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Largest Central American population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Central American origin, 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 93 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPCENTRAL AMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38359,392+143%

02Wake County, NCNC1,257,23523,714+119%

03Durham County, NCNC347,24016,840+119%

04Forsyth County, NCNC401,7188,698+52%

05Guilford County, NCNC562,2348,031+141%

06Wayne County, NCNC122,2785,909+330%

07Union County, NCNC267,6745,608+229%

08Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7255,503+833%

09Cumberland County, NCNC338,4735,184+83%

10Alamance County, NCNC186,1775,020+150%

11Gaston County, NCNC246,5584,791+400%

12Duplin County, NCNC51,5714,600+24%

13Johnston County, NCNC256,4484,290+138%

14Sampson County, NCNC61,5043,868+115%

15New Hanover County, NCNC245,9593,674+283%

16Onslow County, NCNC217,1753,668+174%

17Buncombe County, NCNC277,4173,640+77%

18Lee County, NCNC70,2583,539+83%

19Burke County, NCNC88,6553,408+75%

20Chatham County, NCNC85,1112,922+78%

21Orange County, NCNC152,4982,729+207%

22Rowan County, NCNC155,0962,548+38%

23Harnett County, NCNC150,1372,518+145%

24Iredell County, NCNC211,7982,448+130%

25Catawba County, NCNC170,1722,331+29%

26Robeson County, NCNC119,9412,156+889%

27Henderson County, NCNC122,3751,890+247%

28Caldwell County, NCNC81,1051,875+172%

29Randolph County, NCNC149,5161,728+176%

30Davidson County, NCNC180,1821,685+12%

31Lincoln County, NCNC98,6541,605+13%

32Wilkes County, NCNC66,2331,391+213%

33Franklin County, NCNC82,0371,229+636%

34Moore County, NCNC110,6191,111+130%

35Granville County, NCNC61,4211,021+796%

36Pitt County, NCNC182,9361,015+15%

37Bladen County, NCNC30,007927+510%

38Surry County, NCNC72,287789+75%

39Brunswick County, NCNC174,702729+448%

40Craven County, NCNC105,025718+8%

41Halifax County, NCNC46,534692+293%

42Dare County, NCNC38,245686+125%

43Carteret County, NCNC70,469657+439%

44Wilson County, NCNC81,150628+27%

45Nash County, NCNC99,365606+41%

46Lenoir County, NCNC55,837578+21%

47Rockingham County, NCNC94,195549+88%

48Hoke County, NCNC56,939540−10%

49Cleveland County, NCNC103,325500+198%

50Montgomery County, NCNC26,403478+456%

51Yadkin County, NCNC38,325438+742%

52Columbus County, NCNC50,487430+1948%

53Currituck County, NCNC33,158411+448%

54Haywood County, NCNC63,369363+139%

55Stanly County, NCNC68,830351+60%

56Pender County, NCNC72,111348+625%

57Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201314+330%

58McDowell County, NCNC45,198301+267%

59Person County, NCNC40,636268+712%

60Rutherford County, NCNC65,745266−47%

61Transylvania County, NCNC34,211262+254%

62Chowan County, NCNC14,082259–

63Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121258+90%

64Watauga County, NCNC54,786255+59%

65Caswell County, NCNC22,563227+139%

66Scotland County, NCNC33,322224+293%

67Jackson County, NCNC45,039204+152%

68Davie County, NCNC45,855192−41%

69Macon County, NCNC39,232172+537%

70Polk County, NCNC20,533170+154%

71Warren County, NCNC18,898156+184%

72Martin County, NCNC21,601137+191%

73Yancey County, NCNC19,084137–

74Vance County, NCNC42,638121+1000%

75Anson County, NCNC21,758100+1%

76Jones County, NCNC9,57577+75%

77Hyde County, NCNC4,55476–

78Mitchell County, NCNC15,06273–

79Hertford County, NCNC19,01573−54%

80Beaufort County, NCNC44,67071−67%

81Swain County, NCNC14,02470−18%

82Greene County, NCNC20,70069+331%

83Alleghany County, NCNC11,47965+442%

84Ashe County, NCNC27,51460+233%

85Alexander County, NCNC36,95860+71%

86Stokes County, NCNC46,12657+104%

87Bertie County, NCNC17,08648–

88Richmond County, NCNC42,04143−60%

89Avery County, NCNC18,11039+30%

90Cherokee County, NCNC30,83039–

91Perquimans County, NCNC13,49031–

92Northampton County, NCNC16,49124–

93Clay County, NCNC12,2395–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES