RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 100 SHOWN OF 100

Largest foreign-born population, North Carolina counties · 2010

North Carolina counties with the most residents born outside the United States, as of the 2010 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of people, not share. This list covers the 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 100 is 1,991.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFOREIGN-BORN POPULATIONVS –

01Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,383124,396–

02Wake County, NCNC1,257,235114,080–

03Guilford County, NCNC562,23444,689–

04Durham County, NCNC347,24037,233–

05Forsyth County, NCNC401,71831,207–

06Cumberland County, NCNC338,47318,175–

07Orange County, NCNC152,49817,780–

08Union County, NCNC267,67416,585–

09Buncombe County, NCNC277,41713,574–

10Johnston County, NCNC256,44813,410–

11Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72512,832–

12Alamance County, NCNC186,17711,346–

13New Hanover County, NCNC245,95910,748–

14Catawba County, NCNC170,17210,628–

15Randolph County, NCNC149,5169,713–

16Gaston County, NCNC246,5589,682–

17Henderson County, NCNC122,3758,577–

18Onslow County, NCNC217,1758,254–

19Pitt County, NCNC182,9368,100–

20Harnett County, NCNC150,1378,017–

21Wayne County, NCNC122,2787,724–

22Iredell County, NCNC211,7987,646–

23Robeson County, NCNC119,9417,607–

24Davidson County, NCNC180,1827,451–

25Duplin County, NCNC51,5717,408–

26Rowan County, NCNC155,0967,291–

27Chatham County, NCNC85,1116,657–

28Lee County, NCNC70,2586,367–

29Sampson County, NCNC61,5046,035–

30Wilson County, NCNC81,1505,528–

31Craven County, NCNC105,0254,851–

32Nash County, NCNC99,3654,774–

33Moore County, NCNC110,6194,573–

34Burke County, NCNC88,6554,354–

35Surry County, NCNC72,2874,311–

36Brunswick County, NCNC174,7024,147–

37Lincoln County, NCNC98,6544,079–

38Rockingham County, NCNC94,1953,428–

39Granville County, NCNC61,4213,128–

40Hoke County, NCNC56,9392,859–

41Franklin County, NCNC82,0372,630–

42Montgomery County, NCNC26,4032,580–

43Lenoir County, NCNC55,8372,418–

44Carteret County, NCNC70,4692,387–

45Wilkes County, NCNC66,2332,327–

46Pender County, NCNC72,1112,276–

47Beaufort County, NCNC44,6702,204–

48Cleveland County, NCNC103,3252,176–

49Yadkin County, NCNC38,3252,094–

50Caldwell County, NCNC81,1051,991–

51Jackson County, NCNC45,0391,953–

52Macon County, NCNC39,2321,867–

53Richmond County, NCNC42,0411,851–

54Davie County, NCNC45,8551,822–

55Vance County, NCNC42,6381,770–

56Dare County, NCNC38,2451,763–

57Rutherford County, NCNC65,7451,739–

58Stanly County, NCNC68,8301,704–

59Columbus County, NCNC50,4871,613–

60Greene County, NCNC20,7001,578–

61Haywood County, NCNC63,3691,518–

62Watauga County, NCNC54,7861,494–

63Bladen County, NCNC30,0071,465–

64McDowell County, NCNC45,1981,344–

65Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1211,305–

66Transylvania County, NCNC34,2111,266–

67Pasquotank County, NCNC42,2011,201–

68Alexander County, NCNC36,9581,201–

69Halifax County, NCNC46,5341,041–

70Alleghany County, NCNC11,479998–

71Polk County, NCNC20,533936–

72Ashe County, NCNC27,514929–

73Person County, NCNC40,636919–

74Hertford County, NCNC19,015853–

75Yancey County, NCNC19,084829–

76Currituck County, NCNC33,158751–

77Avery County, NCNC18,110694–

78Stokes County, NCNC46,126693–

79Scotland County, NCNC33,322655–

80Cherokee County, NCNC30,830648–

81Warren County, NCNC18,898526–

82Chowan County, NCNC14,082500–

83Pamlico County, NCNC12,758458–

84Anson County, NCNC21,758422–

85Madison County, NCNC22,553373–

86Swain County, NCNC14,024370–

87Martin County, NCNC21,601366–

88Jones County, NCNC9,575359–

89Caswell County, NCNC22,563340–

90Mitchell County, NCNC15,062274–

91Hyde County, NCNC4,554267–

92Camden County, NCNC11,315255–

93Clay County, NCNC12,239237–

94Graham County, NCNC8,190184–

95Washington County, NCNC10,638184–

96Bertie County, NCNC17,086162–

97Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537146–

98Northampton County, NCNC16,491140–

99Perquimans County, NCNC13,490117–

100Gates County, NCNC10,23471–

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