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Largest Costa Rican population, North Carolina counties · 2020

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Costa Rican origin, 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 40 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 40 is 58.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

Largest Costa Rican population by state

RANKPLACESTATEPOPCOSTA RICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Lincoln County, NCNC98,6541,305+11%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,383681−30%

03Wake County, NCNC1,257,235531+9%

04Catawba County, NCNC170,172411+58%

05Cumberland County, NCNC338,473328+273%

06Durham County, NCNC347,240219+447%

07Harnett County, NCNC150,137174+1482%

08Alamance County, NCNC186,177157–

09New Hanover County, NCNC245,959144–

10Gaston County, NCNC246,558139−72%

11Johnston County, NCNC256,448137+389%

12Randolph County, NCNC149,516125+213%

13Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725121+120%

14Onslow County, NCNC217,175120+179%

15Union County, NCNC267,67495+44%

16Orange County, NCNC152,49892–

17Henderson County, NCNC122,37591−63%

18Guilford County, NCNC562,23490−55%

19Iredell County, NCNC211,79871−51%

20Craven County, NCNC105,02558+29%

21Franklin County, NCNC82,03749–

22Forsyth County, NCNC401,71830+25%

23Madison County, NCNC22,55329–

24Rockingham County, NCNC94,19528–

25Hoke County, NCNC56,93927−74%

26Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53725–

27Moore County, NCNC110,61920–

28Warren County, NCNC18,89819–

29Rowan County, NCNC155,09618−77%

30Nash County, NCNC99,36516−64%

31Buncombe County, NCNC277,41715−83%

32Wilkes County, NCNC66,23315–

33Jackson County, NCNC45,03911–

34Alleghany County, NCNC11,4799–

35Stanly County, NCNC68,8308–

36Macon County, NCNC39,2326–

37Montgomery County, NCNC26,4036–

38Sampson County, NCNC61,5046−65%

39Granville County, NCNC61,4213–

40Cleveland County, NCNC103,3252−80%

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