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Largest French population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are French 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 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,23519,643+5%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38315,125−10%

03Buncombe County, NCNC277,4177,010+6%

04Guilford County, NCNC562,2346,664−12%

05New Hanover County, NCNC245,9595,170−12%

06Durham County, NCNC347,2404,835+22%

07Union County, NCNC267,6744,274+23%

08Forsyth County, NCNC401,7184,209−29%

09Johnston County, NCNC256,4484,179+48%

10Cumberland County, NCNC338,4733,667−46%

11Iredell County, NCNC211,7983,606+23%

12Onslow County, NCNC217,1753,547−39%

13Brunswick County, NCNC174,7023,450+16%

14Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7253,040−10%

15Orange County, NCNC152,4982,910−14%

16Gaston County, NCNC246,5582,895−13%

17Henderson County, NCNC122,3752,623−10%

18Catawba County, NCNC170,1722,468+12%

19Randolph County, NCNC149,5162,015+25%

20Craven County, NCNC105,0251,999−35%

21Moore County, NCNC110,6191,977−20%

22Harnett County, NCNC150,1371,688−16%

23Alamance County, NCNC186,1771,674−37%

24Rowan County, NCNC155,0961,553−23%

25Carteret County, NCNC70,4691,551−14%

26Haywood County, NCNC63,3691,533+12%

27Davidson County, NCNC180,1821,531−47%

28Wayne County, NCNC122,2781,411−8%

29Lincoln County, NCNC98,6541,365+7%

30Pitt County, NCNC182,9361,320−55%

31Chatham County, NCNC85,1111,285−22%

32Cleveland County, NCNC103,3251,243+30%

33Franklin County, NCNC82,0371,237+26%

34Watauga County, NCNC54,7861,103−5%

35Macon County, NCNC39,232974−5%

36Caldwell County, NCNC81,105961+2%

37Transylvania County, NCNC34,211935+2%

38Pender County, NCNC72,111926−23%

39Dare County, NCNC38,245906−36%

40Stanly County, NCNC68,830886+13%

41Rockingham County, NCNC94,195884−20%

42Lee County, NCNC70,258875−1%

43Nash County, NCNC99,365857−33%

44Surry County, NCNC72,287776−22%

45Granville County, NCNC61,421748−15%

46Burke County, NCNC88,655718−46%

47Wilkes County, NCNC66,233651−17%

48Jackson County, NCNC45,039648−4%

49Currituck County, NCNC33,158633+21%

50Hoke County, NCNC56,939627−14%

51Cherokee County, NCNC30,830589+10%

52Polk County, NCNC20,533584−17%

53Davie County, NCNC45,855583−17%

54Wilson County, NCNC81,150519−43%

55Duplin County, NCNC51,571486−19%

56Rutherford County, NCNC65,745470−61%

57Person County, NCNC40,636438+6%

58Madison County, NCNC22,553435+35%

59Columbus County, NCNC50,487430−46%

60McDowell County, NCNC45,198428−22%

61Mitchell County, NCNC15,062409−16%

62Beaufort County, NCNC44,670404−45%

63Alexander County, NCNC36,958310−42%

64Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201291−35%

65Bladen County, NCNC30,007279−29%

66Yadkin County, NCNC38,325275−58%

67Perquimans County, NCNC13,490272−41%

68Pamlico County, NCNC12,758266−5%

69Ashe County, NCNC27,514258−17%

70Warren County, NCNC18,898253+107%

71Richmond County, NCNC42,041251−57%

72Sampson County, NCNC61,504249−38%

73Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121248−27%

74Stokes County, NCNC46,126242−55%

75Robeson County, NCNC119,941240−62%

76Avery County, NCNC18,110232−21%

77Lenoir County, NCNC55,837212−61%

78Camden County, NCNC11,315206+31%

79Yancey County, NCNC19,084199−39%

80Caswell County, NCNC22,563180−29%

81Montgomery County, NCNC26,403164−48%

82Northampton County, NCNC16,491149−55%

83Halifax County, NCNC46,534140−63%

84Scotland County, NCNC33,322134−50%

85Gates County, NCNC10,234121−52%

86Clay County, NCNC12,239119−58%

87Chowan County, NCNC14,08299−42%

88Greene County, NCNC20,70097−72%

89Alleghany County, NCNC11,47990+10%

90Jones County, NCNC9,57589−54%

91Martin County, NCNC21,60183+28%

92Washington County, NCNC10,63878−58%

93Vance County, NCNC42,63855−61%

94Swain County, NCNC14,02452−85%

95Anson County, NCNC21,75835−84%

96Bertie County, NCNC17,08630−84%

97Hertford County, NCNC19,01519−92%

98Graham County, NCNC8,19018−90%

99Hyde County, NCNC4,5547−91%

100Tyrrell County, NCNC3,5371−98%

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