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Largest German population, North Carolina counties · 2020

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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,235115,754+10%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,383100,049−2%

03Guilford County, NCNC562,23442,809−9%

04Forsyth County, NCNC401,71838,998−6%

05Buncombe County, NCNC277,41732,935−4%

06Cumberland County, NCNC338,47328,957−16%

07Onslow County, NCNC217,17527,526−3%

08Iredell County, NCNC211,79826,337+16%

09Union County, NCNC267,67426,284−10%

10New Hanover County, NCNC245,95924,721−5%

11Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72524,716−15%

12Durham County, NCNC347,24024,684+4%

13Catawba County, NCNC170,17223,797−21%

14Davidson County, NCNC180,18222,683−22%

15Gaston County, NCNC246,55821,733−20%

16Rowan County, NCNC155,09620,486−17%

17Brunswick County, NCNC174,70219,404+19%

18Orange County, NCNC152,49818,345−3%

19Alamance County, NCNC186,17716,897−3%

20Randolph County, NCNC149,51615,974−4%

21Lincoln County, NCNC98,65415,421−0%

22Johnston County, NCNC256,44815,241+11%

23Henderson County, NCNC122,37514,312−16%

24Moore County, NCNC110,61912,448+14%

25Harnett County, NCNC150,13711,980+4%

26Craven County, NCNC105,02511,257−14%

27Burke County, NCNC88,65511,036−27%

28Pitt County, NCNC182,93610,646−15%

29Caldwell County, NCNC81,1059,270−21%

30Carteret County, NCNC70,4698,571−4%

31Chatham County, NCNC85,1118,046+3%

32Pender County, NCNC72,1118,019+34%

33Haywood County, NCNC63,3697,817+5%

34Watauga County, NCNC54,7867,358−37%

35Davie County, NCNC45,8557,036+13%

36Cleveland County, NCNC103,3256,976−32%

37Wayne County, NCNC122,2786,902−17%

38Rutherford County, NCNC65,7456,710−3%

39Stanly County, NCNC68,8306,594−25%

40Franklin County, NCNC82,0375,476+4%

41Alexander County, NCNC36,9585,396−5%

42Rockingham County, NCNC94,1955,364−30%

43Lee County, NCNC70,2585,328+18%

44Dare County, NCNC38,2455,170−16%

45Wilkes County, NCNC66,2334,923−24%

46Surry County, NCNC72,2874,804−32%

47Jackson County, NCNC45,0394,594−8%

48Stokes County, NCNC46,1264,450−26%

49McDowell County, NCNC45,1984,383−31%

50Transylvania County, NCNC34,2114,218−15%

51Nash County, NCNC99,3654,142−35%

52Yadkin County, NCNC38,3254,076−18%

53Granville County, NCNC61,4213,972+4%

54Currituck County, NCNC33,1583,785+14%

55Macon County, NCNC39,2323,469−35%

56Hoke County, NCNC56,9393,416+6%

57Polk County, NCNC20,5333,190+0%

58Beaufort County, NCNC44,6703,165+2%

59Wilson County, NCNC81,1503,149−26%

60Cherokee County, NCNC30,8303,086−12%

61Lenoir County, NCNC55,8372,930+24%

62Pasquotank County, NCNC42,2012,909+14%

63Ashe County, NCNC27,5142,689−11%

64Duplin County, NCNC51,5712,554−8%

65Person County, NCNC40,6362,434−23%

66Avery County, NCNC18,1102,175−23%

67Madison County, NCNC22,5532,174−20%

68Robeson County, NCNC119,9411,974−38%

69Mitchell County, NCNC15,0621,913−11%

70Columbus County, NCNC50,4871,707−27%

71Yancey County, NCNC19,0841,603−20%

72Richmond County, NCNC42,0411,515−40%

73Sampson County, NCNC61,5041,389−58%

74Halifax County, NCNC46,5341,385−35%

75Caswell County, NCNC22,5631,375+8%

76Camden County, NCNC11,3151,301+73%

77Clay County, NCNC12,2391,293+3%

78Pamlico County, NCNC12,7581,126−5%

79Vance County, NCNC42,6381,107−13%

80Perquimans County, NCNC13,4901,074+28%

81Anson County, NCNC21,7581,034−38%

82Warren County, NCNC18,8981,026+44%

83Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121994−41%

84Hertford County, NCNC19,015793+6%

85Alleghany County, NCNC11,479789−35%

86Montgomery County, NCNC26,403787−67%

87Swain County, NCNC14,024772−50%

88Bladen County, NCNC30,007750−35%

89Scotland County, NCNC33,322744−60%

90Chowan County, NCNC14,082671−24%

91Bertie County, NCNC17,086643+30%

92Greene County, NCNC20,700615−30%

93Northampton County, NCNC16,491601−12%

94Jones County, NCNC9,575554−44%

95Martin County, NCNC21,601536−43%

96Graham County, NCNC8,190478−7%

97Gates County, NCNC10,234476−38%

98Hyde County, NCNC4,554234−15%

99Washington County, NCNC10,638228−60%

100Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537102−59%

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