RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 100 SHOWN OF 100

Largest English population, North Carolina counties · 2010

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, NCNC1,257,235101,808–

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38381,508–

03Guilford County, NCNC562,23445,054–

04Forsyth County, NCNC401,71837,365–

05Buncombe County, NCNC277,41732,204–

06New Hanover County, NCNC245,95927,634–

07Durham County, NCNC347,24023,435–

08Orange County, NCNC152,49821,730–

09Cumberland County, NCNC338,47321,283–

10Union County, NCNC267,67419,503–

11Johnston County, NCNC256,44817,903–

12Gaston County, NCNC246,55817,178–

13Pitt County, NCNC182,93617,024–

14Henderson County, NCNC122,37516,636–

15Alamance County, NCNC186,17716,090–

16Randolph County, NCNC149,51616,067–

17Onslow County, NCNC217,17515,703–

18Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72515,639–

19Iredell County, NCNC211,79815,595–

20Davidson County, NCNC180,18215,573–

21Moore County, NCNC110,61915,538–

22Brunswick County, NCNC174,70214,996–

23Catawba County, NCNC170,17214,470–

24Craven County, NCNC105,02513,543–

25Carteret County, NCNC70,46912,839–

26Wayne County, NCNC122,27811,415–

27Nash County, NCNC99,36510,566–

28Rockingham County, NCNC94,19510,347–

29Rowan County, NCNC155,09610,069–

30Harnett County, NCNC150,1379,420–

31Chatham County, NCNC85,1119,073–

32Cleveland County, NCNC103,3258,754–

33Caldwell County, NCNC81,1058,590–

34Stanly County, NCNC68,8308,575–

35Lincoln County, NCNC98,6548,480–

36Surry County, NCNC72,2878,342–

37Burke County, NCNC88,6558,255–

38Haywood County, NCNC63,3698,058–

39Watauga County, NCNC54,7868,042–

40Wilson County, NCNC81,1507,401–

41Dare County, NCNC38,2457,398–

42Franklin County, NCNC82,0377,352–

43Wilkes County, NCNC66,2337,194–

44Beaufort County, NCNC44,6706,791–

45Rutherford County, NCNC65,7456,287–

46Pender County, NCNC72,1115,987–

47Lenoir County, NCNC55,8375,962–

48Transylvania County, NCNC34,2115,682–

49Lee County, NCNC70,2585,428–

50Robeson County, NCNC119,9415,291–

51Person County, NCNC40,6365,216–

52Davie County, NCNC45,8555,206–

53Granville County, NCNC61,4215,047–

54Sampson County, NCNC61,5045,020–

55Halifax County, NCNC46,5344,728–

56Stokes County, NCNC46,1264,666–

57McDowell County, NCNC45,1984,535–

58Macon County, NCNC39,2324,516–

59Columbus County, NCNC50,4874,412–

60Yadkin County, NCNC38,3254,219–

61Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1214,190–

62Jackson County, NCNC45,0394,150–

63Duplin County, NCNC51,5713,755–

64Cherokee County, NCNC30,8303,645–

65Martin County, NCNC21,6013,572–

66Pasquotank County, NCNC42,2013,564–

67Currituck County, NCNC33,1583,393–

68Richmond County, NCNC42,0413,138–

69Vance County, NCNC42,6383,062–

70Avery County, NCNC18,1102,979–

71Ashe County, NCNC27,5142,956–

72Alexander County, NCNC36,9582,923–

73Caswell County, NCNC22,5632,832–

74Polk County, NCNC20,5332,813–

75Montgomery County, NCNC26,4032,754–

76Madison County, NCNC22,5532,485–

77Greene County, NCNC20,7002,263–

78Scotland County, NCNC33,3222,139–

79Bladen County, NCNC30,0072,053–

80Hoke County, NCNC56,9392,014–

81Yancey County, NCNC19,0842,012–

82Pamlico County, NCNC12,7581,749–

83Chowan County, NCNC14,0821,628–

84Graham County, NCNC8,1901,628–

85Perquimans County, NCNC13,4901,627–

86Mitchell County, NCNC15,0621,608–

87Hertford County, NCNC19,0151,605–

88Warren County, NCNC18,8981,601–

89Northampton County, NCNC16,4911,503–

90Clay County, NCNC12,2391,449–

91Anson County, NCNC21,7581,431–

92Bertie County, NCNC17,0861,372–

93Jones County, NCNC9,5751,364–

94Gates County, NCNC10,2341,356–

95Alleghany County, NCNC11,4791,299–

96Camden County, NCNC11,3151,277–

97Swain County, NCNC14,0241,233–

98Washington County, NCNC10,6381,018–

99Hyde County, NCNC4,5541,003–

100Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537575–

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