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Largest German population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are German 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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,235122,532+16%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38397,680−5%

03Guilford County, NCNC562,23442,357−10%

04Forsyth County, NCNC401,71838,651−7%

05Buncombe County, NCNC277,41733,776−2%

06Onslow County, NCNC217,17527,537−3%

07New Hanover County, NCNC245,95927,431+5%

08Durham County, NCNC347,24027,169+15%

09Cumberland County, NCNC338,47326,069−24%

10Union County, NCNC267,67425,997−11%

11Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72525,243−14%

12Iredell County, NCNC211,79824,140+7%

13Catawba County, NCNC170,17224,068−20%

14Gaston County, NCNC246,55823,732−13%

15Davidson County, NCNC180,18222,881−21%

16Rowan County, NCNC155,09621,448−13%

17Brunswick County, NCNC174,70221,120+30%

18Johnston County, NCNC256,44816,998+24%

19Orange County, NCNC152,49816,558−12%

20Henderson County, NCNC122,37515,260−11%

21Alamance County, NCNC186,17715,188−13%

22Lincoln County, NCNC98,65415,129−2%

23Randolph County, NCNC149,51614,286−14%

24Moore County, NCNC110,61913,992+29%

25Pitt County, NCNC182,93611,446−8%

26Harnett County, NCNC150,13711,284−2%

27Caldwell County, NCNC81,10510,891−7%

28Craven County, NCNC105,02510,051−23%

29Chatham County, NCNC85,1119,991+27%

30Burke County, NCNC88,6559,746−36%

31Carteret County, NCNC70,4699,510+6%

32Cleveland County, NCNC103,3258,329−18%

33Watauga County, NCNC54,7868,289−29%

34Rockingham County, NCNC94,1957,924+3%

35Wayne County, NCNC122,2787,901−5%

36Haywood County, NCNC63,3697,612+3%

37Pender County, NCNC72,1117,119+19%

38Stanly County, NCNC68,8306,997−20%

39Rutherford County, NCNC65,7456,376−7%

40Davie County, NCNC45,8556,216+0%

41Franklin County, NCNC82,0376,036+15%

42Alexander County, NCNC36,9585,947+4%

43Dare County, NCNC38,2455,296−14%

44Surry County, NCNC72,2875,171−27%

45Stokes County, NCNC46,1265,035−16%

46Lee County, NCNC70,2584,915+9%

47Transylvania County, NCNC34,2114,825−3%

48Wilkes County, NCNC66,2334,798−26%

49Granville County, NCNC61,4214,410+15%

50Yadkin County, NCNC38,3254,261−14%

51Jackson County, NCNC45,0394,070−18%

52McDowell County, NCNC45,1983,880−39%

53Nash County, NCNC99,3653,862−39%

54Hoke County, NCNC56,9393,698+15%

55Currituck County, NCNC33,1583,647+10%

56Macon County, NCNC39,2323,312−38%

57Cherokee County, NCNC30,8303,248−8%

58Wilson County, NCNC81,1503,236−24%

59Pasquotank County, NCNC42,2013,004+17%

60Beaufort County, NCNC44,6702,822−9%

61Lenoir County, NCNC55,8372,753+17%

62Ashe County, NCNC27,5142,416−20%

63Polk County, NCNC20,5332,296−28%

64Person County, NCNC40,6362,262−28%

65Montgomery County, NCNC26,4032,175−10%

66Avery County, NCNC18,1101,992−29%

67Madison County, NCNC22,5531,966−28%

68Yancey County, NCNC19,0841,755−12%

69Duplin County, NCNC51,5711,742−37%

70Robeson County, NCNC119,9411,627−49%

71Mitchell County, NCNC15,0621,593−26%

72Halifax County, NCNC46,5341,579−25%

73Richmond County, NCNC42,0411,534−39%

74Clay County, NCNC12,2391,486+18%

75Columbus County, NCNC50,4871,455−38%

76Vance County, NCNC42,6381,327+5%

77Camden County, NCNC11,3151,232+64%

78Caswell County, NCNC22,5631,225−4%

79Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1211,210−28%

80Sampson County, NCNC61,5041,188−64%

81Warren County, NCNC18,8981,171+64%

82Perquimans County, NCNC13,4901,081+28%

83Alleghany County, NCNC11,479978−19%

84Scotland County, NCNC33,322959−48%

85Pamlico County, NCNC12,758938−21%

86Anson County, NCNC21,758742−55%

87Hertford County, NCNC19,015722−4%

88Gates County, NCNC10,234706−7%

89Chowan County, NCNC14,082686−22%

90Greene County, NCNC20,700685−22%

91Bertie County, NCNC17,086594+20%

92Martin County, NCNC21,601590−37%

93Bladen County, NCNC30,007564−51%

94Swain County, NCNC14,024493−68%

95Graham County, NCNC8,190476−7%

96Northampton County, NCNC16,491469−31%

97Jones County, NCNC9,575458−54%

98Hyde County, NCNC4,554446+63%

99Washington County, NCNC10,638227−61%

100Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537122−51%

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