RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 100 SHOWN OF 100

Largest German population, North Carolina counties · 2010

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are German 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 4,984.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS –

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,235105,579–

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,383102,477–

03Guilford County, NCNC562,23446,903–

04Forsyth County, NCNC401,71841,468–

05Buncombe County, NCNC277,41734,353–

06Cumberland County, NCNC338,47334,341–

07Catawba County, NCNC170,17230,122–

08Union County, NCNC267,67429,329–

09Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72529,232–

10Davidson County, NCNC180,18228,914–

11Onslow County, NCNC217,17528,515–

12Gaston County, NCNC246,55827,250–

13New Hanover County, NCNC245,95926,107–

14Rowan County, NCNC155,09624,773–

15Durham County, NCNC347,24023,628–

16Iredell County, NCNC211,79822,644–

17Orange County, NCNC152,49818,919–

18Alamance County, NCNC186,17717,379–

19Henderson County, NCNC122,37517,073–

20Randolph County, NCNC149,51616,557–

21Brunswick County, NCNC174,70216,308–

22Lincoln County, NCNC98,65415,465–

23Burke County, NCNC88,65515,163–

24Johnston County, NCNC256,44813,712–

25Craven County, NCNC105,02513,037–

26Pitt County, NCNC182,93612,489–

27Caldwell County, NCNC81,10511,709–

28Watauga County, NCNC54,78611,703–

29Harnett County, NCNC150,13711,487–

30Moore County, NCNC110,61910,882–

31Cleveland County, NCNC103,32510,191–

32Carteret County, NCNC70,4698,962–

33Stanly County, NCNC68,8308,772–

34Wayne County, NCNC122,2788,314–

35Chatham County, NCNC85,1117,841–

36Rockingham County, NCNC94,1957,683–

37Haywood County, NCNC63,3697,415–

38Surry County, NCNC72,2877,047–

39Rutherford County, NCNC65,7456,892–

40Wilkes County, NCNC66,2336,442–

41McDowell County, NCNC45,1986,398–

42Nash County, NCNC99,3656,352–

43Davie County, NCNC45,8556,201–

44Dare County, NCNC38,2456,182–

45Stokes County, NCNC46,1266,027–

46Pender County, NCNC72,1116,003–

47Alexander County, NCNC36,9585,703–

48Macon County, NCNC39,2325,311–

49Franklin County, NCNC82,0375,269–

50Transylvania County, NCNC34,2114,984–

51Jackson County, NCNC45,0394,973–

52Yadkin County, NCNC38,3254,972–

53Lee County, NCNC70,2584,516–

54Wilson County, NCNC81,1504,277–

55Granville County, NCNC61,4213,824–

56Cherokee County, NCNC30,8303,520–

57Sampson County, NCNC61,5043,330–

58Currituck County, NCNC33,1583,322–

59Hoke County, NCNC56,9393,229–

60Polk County, NCNC20,5333,184–

61Robeson County, NCNC119,9413,181–

62Person County, NCNC40,6363,158–

63Beaufort County, NCNC44,6703,112–

64Ashe County, NCNC27,5143,017–

65Avery County, NCNC18,1102,814–

66Duplin County, NCNC51,5712,778–

67Madison County, NCNC22,5532,729–

68Pasquotank County, NCNC42,2012,559–

69Richmond County, NCNC42,0412,525–

70Montgomery County, NCNC26,4032,409–

71Lenoir County, NCNC55,8372,362–

72Columbus County, NCNC50,4872,345–

73Mitchell County, NCNC15,0622,155–

74Halifax County, NCNC46,5342,115–

75Yancey County, NCNC19,0841,997–

76Scotland County, NCNC33,3221,844–

77Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1211,687–

78Anson County, NCNC21,7581,667–

79Swain County, NCNC14,0241,548–

80Caswell County, NCNC22,5631,275–

81Vance County, NCNC42,6381,266–

82Clay County, NCNC12,2391,255–

83Alleghany County, NCNC11,4791,211–

84Pamlico County, NCNC12,7581,188–

85Bladen County, NCNC30,0071,151–

86Jones County, NCNC9,575986–

87Martin County, NCNC21,601937–

88Chowan County, NCNC14,082878–

89Greene County, NCNC20,700873–

90Perquimans County, NCNC13,490842–

91Gates County, NCNC10,234762–

92Camden County, NCNC11,315751–

93Hertford County, NCNC19,015751–

94Warren County, NCNC18,898713–

95Northampton County, NCNC16,491680–

96Washington County, NCNC10,638576–

97Graham County, NCNC8,190514–

98Bertie County, NCNC17,086494–

99Hyde County, NCNC4,554274–

100Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537248–

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