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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. The median across all 65 is 46. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Craven County, NC, up 36 places to #10.

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Largest Finnish population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPFINNISH POPULATIONVS 2010
01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2351,089+53%
02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3831,005+75%
03Forsyth County, NCNC401,718439+211%
04▲5Buncombe County, NCNC277,417430+65%
05▲6Durham County, NCNC347,240396+21%
06Cumberland County, NCNC338,473356+12%
07▲25Henderson County, NCNC122,375354+231%
08▼1Guilford County, NCNC562,234245−35%
09▲11Orange County, NCNC152,498230+77%
10▲36Craven County, NCNC105,025209+354%
11▲8Onslow County, NCNC217,175208+93%
12▼2Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725202+288%
13▲4Pender County, NCNC72,111198+1314%
14▼9Union County, NCNC267,674184+64%
15▲27Rowan County, NCNC155,096170+48%
16▼8Iredell County, NCNC211,798161−30%
17▼2Moore County, NCNC110,619158+410%
18▲4Brunswick County, NCNC174,702133+55%
19▼15New Hanover County, NCNC245,959133−28%
20▲20Jackson County, NCNC45,03983+4050%
21▲7Alamance County, NCNC186,17782+183%
22▲7Davidson County, NCNC180,18279+204%
23▼7Catawba County, NCNC170,17276+12%
24▲3Gaston County, NCNC246,55867−71%
25▲14Haywood County, NCNC63,36964+5%
26▼14Chatham County, NCNC85,11157−7%
27▼4Randolph County, NCNC149,51657−81%
28Martin County, NCNC21,60153–
29▼16Granville County, NCNC61,42153+563%
30▲3Transylvania County, NCNC34,21152−78%
31▲13Franklin County, NCNC82,03751+96%
32▲3Macon County, NCNC39,23247+88%
33▼12Carteret County, NCNC70,46946−42%
34▼10Watauga County, NCNC54,78642+11%
35Yadkin County, NCNC38,32542+200%
36▼22Lincoln County, NCNC98,65440−78%
37▲10Dare County, NCNC38,24539–
38Stokes County, NCNC46,12638+660%
39▲11Jones County, NCNC9,57535+3400%
40▼6Pitt County, NCNC182,93633−64%
41Wayne County, NCNC122,27833−18%
42▲13Stanly County, NCNC68,83031–
43▲20Currituck County, NCNC33,15830–
44▲1Harnett County, NCNC150,13730−64%
45▼14Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20128−69%
46▲14Clay County, NCNC12,23926–
47▼29Johnston County, NCNC256,44826−64%
48▼7Avery County, NCNC18,11019–
49▲8McDowell County, NCNC45,19818−75%
50Vance County, NCNC42,63817+42%
51▼13Rutherford County, NCNC65,74516−79%
52▲6Polk County, NCNC20,53315+114%
53▼28Lee County, NCNC70,25814–
54▲8Duplin County, NCNC51,57113–
55Hoke County, NCNC56,93910–
56▼30Cherokee County, NCNC30,8309–
57▼4Cleveland County, NCNC103,3259−74%
58Scotland County, NCNC33,3229–
59▲6Wilkes County, NCNC66,2338–
60▼1Sampson County, NCNC61,5047–
61Caldwell County, NCNC81,1056−88%
62▼11Chowan County, NCNC14,0825–
63▲1Pamlico County, NCNC12,7585−55%
64▼28Person County, NCNC40,6364–
65▲3Robeson County, NCNC119,9413−63%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES