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Largest Finnish population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Finnish 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 65 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFINNISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2351,089+53%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3831,005+75%

03Forsyth County, NCNC401,718439+211%

04Buncombe County, NCNC277,417430+65%

05Durham County, NCNC347,240396+21%

06Cumberland County, NCNC338,473356+12%

07Henderson County, NCNC122,375354+231%

08Guilford County, NCNC562,234245−35%

09Orange County, NCNC152,498230+77%

10Craven County, NCNC105,025209+354%

11Onslow County, NCNC217,175208+93%

12Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725202+288%

13Pender County, NCNC72,111198+1314%

14Union County, NCNC267,674184+64%

15Rowan County, NCNC155,096170+48%

16Iredell County, NCNC211,798161−30%

17Moore County, NCNC110,619158+410%

18Brunswick County, NCNC174,702133+55%

19New Hanover County, NCNC245,959133−28%

20Jackson County, NCNC45,03983+4050%

21Alamance County, NCNC186,17782+183%

22Davidson County, NCNC180,18279+204%

23Catawba County, NCNC170,17276+12%

24Gaston County, NCNC246,55867−71%

25Haywood County, NCNC63,36964+5%

26Chatham County, NCNC85,11157−7%

27Randolph County, NCNC149,51657−81%

28Martin County, NCNC21,60153–

29Granville County, NCNC61,42153+563%

30Transylvania County, NCNC34,21152−78%

31Franklin County, NCNC82,03751+96%

32Macon County, NCNC39,23247+88%

33Carteret County, NCNC70,46946−42%

34Watauga County, NCNC54,78642+11%

35Yadkin County, NCNC38,32542+200%

36Lincoln County, NCNC98,65440−78%

37Dare County, NCNC38,24539–

38Stokes County, NCNC46,12638+660%

39Jones County, NCNC9,57535+3400%

40Pitt County, NCNC182,93633−64%

41Wayne County, NCNC122,27833−18%

42Stanly County, NCNC68,83031–

43Currituck County, NCNC33,15830–

44Harnett County, NCNC150,13730−64%

45Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20128−69%

46Clay County, NCNC12,23926–

47Johnston County, NCNC256,44826−64%

48Avery County, NCNC18,11019–

49McDowell County, NCNC45,19818−75%

50Vance County, NCNC42,63817+42%

51Rutherford County, NCNC65,74516−79%

52Polk County, NCNC20,53315+114%

53Lee County, NCNC70,25814–

54Duplin County, NCNC51,57113–

55Hoke County, NCNC56,93910–

56Cherokee County, NCNC30,8309–

57Cleveland County, NCNC103,3259−74%

58Scotland County, NCNC33,3229–

59Wilkes County, NCNC66,2338–

60Sampson County, NCNC61,5047–

61Caldwell County, NCNC81,1056−88%

62Chowan County, NCNC14,0825–

63Pamlico County, NCNC12,7585−55%

64Person County, NCNC40,6364–

65Robeson County, NCNC119,9413−63%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES