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Largest French Canadian population, North Carolina counties · 2010

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are French Canadian ancestry, from the 2010 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. The median across all 95 is 143.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH CANADIAN POPULATIONVS –

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2354,696–

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3833,667–

03Cumberland County, NCNC338,4731,460–

04Guilford County, NCNC562,2341,450–

05Onslow County, NCNC217,1751,226–

06Buncombe County, NCNC277,4171,028–

07New Hanover County, NCNC245,959942–

08Union County, NCNC267,674938–

09Durham County, NCNC347,240886–

10Forsyth County, NCNC401,718877–

11Orange County, NCNC152,498832–

12Johnston County, NCNC256,448727–

13Henderson County, NCNC122,375593–

14Brunswick County, NCNC174,702591–

15Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725583–

16Gaston County, NCNC246,558560–

17Catawba County, NCNC170,172533–

18Harnett County, NCNC150,137481–

19Haywood County, NCNC63,369468–

20Pitt County, NCNC182,936448–

21Rowan County, NCNC155,096446–

22Nash County, NCNC99,365434–

23Davidson County, NCNC180,182428–

24Halifax County, NCNC46,534412–

25Iredell County, NCNC211,798367–

26Craven County, NCNC105,025362–

27Alamance County, NCNC186,177339–

28Wilson County, NCNC81,150338–

29Currituck County, NCNC33,158319–

30Moore County, NCNC110,619319–

31Franklin County, NCNC82,037301–

32Wayne County, NCNC122,278275–

33Lincoln County, NCNC98,654267–

34Macon County, NCNC39,232246–

35Rutherford County, NCNC65,745229–

36Cleveland County, NCNC103,325221–

37Hoke County, NCNC56,939220–

38Burke County, NCNC88,655198–

39Lee County, NCNC70,258196–

40Randolph County, NCNC149,516194–

41Carteret County, NCNC70,469193–

42Davie County, NCNC45,855182–

43Pender County, NCNC72,111180–

44Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201177–

45Surry County, NCNC72,287177–

46Granville County, NCNC61,421174–

47Dare County, NCNC38,245151–

48Chatham County, NCNC85,111143–

49Jackson County, NCNC45,039140–

50Madison County, NCNC22,553140–

51Yadkin County, NCNC38,325110–

52Caswell County, NCNC22,563105–

53Scotland County, NCNC33,322101–

54Avery County, NCNC18,11099–

55Caldwell County, NCNC81,10596–

56Alexander County, NCNC36,95893–

57Sampson County, NCNC61,50487–

58Beaufort County, NCNC44,67082–

59Wilkes County, NCNC66,23379–

60Person County, NCNC40,63666–

61Rockingham County, NCNC94,19565–

62Lenoir County, NCNC55,83763–

63Stanly County, NCNC68,83061–

64Transylvania County, NCNC34,21160–

65Polk County, NCNC20,53357–

66Cherokee County, NCNC30,83056–

67Gates County, NCNC10,23452–

68Greene County, NCNC20,70052–

69Graham County, NCNC8,19048–

70Montgomery County, NCNC26,40347–

71Anson County, NCNC21,75844–

72Robeson County, NCNC119,94141–

73Watauga County, NCNC54,78640–

74Yancey County, NCNC19,08439–

75Pamlico County, NCNC12,75837–

76Ashe County, NCNC27,51436–

77Camden County, NCNC11,31535–

78Alleghany County, NCNC11,47935–

79Clay County, NCNC12,23934–

80Columbus County, NCNC50,48733–

81Hertford County, NCNC19,01530–

82Washington County, NCNC10,63829–

83Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12125–

84Bladen County, NCNC30,00724–

85Jones County, NCNC9,57522–

86Stokes County, NCNC46,12622–

87Richmond County, NCNC42,04121–

88McDowell County, NCNC45,19820–

89Chowan County, NCNC14,08219–

90Hyde County, NCNC4,55418–

91Vance County, NCNC42,63815–

92Northampton County, NCNC16,49114–

93Swain County, NCNC14,02414–

94Warren County, NCNC18,89810–

95Bertie County, NCNC17,0862–

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