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Largest Finnish population, North Carolina counties · 2020

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Finnish ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 69 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 69 is 65.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFINNISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2351,323+86%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3831,021+78%

03Forsyth County, NCNC401,718544+286%

04New Hanover County, NCNC245,959338+82%

05Union County, NCNC267,674264+136%

06Cumberland County, NCNC338,473263−17%

07Guilford County, NCNC562,234236−38%

08Iredell County, NCNC211,798220−5%

09Buncombe County, NCNC277,417210−20%

10Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725199+283%

11Durham County, NCNC347,240190−42%

12Chatham County, NCNC85,111189+210%

13Granville County, NCNC61,421171+2038%

14Lincoln County, NCNC98,654160−13%

15Moore County, NCNC110,619149+381%

16Catawba County, NCNC170,172137+101%

17Pender County, NCNC72,111127+807%

18Johnston County, NCNC256,448120+64%

19Onslow County, NCNC217,175116+7%

20Orange County, NCNC152,498110−15%

21Carteret County, NCNC70,469108+37%

22Brunswick County, NCNC174,702106+23%

23Randolph County, NCNC149,516106−65%

24Watauga County, NCNC54,786106+179%

25Lee County, NCNC70,258104–

26Cherokee County, NCNC30,83090–

27Gaston County, NCNC246,55890−61%

28Alamance County, NCNC186,17789+207%

29Davidson County, NCNC180,18288+238%

30Columbus County, NCNC50,48781+1925%

31Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20178−13%

32Henderson County, NCNC122,37578−27%

33Transylvania County, NCNC34,21174−68%

34Pitt County, NCNC182,93667−26%

35Macon County, NCNC39,23265+160%

36Person County, NCNC40,63655–

37Burke County, NCNC88,65553−7%

38Rutherford County, NCNC65,74549−36%

39Haywood County, NCNC63,36947−23%

40Jackson County, NCNC45,03945+2150%

41Avery County, NCNC18,11044–

42Rowan County, NCNC155,09643−63%

43Rockingham County, NCNC94,19540–

44Franklin County, NCNC82,03736+38%

45Harnett County, NCNC150,13736−57%

46Craven County, NCNC105,02535−24%

47Dare County, NCNC38,24530–

48Perquimans County, NCNC13,49028–

49Ashe County, NCNC27,51426–

50Jones County, NCNC9,57526+2500%

51Chowan County, NCNC14,08223–

52Richmond County, NCNC42,04121+200%

53Cleveland County, NCNC103,32516−53%

54Swain County, NCNC14,02416–

55Stanly County, NCNC68,83016–

56Wilson County, NCNC81,15015–

57McDowell County, NCNC45,19813−82%

58Polk County, NCNC20,53311+57%

59Sampson County, NCNC61,50411–

60Clay County, NCNC12,23910–

61Madison County, NCNC22,55310−81%

62Duplin County, NCNC51,57110–

63Currituck County, NCNC33,1588–

64Pamlico County, NCNC12,7588−27%

65Wilkes County, NCNC66,2337–

66Surry County, NCNC72,2876–

67Nash County, NCNC99,3655−72%

68Robeson County, NCNC119,9415−38%

69Hertford County, NCNC19,0152−33%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS