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Largest French Canadian population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are French Canadian 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 95 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH CANADIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2354,514−4%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3833,611−2%

03Brunswick County, NCNC174,7021,465+148%

04Guilford County, NCNC562,2341,450+0%

05Onslow County, NCNC217,1751,266+3%

06Durham County, NCNC347,2401,195+35%

07Buncombe County, NCNC277,4171,043+1%

08New Hanover County, NCNC245,959927−2%

09Cumberland County, NCNC338,473916−37%

10Union County, NCNC267,674773−18%

11Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725765+31%

12Johnston County, NCNC256,448690−5%

13Forsyth County, NCNC401,718625−29%

14Harnett County, NCNC150,137596+24%

15Lincoln County, NCNC98,654547+105%

16Iredell County, NCNC211,798531+45%

17Orange County, NCNC152,498521−37%

18Alamance County, NCNC186,177517+53%

19Henderson County, NCNC122,375455−23%

20Moore County, NCNC110,619427+34%

21Randolph County, NCNC149,516413+113%

22Gaston County, NCNC246,558380−32%

23Chatham County, NCNC85,111334+134%

24Catawba County, NCNC170,172330−38%

25Craven County, NCNC105,025329−9%

26Davidson County, NCNC180,182302−29%

27Cleveland County, NCNC103,325278+26%

28Pender County, NCNC72,111278+54%

29Wayne County, NCNC122,278274−0%

30Davie County, NCNC45,855269+48%

31Franklin County, NCNC82,037264−12%

32Haywood County, NCNC63,369260−44%

33Pitt County, NCNC182,936259−42%

34Carteret County, NCNC70,469258+34%

35Lee County, NCNC70,258248+27%

36Burke County, NCNC88,655245+24%

37Wilson County, NCNC81,150227−33%

38Rowan County, NCNC155,096204−54%

39Watauga County, NCNC54,786189+373%

40Polk County, NCNC20,533173+204%

41Currituck County, NCNC33,158164−49%

42Dare County, NCNC38,245153+1%

43Cherokee County, NCNC30,830148+164%

44Vance County, NCNC42,638141+840%

45Person County, NCNC40,636140+112%

46Rutherford County, NCNC65,745134−41%

47Stanly County, NCNC68,830130+113%

48Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201127−28%

49Yancey County, NCNC19,084124+218%

50McDowell County, NCNC45,198117+485%

51Lenoir County, NCNC55,837113+79%

52Martin County, NCNC21,601110–

53Caldwell County, NCNC81,105107+11%

54Rockingham County, NCNC94,195107+65%

55Transylvania County, NCNC34,211102+70%

56Beaufort County, NCNC44,670101+23%

57Madison County, NCNC22,553101−28%

58Surry County, NCNC72,28798−45%

59Hoke County, NCNC56,93992−58%

60Alexander County, NCNC36,95890−3%

61Robeson County, NCNC119,94186+110%

62Macon County, NCNC39,23277−69%

63Wilkes County, NCNC66,23373−8%

64Columbus County, NCNC50,48756+70%

65Perquimans County, NCNC13,49056–

66Mitchell County, NCNC15,06252–

67Stokes County, NCNC46,12651+132%

68Anson County, NCNC21,75848+9%

69Jackson County, NCNC45,03946−67%

70Granville County, NCNC61,42145−74%

71Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12144+76%

72Halifax County, NCNC46,53441−90%

73Greene County, NCNC20,70034−35%

74Yadkin County, NCNC38,32534−69%

75Camden County, NCNC11,31531−11%

76Avery County, NCNC18,11029−71%

77Sampson County, NCNC61,50429−67%

78Hertford County, NCNC19,01529−3%

79Ashe County, NCNC27,51427−25%

80Warren County, NCNC18,89825+150%

81Clay County, NCNC12,23923−32%

82Duplin County, NCNC51,57123–

83Scotland County, NCNC33,32221−79%

84Pamlico County, NCNC12,75819−49%

85Richmond County, NCNC42,04118−14%

86Bladen County, NCNC30,00717−29%

87Chowan County, NCNC14,08216−16%

88Alleghany County, NCNC11,47912−66%

89Nash County, NCNC99,36511−97%

90Bertie County, NCNC17,08610+400%

91Swain County, NCNC14,02410−29%

92Washington County, NCNC10,63810−66%

93Jones County, NCNC9,5758−64%

94Northampton County, NCNC16,4918−43%

95Montgomery County, NCNC26,4036−87%

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