RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 100 SHOWN OF 100

Largest English population, North Carolina counties · 2020

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, NCNC1,257,235118,316–

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38384,823–

03Buncombe County, NCNC277,41755,755–

04Guilford County, NCNC562,23445,473–

05Forsyth County, NCNC401,71837,828–

06Durham County, NCNC347,24027,494–

07New Hanover County, NCNC245,95925,532–

08Cumberland County, NCNC338,47324,317–

09Union County, NCNC267,67423,512–

10Johnston County, NCNC256,44822,704–

11Onslow County, NCNC217,17522,408–

12Orange County, NCNC152,49819,327–

13Alamance County, NCNC186,17717,574–

14Brunswick County, NCNC174,70217,438–

15Iredell County, NCNC211,79817,194–

16Henderson County, NCNC122,37516,831–

17Gaston County, NCNC246,55816,002–

18Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72515,647–

19Pitt County, NCNC182,93615,215–

20Carteret County, NCNC70,46914,862–

21Davidson County, NCNC180,18213,750–

22Craven County, NCNC105,02513,717–

23Catawba County, NCNC170,17213,574–

24Randolph County, NCNC149,51613,429–

25Moore County, NCNC110,61913,049–

26Wayne County, NCNC122,27811,119–

27Harnett County, NCNC150,13710,791–

28Rowan County, NCNC155,09610,614–

29Chatham County, NCNC85,11110,125–

30Haywood County, NCNC63,3699,657–

31Lincoln County, NCNC98,6548,981–

32Stokes County, NCNC46,1268,350–

33Watauga County, NCNC54,7868,320–

34Burke County, NCNC88,6558,182–

35Rutherford County, NCNC65,7458,162–

36Rockingham County, NCNC94,1957,924–

37Caldwell County, NCNC81,1057,387–

38Cleveland County, NCNC103,3257,186–

39Dare County, NCNC38,2457,074–

40Nash County, NCNC99,3656,697–

41Pender County, NCNC72,1116,614–

42Surry County, NCNC72,2876,535–

43Wilkes County, NCNC66,2336,428–

44Granville County, NCNC61,4216,359–

45Franklin County, NCNC82,0376,142–

46Beaufort County, NCNC44,6705,743–

47McDowell County, NCNC45,1985,510–

48Wilson County, NCNC81,1505,151–

49Stanly County, NCNC68,8305,071–

50Davie County, NCNC45,8555,012–

51Lenoir County, NCNC55,8374,930–

52Jackson County, NCNC45,0394,919–

53Lee County, NCNC70,2584,853–

54Yadkin County, NCNC38,3254,603–

55Macon County, NCNC39,2324,383–

56Sampson County, NCNC61,5044,159–

57Transylvania County, NCNC34,2114,106–

58Duplin County, NCNC51,5713,815–

59Madison County, NCNC22,5533,722–

60Currituck County, NCNC33,1583,611–

61Cherokee County, NCNC30,8303,498–

62Columbus County, NCNC50,4873,411–

63Pasquotank County, NCNC42,2013,384–

64Robeson County, NCNC119,9413,295–

65Person County, NCNC40,6363,253–

66Polk County, NCNC20,5333,028–

67Vance County, NCNC42,6382,803–

68Alexander County, NCNC36,9582,799–

69Halifax County, NCNC46,5342,724–

70Richmond County, NCNC42,0412,672–

71Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1212,629–

72Ashe County, NCNC27,5142,500–

73Yancey County, NCNC19,0842,320–

74Greene County, NCNC20,7002,253–

75Perquimans County, NCNC13,4902,213–

76Mitchell County, NCNC15,0622,077–

77Hoke County, NCNC56,9392,076–

78Pamlico County, NCNC12,7581,959–

79Gates County, NCNC10,2341,942–

80Avery County, NCNC18,1101,938–

81Martin County, NCNC21,6011,768–

82Montgomery County, NCNC26,4031,719–

83Chowan County, NCNC14,0821,487–

84Swain County, NCNC14,0241,454–

85Scotland County, NCNC33,3221,446–

86Warren County, NCNC18,8981,436–

87Hertford County, NCNC19,0151,383–

88Clay County, NCNC12,2391,370–

89Caswell County, NCNC22,5631,361–

90Alleghany County, NCNC11,4791,272–

91Jones County, NCNC9,5751,267–

92Bladen County, NCNC30,0071,164–

93Bertie County, NCNC17,0861,134–

94Anson County, NCNC21,7581,128–

95Northampton County, NCNC16,4911,047–

96Camden County, NCNC11,3151,044–

97Washington County, NCNC10,638706–

98Graham County, NCNC8,190472–

99Hyde County, NCNC4,554342–

100Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537316–

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