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Largest Iranian population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Iranian 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 39 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 39 is 50. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Catawba County, NC, up 24 places to #5.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPIRANIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2351,943+82%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3831,394+64%

03▲1Orange County, NCNC152,498627+560%

04▼1Guilford County, NCNC562,234503+12%

05▲24Catawba County, NCNC170,172456+4967%

06▼1Durham County, NCNC347,240272+67%

07▼1Forsyth County, NCNC401,718215−56%

08▼1Iredell County, NCNC211,798175–

09▲4New Hanover County, NCNC245,95997−44%

10Brunswick County, NCNC174,70289+93%

11Union County, NCNC267,67489+25%

12▲6Buncombe County, NCNC277,41776−22%

13▲9Robeson County, NCNC119,94176–

14Pitt County, NCNC182,93675−26%

15▼6Cumberland County, NCNC338,47366−34%

16▼2Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72563–

17Yancey County, NCNC19,08456–

18▼2Alamance County, NCNC186,17752+160%

19Johnston County, NCNC256,44850+117%

20▼1Harnett County, NCNC150,13750–

21▼13Wilson County, NCNC81,15043–

22▲8Onslow County, NCNC217,17539–

23▼11Chatham County, NCNC85,11138+217%

24▲3Davidson County, NCNC180,18234–

25Clay County, NCNC12,23928–

26Rockingham County, NCNC94,19527−45%

27Gaston County, NCNC246,55818–

28▼7Carteret County, NCNC70,46916–

29Lincoln County, NCNC98,65416+23%

30▲2Granville County, NCNC61,42115–

31▼21Moore County, NCNC110,61911+38%

32Caswell County, NCNC22,5639–

33Polk County, NCNC20,5339–

34Bertie County, NCNC17,0868–

35Transylvania County, NCNC34,2117–

36▼3Avery County, NCNC18,1105−44%

37▼14Randolph County, NCNC149,5164–

38Rutherford County, NCNC65,7453–

39▼5Caldwell County, NCNC81,1052–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES