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Largest British population, North Carolina counties · 2020

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are British 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. The median across all 100 is 262.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBRITISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,23511,517+72%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3837,575+52%

03Guilford County, NCNC562,2343,150+28%

04Buncombe County, NCNC277,4173,052+88%

05Durham County, NCNC347,2402,921+49%

06Forsyth County, NCNC401,7182,758+52%

07New Hanover County, NCNC245,9592,310+78%

08Union County, NCNC267,6742,046+66%

09Orange County, NCNC152,4981,927+12%

10Cumberland County, NCNC338,4731,397+78%

11Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7251,353+77%

12Gaston County, NCNC246,5581,346+134%

13Onslow County, NCNC217,1751,284+43%

14Brunswick County, NCNC174,7021,241+176%

15Catawba County, NCNC170,1721,129+187%

16Henderson County, NCNC122,375963+54%

17Harnett County, NCNC150,137927+60%

18Johnston County, NCNC256,448895+45%

19Alamance County, NCNC186,177842+119%

20Craven County, NCNC105,025817+65%

21Pitt County, NCNC182,936806+29%

22Wayne County, NCNC122,278740+70%

23Watauga County, NCNC54,786687+73%

24Iredell County, NCNC211,798673−3%

25Moore County, NCNC110,619669+61%

26Randolph County, NCNC149,516666+36%

27Rowan County, NCNC155,096650+50%

28Lincoln County, NCNC98,654650+408%

29Carteret County, NCNC70,469621+39%

30Chatham County, NCNC85,111601+65%

31Davidson County, NCNC180,182561+31%

32Burke County, NCNC88,655504+26%

33Granville County, NCNC61,421496+273%

34Cleveland County, NCNC103,325470+238%

35Jackson County, NCNC45,039467+70%

36Caldwell County, NCNC81,105461+89%

37Lee County, NCNC70,258443+491%

38Pender County, NCNC72,111441+76%

39Rockingham County, NCNC94,195405+75%

40Nash County, NCNC99,365404+31%

41Haywood County, NCNC63,369383+18%

42Davie County, NCNC45,855351+228%

43Beaufort County, NCNC44,670330+124%

44Surry County, NCNC72,287319−26%

45Currituck County, NCNC33,158304+187%

46Stanly County, NCNC68,830282+271%

47Polk County, NCNC20,533269+245%

48Franklin County, NCNC82,037268+201%

49Rutherford County, NCNC65,745267+98%

50Transylvania County, NCNC34,211262−43%

51Wilson County, NCNC81,150257+35%

52Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121241+424%

53Macon County, NCNC39,232241−4%

54Madison County, NCNC22,553230+147%

55Lenoir County, NCNC55,837220+96%

56Person County, NCNC40,636212+138%

57Ashe County, NCNC27,514199+805%

58Wilkes County, NCNC66,233197−45%

59Hoke County, NCNC56,939180+128%

60Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201178+31%

61McDowell County, NCNC45,198178+174%

62Greene County, NCNC20,700155+434%

63Robeson County, NCNC119,941153+132%

64Cherokee County, NCNC30,830150+1150%

65Stokes County, NCNC46,126150+6%

66Dare County, NCNC38,245144−38%

67Alexander County, NCNC36,958142+22%

68Yancey County, NCNC19,084138+44%

69Duplin County, NCNC51,571123+22%

70Perquimans County, NCNC13,490121–

71Halifax County, NCNC46,534113+41%

72Mitchell County, NCNC15,062110+378%

73Camden County, NCNC11,315108+27%

74Hertford County, NCNC19,01599+19%

75Columbus County, NCNC50,48798+40%

76Scotland County, NCNC33,32295+76%

77Yadkin County, NCNC38,32594+81%

78Martin County, NCNC21,60188−23%

79Chowan County, NCNC14,08283−50%

80Anson County, NCNC21,75879+229%

81Sampson County, NCNC61,50478−28%

82Montgomery County, NCNC26,40376+130%

83Richmond County, NCNC42,04175+9%

84Vance County, NCNC42,63874+80%

85Washington County, NCNC10,63870+180%

86Northampton County, NCNC16,49154+170%

87Bladen County, NCNC30,00750−63%

88Hyde County, NCNC4,55450+47%

89Pamlico County, NCNC12,75842+121%

90Caswell County, NCNC22,56339−35%

91Clay County, NCNC12,23938−31%

92Bertie County, NCNC17,08631+3000%

93Avery County, NCNC18,11027+17%

94Swain County, NCNC14,02427−56%

95Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53723–

96Warren County, NCNC18,89823−41%

97Gates County, NCNC10,23421−5%

98Jones County, NCNC9,57516−75%

99Alleghany County, NCNC11,47910−92%

100Graham County, NCNC8,1905–

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