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Largest French Canadian population, North Carolina counties · 2020

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are French Canadian 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 98 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 98 is 160.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH CANADIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2354,931+5%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3833,748+2%

03Durham County, NCNC347,2401,480+67%

04Onslow County, NCNC217,1751,402+14%

05Guilford County, NCNC562,2341,321−9%

06Union County, NCNC267,6741,298+38%

07Cumberland County, NCNC338,4731,202−18%

08New Hanover County, NCNC245,9591,061+13%

09Iredell County, NCNC211,7981,028+180%

10Forsyth County, NCNC401,718965+10%

11Brunswick County, NCNC174,702957+62%

12Orange County, NCNC152,498857+3%

13Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725843+45%

14Henderson County, NCNC122,375843+42%

15Buncombe County, NCNC277,417764−26%

16Johnston County, NCNC256,448695−4%

17Craven County, NCNC105,025576+59%

18Moore County, NCNC110,619523+64%

19Lincoln County, NCNC98,654522+96%

20Gaston County, NCNC246,558515−8%

21Alamance County, NCNC186,177503+48%

22Randolph County, NCNC149,516488+152%

23Davidson County, NCNC180,182473+11%

24Pender County, NCNC72,111468+160%

25Catawba County, NCNC170,172432−19%

26Davie County, NCNC45,855428+135%

27Wayne County, NCNC122,278419+52%

28Carteret County, NCNC70,469407+111%

29Chatham County, NCNC85,111395+176%

30Harnett County, NCNC150,137377−22%

31Haywood County, NCNC63,369308−34%

32Macon County, NCNC39,232301+22%

33Rockingham County, NCNC94,195295+354%

34Rowan County, NCNC155,096271−39%

35Person County, NCNC40,636252+282%

36Currituck County, NCNC33,158251−21%

37Pitt County, NCNC182,936248−45%

38Cherokee County, NCNC30,830238+325%

39Dare County, NCNC38,245229+52%

40Burke County, NCNC88,655224+13%

41Stanly County, NCNC68,830221+262%

42Granville County, NCNC61,421210+21%

43Transylvania County, NCNC34,211202+237%

44Lee County, NCNC70,258198+1%

45Watauga County, NCNC54,786195+388%

46Wilson County, NCNC81,150195−42%

47Cleveland County, NCNC103,325194−12%

48Jackson County, NCNC45,039189+35%

49Rutherford County, NCNC65,745160−30%

50Caldwell County, NCNC81,105159+66%

51Franklin County, NCNC82,037153−49%

52Surry County, NCNC72,287134−24%

53Lenoir County, NCNC55,83797+54%

54Wilkes County, NCNC66,23391+15%

55Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20184−53%

56Yancey County, NCNC19,08484+115%

57Robeson County, NCNC119,94183+102%

58Nash County, NCNC99,36576−82%

59Richmond County, NCNC42,04174+252%

60Gates County, NCNC10,23463+21%

61McDowell County, NCNC45,19863+215%

62Hoke County, NCNC56,93962−72%

63Stokes County, NCNC46,12658+164%

64Clay County, NCNC12,23957+68%

65Polk County, NCNC20,533570%

66Halifax County, NCNC46,53456−86%

67Madison County, NCNC22,55355−61%

68Warren County, NCNC18,89854+440%

69Ashe County, NCNC27,51453+47%

70Duplin County, NCNC51,57150–

71Martin County, NCNC21,60147–

72Hertford County, NCNC19,01546+53%

73Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12144+76%

74Beaufort County, NCNC44,67042−49%

75Vance County, NCNC42,63840+167%

76Pamlico County, NCNC12,75838+3%

77Sampson County, NCNC61,50436−59%

78Montgomery County, NCNC26,40334−28%

79Alexander County, NCNC36,95833−65%

80Camden County, NCNC11,31531−11%

81Greene County, NCNC20,70029−44%

82Northampton County, NCNC16,49128+100%

83Jones County, NCNC9,57525+14%

84Yadkin County, NCNC38,32523−79%

85Columbus County, NCNC50,48721−36%

86Caswell County, NCNC22,56319−82%

87Scotland County, NCNC33,32219−81%

88Perquimans County, NCNC13,49018–

89Mitchell County, NCNC15,06217–

90Bertie County, NCNC17,08611+450%

91Washington County, NCNC10,63811−62%

92Swain County, NCNC14,02410−29%

93Alleghany County, NCNC11,4798−77%

94Graham County, NCNC8,1908−83%

95Anson County, NCNC21,7586−86%

96Bladen County, NCNC30,0075−79%

97Avery County, NCNC18,1102−98%

98Tyrrell County, NCNC3,5371–

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