RANKING · 2024 ACS · 100 SHOWN OF 100

Largest English population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are English ancestry, from the 2023 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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPENGLISH POPULATIONVS 2000

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,235161,879–

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,383107,757–

03Buncombe County, NCNC277,41773,811–

04Guilford County, NCNC562,23458,947–

05Forsyth County, NCNC401,71851,518–

06New Hanover County, NCNC245,95937,267–

07Durham County, NCNC347,24036,626–

08Union County, NCNC267,67431,120–

09Johnston County, NCNC256,44828,951–

10Gaston County, NCNC246,55827,727–

11Onslow County, NCNC217,17527,290–

12Iredell County, NCNC211,79826,216–

13Cumberland County, NCNC338,47325,430–

14Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72524,557–

15Brunswick County, NCNC174,70224,387–

16Orange County, NCNC152,49823,277–

17Randolph County, NCNC149,51622,338–

18Alamance County, NCNC186,17722,232–

19Catawba County, NCNC170,17221,511–

20Davidson County, NCNC180,18220,914–

21Henderson County, NCNC122,37520,467–

22Pitt County, NCNC182,93619,579–

23Moore County, NCNC110,61917,304–

24Carteret County, NCNC70,46916,903–

25Rowan County, NCNC155,09616,660–

26Nash County, NCNC99,36514,480–

27Craven County, NCNC105,02514,460–

28Harnett County, NCNC150,13714,250–

29Chatham County, NCNC85,11113,594–

30Wayne County, NCNC122,27812,523–

31Caldwell County, NCNC81,10512,271–

32Haywood County, NCNC63,36912,007–

33Lincoln County, NCNC98,65411,973–

34Surry County, NCNC72,28711,813–

35Rockingham County, NCNC94,19511,334–

36Cleveland County, NCNC103,32511,247–

37Watauga County, NCNC54,78611,154–

38Burke County, NCNC88,65510,606–

39Stokes County, NCNC46,12610,189–

40Pender County, NCNC72,1119,396–

41Rutherford County, NCNC65,7459,027–

42Wilson County, NCNC81,1508,860–

43Franklin County, NCNC82,0378,793–

44Wilkes County, NCNC66,2338,607–

45Davie County, NCNC45,8557,723–

46Granville County, NCNC61,4217,626–

47Lee County, NCNC70,2587,386–

48Dare County, NCNC38,2457,245–

49Stanly County, NCNC68,8307,057–

50Jackson County, NCNC45,0396,964–

51Lenoir County, NCNC55,8376,753–

52Macon County, NCNC39,2326,576–

53Transylvania County, NCNC34,2116,435–

54McDowell County, NCNC45,1986,401–

55Currituck County, NCNC33,1586,288–

56Beaufort County, NCNC44,6706,276–

57Yadkin County, NCNC38,3256,165–

58Duplin County, NCNC51,5715,643–

59Cherokee County, NCNC30,8305,019–

60Person County, NCNC40,6364,896–

61Alexander County, NCNC36,9584,820–

62Pasquotank County, NCNC42,2014,815–

63Columbus County, NCNC50,4874,607–

64Sampson County, NCNC61,5044,601–

65Robeson County, NCNC119,9414,237–

66Madison County, NCNC22,5534,229–

67Ashe County, NCNC27,5144,133–

68Polk County, NCNC20,5333,908–

69Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1213,806–

70Vance County, NCNC42,6383,672–

71Halifax County, NCNC46,5343,658–

72Montgomery County, NCNC26,4033,548–

73Hoke County, NCNC56,9393,467–

74Mitchell County, NCNC15,0623,301–

75Richmond County, NCNC42,0413,118–

76Caswell County, NCNC22,5632,880–

77Yancey County, NCNC19,0842,874–

78Scotland County, NCNC33,3222,224–

79Greene County, NCNC20,7002,201–

80Clay County, NCNC12,2392,167–

81Avery County, NCNC18,1102,130–

82Chowan County, NCNC14,0822,123–

83Bladen County, NCNC30,0071,995–

84Perquimans County, NCNC13,4901,990–

85Martin County, NCNC21,6011,968–

86Camden County, NCNC11,3151,866–

87Gates County, NCNC10,2341,762–

88Alleghany County, NCNC11,4791,740–

89Swain County, NCNC14,0241,691–

90Pamlico County, NCNC12,7581,633–

91Northampton County, NCNC16,4911,628–

92Warren County, NCNC18,8981,626–

93Anson County, NCNC21,7581,557–

94Hertford County, NCNC19,0151,411–

95Bertie County, NCNC17,0861,269–

96Jones County, NCNC9,5751,232–

97Washington County, NCNC10,638890–

98Graham County, NCNC8,190730–

99Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537430–

100Hyde County, NCNC4,554233–

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UPDATED 2026-06-06 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES