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Largest French population, North Carolina counties · 2020

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

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,23520,318+9%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38316,982+1%

03Buncombe County, NCNC277,4176,666+1%

04Guilford County, NCNC562,2346,289−17%

05Durham County, NCNC347,2405,388+36%

06Forsyth County, NCNC401,7185,163−13%

07Cumberland County, NCNC338,4734,731−31%

08New Hanover County, NCNC245,9594,327−26%

09Johnston County, NCNC256,4484,150+47%

10Onslow County, NCNC217,1754,017−31%

11Iredell County, NCNC211,7983,858+32%

12Union County, NCNC267,6743,842+10%

13Brunswick County, NCNC174,7023,385+14%

14Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7253,115−8%

15Orange County, NCNC152,4983,008−11%

16Craven County, NCNC105,0252,827−8%

17Gaston County, NCNC246,5582,795−16%

18Henderson County, NCNC122,3752,504−14%

19Randolph County, NCNC149,5162,227+39%

20Alamance County, NCNC186,1772,211−17%

21Catawba County, NCNC170,1722,154−2%

22Harnett County, NCNC150,1371,917−5%

23Chatham County, NCNC85,1111,839+12%

24Moore County, NCNC110,6191,810−27%

25Carteret County, NCNC70,4691,791−1%

26Pitt County, NCNC182,9361,766−39%

27Wayne County, NCNC122,2781,625+6%

28Davidson County, NCNC180,1821,545−47%

29Watauga County, NCNC54,7861,461+25%

30Rowan County, NCNC155,0961,448−28%

31Lincoln County, NCNC98,6541,328+4%

32Haywood County, NCNC63,3691,201−12%

33Wilkes County, NCNC66,2331,166+48%

34Pender County, NCNC72,1111,133−5%

35Lee County, NCNC70,2581,033+16%

36Franklin County, NCNC82,037976−1%

37Burke County, NCNC88,655953−29%

38Macon County, NCNC39,232948−7%

39Dare County, NCNC38,245901−37%

40Rockingham County, NCNC94,195894−20%

41Surry County, NCNC72,287828−16%

42Rutherford County, NCNC65,745789−35%

43Cleveland County, NCNC103,325766−20%

44Jackson County, NCNC45,039765+13%

45Granville County, NCNC61,421695−21%

46Beaufort County, NCNC44,670680−8%

47Transylvania County, NCNC34,211669−27%

48Caldwell County, NCNC81,105648−31%

49Person County, NCNC40,636641+55%

50Nash County, NCNC99,365638−50%

51Cherokee County, NCNC30,830593+11%

52McDowell County, NCNC45,198539−2%

53Currituck County, NCNC33,158538+3%

54Madison County, NCNC22,553536+66%

55Stanly County, NCNC68,830536−32%

56Columbus County, NCNC50,487513−35%

57Wilson County, NCNC81,150492−46%

58Lenoir County, NCNC55,837484−11%

59Davie County, NCNC45,855453−35%

60Hoke County, NCNC56,939413−44%

61Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201397−12%

62Mitchell County, NCNC15,062382−21%

63Ashe County, NCNC27,514380+23%

64Duplin County, NCNC51,571380−37%

65Stokes County, NCNC46,126377−30%

66Alexander County, NCNC36,958373−31%

67Perquimans County, NCNC13,490353−24%

68Vance County, NCNC42,638340+143%

69Yadkin County, NCNC38,325339−48%

70Robeson County, NCNC119,941312−51%

71Camden County, NCNC11,315308+96%

72Sampson County, NCNC61,504300−25%

73Halifax County, NCNC46,534288−24%

74Polk County, NCNC20,533269−62%

75Yancey County, NCNC19,084266−18%

76Avery County, NCNC18,110259−11%

77Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121247−28%

78Bladen County, NCNC30,007223−43%

79Chowan County, NCNC14,082223+30%

80Warren County, NCNC18,898204+67%

81Pamlico County, NCNC12,758199−29%

82Montgomery County, NCNC26,403176−44%

83Alleghany County, NCNC11,479174+112%

84Richmond County, NCNC42,041148−75%

85Scotland County, NCNC33,322139−48%

86Clay County, NCNC12,239122−57%

87Caswell County, NCNC22,563121−53%

88Greene County, NCNC20,700117−66%

89Jones County, NCNC9,575103−46%

90Martin County, NCNC21,60192+42%

91Hertford County, NCNC19,01589−61%

92Graham County, NCNC8,19088−51%

93Gates County, NCNC10,23487−65%

94Northampton County, NCNC16,49176−77%

95Swain County, NCNC14,02474−78%

96Anson County, NCNC21,75866−70%

97Hyde County, NCNC4,55464−21%

98Bertie County, NCNC17,08651−73%

99Washington County, NCNC10,63845−76%

100Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53710−80%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS