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Largest Danish population, North Carolina counties · 2020

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Danish 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 85 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 85 is 75.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPDANISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2352,641+20%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3831,705−18%

03Guilford County, NCNC562,234993+14%

04New Hanover County, NCNC245,959985+58%

05Buncombe County, NCNC277,417750−28%

06Durham County, NCNC347,240712+66%

07Cumberland County, NCNC338,473657+18%

08Forsyth County, NCNC401,718592+19%

09Orange County, NCNC152,498508−7%

10Harnett County, NCNC150,137413+179%

11Iredell County, NCNC211,798406+67%

12Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725385+9%

13Onslow County, NCNC217,175351−15%

14Chatham County, NCNC85,111328+150%

15Johnston County, NCNC256,448303+139%

16Moore County, NCNC110,619296+2%

17Union County, NCNC267,674295−44%

18Brunswick County, NCNC174,702274+79%

19Henderson County, NCNC122,375247−10%

20Alamance County, NCNC186,177236+12%

21Richmond County, NCNC42,041184+6033%

22Camden County, NCNC11,315167–

23Catawba County, NCNC170,172162−30%

24Craven County, NCNC105,025153−55%

25Pitt County, NCNC182,936151−37%

26Burke County, NCNC88,655149+66%

27Carteret County, NCNC70,469125+19%

28Rockingham County, NCNC94,195112+433%

29Watauga County, NCNC54,786106−54%

30Randolph County, NCNC149,516105+12%

31Wayne County, NCNC122,278105−46%

32Lee County, NCNC70,258101+84%

33Nash County, NCNC99,365100+178%

34Sampson County, NCNC61,50495+157%

35Hoke County, NCNC56,93992+441%

36Rowan County, NCNC155,09691+86%

37Wilkes County, NCNC66,23389–

38Cleveland County, NCNC103,32583+69%

39Gaston County, NCNC246,55881−26%

40Macon County, NCNC39,23281−2%

41Polk County, NCNC20,53381+17%

42Wilson County, NCNC81,15077−14%

43Davie County, NCNC45,85575+47%

44Granville County, NCNC61,42172−18%

45Lincoln County, NCNC98,65467+43%

46Davidson County, NCNC180,18266−35%

47Rutherford County, NCNC65,74565+51%

48Dare County, NCNC38,24556−50%

49Pender County, NCNC72,11156+44%

50Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20148–

51Beaufort County, NCNC44,67046+70%

52Haywood County, NCNC63,36943−27%

53Stanly County, NCNC68,83043−49%

54Perquimans County, NCNC13,49039−17%

55Caldwell County, NCNC81,10537−82%

56Franklin County, NCNC82,03737−40%

57Transylvania County, NCNC34,21133−71%

58Lenoir County, NCNC55,83733−21%

59Scotland County, NCNC33,32232+100%

60Currituck County, NCNC33,15831+82%

61Cherokee County, NCNC30,83029+123%

62Mitchell County, NCNC15,06229+26%

63Alexander County, NCNC36,95829+26%

64Caswell County, NCNC22,56327–

65Stokes County, NCNC46,12622−76%

66Chowan County, NCNC14,08221–

67McDowell County, NCNC45,19819−37%

68Ashe County, NCNC27,51417−11%

69Bladen County, NCNC30,00717−55%

70Surry County, NCNC72,28716−83%

71Graham County, NCNC8,19015−71%

72Jackson County, NCNC45,03915−38%

73Anson County, NCNC21,75811–

74Montgomery County, NCNC26,40311–

75Duplin County, NCNC51,57111−15%

76Avery County, NCNC18,11010−64%

77Pamlico County, NCNC12,75810+25%

78Swain County, NCNC14,0246–

79Columbus County, NCNC50,4875−83%

80Madison County, NCNC22,5535−85%

81Warren County, NCNC18,8985–

82Robeson County, NCNC119,9413−95%

83Yancey County, NCNC19,0843−83%

84Martin County, NCNC21,6012−96%

85Hertford County, NCNC19,01520%

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