RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 100 SHOWN OF 100

Largest French population, North Carolina counties · 2010

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are French 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 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 100 is 784.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH POPULATIONVS –

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,23518,721–

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38316,856–

03Guilford County, NCNC562,2347,544–

04Cumberland County, NCNC338,4736,825–

05Buncombe County, NCNC277,4176,589–

06Forsyth County, NCNC401,7185,910–

07New Hanover County, NCNC245,9595,860–

08Onslow County, NCNC217,1755,843–

09Durham County, NCNC347,2403,955–

10Union County, NCNC267,6743,488–

11Orange County, NCNC152,4983,396–

12Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7253,377–

13Gaston County, NCNC246,5583,337–

14Craven County, NCNC105,0253,082–

15Brunswick County, NCNC174,7022,968–

16Iredell County, NCNC211,7982,933–

17Pitt County, NCNC182,9362,915–

18Henderson County, NCNC122,3752,905–

19Davidson County, NCNC180,1822,899–

20Johnston County, NCNC256,4482,817–

21Alamance County, NCNC186,1772,671–

22Moore County, NCNC110,6192,475–

23Catawba County, NCNC170,1722,197–

24Rowan County, NCNC155,0962,009–

25Harnett County, NCNC150,1372,008–

26Carteret County, NCNC70,4691,805–

27Chatham County, NCNC85,1111,644–

28Randolph County, NCNC149,5161,606–

29Wayne County, NCNC122,2781,530–

30Dare County, NCNC38,2451,420–

31Haywood County, NCNC63,3691,369–

32Burke County, NCNC88,6551,337–

33Nash County, NCNC99,3651,276–

34Lincoln County, NCNC98,6541,271–

35Rutherford County, NCNC65,7451,210–

36Pender County, NCNC72,1111,196–

37Watauga County, NCNC54,7861,165–

38Rockingham County, NCNC94,1951,111–

39Macon County, NCNC39,2321,020–

40Surry County, NCNC72,287989–

41Franklin County, NCNC82,037983–

42Cleveland County, NCNC103,325959–

43Caldwell County, NCNC81,105943–

44Transylvania County, NCNC34,211919–

45Wilson County, NCNC81,150904–

46Lee County, NCNC70,258888–

47Granville County, NCNC61,421883–

48Columbus County, NCNC50,487790–

49Wilkes County, NCNC66,233789–

50Stanly County, NCNC68,830784–

51Beaufort County, NCNC44,670741–

52Hoke County, NCNC56,939731–

53Polk County, NCNC20,533705–

54Davie County, NCNC45,855702–

55Jackson County, NCNC45,039678–

56Yadkin County, NCNC38,325655–

57Robeson County, NCNC119,941631–

58Duplin County, NCNC51,571602–

59Richmond County, NCNC42,041582–

60McDowell County, NCNC45,198552–

61Lenoir County, NCNC55,837546–

62Alexander County, NCNC36,958538–

63Cherokee County, NCNC30,830535–

64Stokes County, NCNC46,126535–

65Currituck County, NCNC33,158523–

66Mitchell County, NCNC15,062485–

67Perquimans County, NCNC13,490462–

68Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201449–

69Person County, NCNC40,636414–

70Sampson County, NCNC61,504400–

71Bladen County, NCNC30,007391–

72Halifax County, NCNC46,534380–

73Greene County, NCNC20,700344–

74Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121341–

75Swain County, NCNC14,024341–

76Northampton County, NCNC16,491332–

77Yancey County, NCNC19,084325–

78Madison County, NCNC22,553323–

79Montgomery County, NCNC26,403317–

80Ashe County, NCNC27,514309–

81Avery County, NCNC18,110292–

82Clay County, NCNC12,239282–

83Pamlico County, NCNC12,758280–

84Scotland County, NCNC33,322269–

85Caswell County, NCNC22,563255–

86Gates County, NCNC10,234252–

87Hertford County, NCNC19,015230–

88Anson County, NCNC21,758217–

89Jones County, NCNC9,575192–

90Bertie County, NCNC17,086191–

91Washington County, NCNC10,638187–

92Graham County, NCNC8,190180–

93Chowan County, NCNC14,082172–

94Camden County, NCNC11,315157–

95Vance County, NCNC42,638140–

96Warren County, NCNC18,898122–

97Alleghany County, NCNC11,47982–

98Hyde County, NCNC4,55481–

99Martin County, NCNC21,60165–

100Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53750–

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