County, NCNC245,9591,369+191%
08▲10Johnston County, NCNC256,4481,272+134%
09▲1Orange County, NCNC152,4981,239+94%
10▲10Pitt County, NCNC182,936967+29%
11▲14Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725956+216%
12▼7Onslow County, NCNC217,175904+64%
13▼2Nash County, NCNC99,365886+48%
14▲10Buncombe County, NCNC277,417858+88%
15Iredell County, NCNC211,798709+104%
16Union County, NCNC267,674627−4%
17▼1Alamance County, NCNC186,177561+102%
18▼11Wayne County, NCNC122,278424+66%
19▼13Wilson County, NCNC81,150407−30%
20▼8Robeson County, NCNC119,941404+10%
21Rowan County, NCNC155,096395+266%
22▲10Brunswick County, NCNC174,702390+195%
23Gaston County, NCNC246,558353−46%
24Hoke County, NCNC56,939320–
25Franklin County, NCNC82,037294+584%
26Lee County, NCNC70,258294+75%
27Randolph County, NCNC149,516241+24%
28▼15Sampson County, NCNC61,5042320%
29Davie County, NCNC45,855217+101%
30Lincoln County, NCNC98,654208+308%
31▼8Vance County, NCNC42,638201+548%
32▼3Harnett County, NCNC150,137200+125%
33▼16Granville County, NCNC61,421193+35%
34▼15Henderson County, NCNC122,375180+400%
35▼13Watauga County, NCNC54,786170+39%
36Craven County, NCNC105,025157−31%
37▼4Haywood County, NCNC63,369156–
38Catawba County, NCNC170,172155+57%
39Chatham County, NCNC85,111147+444%
40▼19Pender County, NCNC72,111147+96%
41Currituck County, NCNC33,158127–
42Burke County, NCNC88,655119−47%
43Lenoir County, NCNC55,837107+95%
44Moore County, NCNC110,619106−74%
45Rockingham County, NCNC94,195104−9%
46Warren County, NCNC18,898102+629%
47▼20Carteret County, NCNC70,46997−41%
48Stokes County, NCNC46,12691+107%
49Martin County, NCNC21,60183−50%
50Macon County, NCNC39,23277+250%
51Duplin County, NCNC51,57176–
52Columbus County, NCNC50,48766−22%
53Northampton County, NCNC16,49166+14%
54Davidson County, NCNC180,18265−56%
55Cleveland County, NCNC103,32560−25%
56Swain County, NCNC14,02458+427%
57Cherokee County, NCNC30,83049+58%
58Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12147−76%
59▼31Halifax County, NCNC46,53447−76%
60▼46Jackson County, NCNC45,03944−47%
61▼31Stanly County, NCNC68,83044−73%
62Avery County, NCNC18,11042−57%
63Dare County, NCNC38,24533−80%
64Camden County, NCNC11,31532–
65Greene County, NCNC20,70029–
66Richmond County, NCNC42,04129−51%
67Madison County, NCNC22,55328+155%
68Bertie County, NCNC17,08625+213%
69Pamlico County, NCNC12,75823−44%
70Rutherford County, NCNC65,74523−64%
71Scotland County, NCNC33,32223−21%
72Polk County, NCNC20,53318–
73Transylvania County, NCNC34,21117+31%
74Montgomery County, NCNC26,40316–
75Perquimans County, NCNC13,49016−38%
76Anson County, NCNC21,75815−63%
77Beaufort County, NCNC44,67015−81%
78Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20115–
79Surry County, NCNC72,28712−79%
80Caldwell County, NCNC81,10511–
81Mitchell County, NCNC15,06210–
82▼56McDowell County, NCNC45,1989−55%
83Yadkin County, NCNC38,3258−93%
84Person County, NCNC40,6366–
85Hyde County, NCNC4,5545–
86Washington County, NCNC10,6384–
87▼56Alexander County, NCNC36,9584–
88Wilkes County, NCNC66,2332−95%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES