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Largest English population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are English ancestry, 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 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 100 is 6,964. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Nash County, NC, up 14 places to #26.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPENGLISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,235161,879+59%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,383107,757+32%

03Buncombe County, NCNC277,41773,811+129%

04Guilford County, NCNC562,23458,947+31%

05Forsyth County, NCNC401,71851,518+38%

06▲1New Hanover County, NCNC245,95937,267+35%

07▼1Durham County, NCNC347,24036,626+56%

08▲1Union County, NCNC267,67431,120+60%

09▲1Johnston County, NCNC256,44828,951+62%

10▲7Gaston County, NCNC246,55827,727+61%

11Onslow County, NCNC217,17527,290+74%

12▲3Iredell County, NCNC211,79826,216+68%

13▼5Cumberland County, NCNC338,47325,430+19%

14▲4Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72524,557+57%

15▼1Brunswick County, NCNC174,70224,387+63%

16▼4Orange County, NCNC152,49823,277+7%

17▲7Randolph County, NCNC149,51622,338+39%

18▼5Alamance County, NCNC186,17722,232+38%

19▲4Catawba County, NCNC170,17221,511+49%

20▲1Davidson County, NCNC180,18220,914+34%

21▼5Henderson County, NCNC122,37520,467+23%

22▼3Pitt County, NCNC182,93619,579+15%

23▲2Moore County, NCNC110,61917,304+11%

24▼4Carteret County, NCNC70,46916,903+32%

25▲3Rowan County, NCNC155,09616,660+65%

26▲14Nash County, NCNC99,36514,480+37%

27▼5Craven County, NCNC105,02514,460+7%

28▼1Harnett County, NCNC150,13714,250+51%

29Chatham County, NCNC85,11113,594+50%

30▼4Wayne County, NCNC122,27812,523+10%

31▲6Caldwell County, NCNC81,10512,271+43%

32▼2Haywood County, NCNC63,36912,007+49%

33▼2Lincoln County, NCNC98,65411,973+41%

34▲8Surry County, NCNC72,28711,813+42%

35▲1Rockingham County, NCNC94,19511,334+10%

36▲2Cleveland County, NCNC103,32511,247+28%

37▼4Watauga County, NCNC54,78611,154+39%

38▼4Burke County, NCNC88,65510,606+28%

39▼7Stokes County, NCNC46,12610,189+118%

40▲1Pender County, NCNC72,1119,396+57%

41▼6Rutherford County, NCNC65,7459,027+44%

42▲6Wilson County, NCNC81,1508,860+20%

43▲2Franklin County, NCNC82,0378,793+20%

44▼1Wilkes County, NCNC66,2338,607+20%

45▲5Davie County, NCNC45,8557,723+48%

46▼2Granville County, NCNC61,4217,626+51%

47▲6Lee County, NCNC70,2587,386+36%

48▼9Dare County, NCNC38,2457,245−2%

49Stanly County, NCNC68,8307,057−18%

50▲2Jackson County, NCNC45,0396,964+68%

51Lenoir County, NCNC55,8376,753+13%

52▲3Macon County, NCNC39,2326,576+46%

53▲4Transylvania County, NCNC34,2116,435+13%

54▼7McDowell County, NCNC45,1986,401+41%

55▲5Currituck County, NCNC33,1586,288+85%

56▼10Beaufort County, NCNC44,6706,276−8%

57▼3Yadkin County, NCNC38,3256,165+46%

58Duplin County, NCNC51,5715,643+50%

59▲2Cherokee County, NCNC30,8305,019+38%

60▲5Person County, NCNC40,6364,896−6%

61▲7Alexander County, NCNC36,9584,820+65%

62▲1Pasquotank County, NCNC42,2014,815+35%

63▼1Columbus County, NCNC50,4874,607+4%

64▼8Sampson County, NCNC61,5044,601−8%

65▼1Robeson County, NCNC119,9414,237−20%

66▼7Madison County, NCNC22,5534,229+70%

67▲5Ashe County, NCNC27,5144,133+40%

68▼2Polk County, NCNC20,5333,908+39%

69▲2Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1213,806−9%

70▼3Vance County, NCNC42,6383,672+20%

71▼2Halifax County, NCNC46,5343,658−23%

72▲10Montgomery County, NCNC26,4033,548+29%

73▲4Hoke County, NCNC56,9393,467+72%

74▲2Mitchell County, NCNC15,0623,301+105%

75▼5Richmond County, NCNC42,0413,118−1%

76▲13Caswell County, NCNC22,5632,880+2%

77▼4Yancey County, NCNC19,0842,874+43%

78▲7Scotland County, NCNC33,3222,224+4%

79▼5Greene County, NCNC20,7002,201−3%

80▲8Clay County, NCNC12,2392,167+50%

81▼1Avery County, NCNC18,1102,130−28%

82▲1Chowan County, NCNC14,0822,123+30%

83▲9Bladen County, NCNC30,0071,995−3%

84▼9Perquimans County, NCNC13,4901,990+22%

85▼4Martin County, NCNC21,6011,968−45%

86▲10Camden County, NCNC11,3151,866+46%

87▼8Gates County, NCNC10,2341,762+30%

88▲2Alleghany County, NCNC11,4791,740+34%

89▼5Swain County, NCNC14,0241,691+37%

90▼12Pamlico County, NCNC12,7581,633−7%

91▲4Northampton County, NCNC16,4911,628+8%

92▼6Warren County, NCNC18,8981,626+2%

93▲1Anson County, NCNC21,7581,557+9%

94▼7Hertford County, NCNC19,0151,411−12%

95▼2Bertie County, NCNC17,0861,269−8%

96▼5Jones County, NCNC9,5751,232−10%

97Washington County, NCNC10,638890−13%

98Graham County, NCNC8,190730−55%

99▲1Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537430−25%

100▼1Hyde County, NCNC4,554233−77%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES