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Largest Irish population, North Carolina counties

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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPIRISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,235107,941+24%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38387,695+13%

03Guilford County, NCNC562,23433,960−3%

04New Hanover County, NCNC245,95930,919+22%

05Forsyth County, NCNC401,71830,363+2%

06Buncombe County, NCNC277,41728,231−7%

07Onslow County, NCNC217,17527,085−2%

08Durham County, NCNC347,24023,965+29%

09Cumberland County, NCNC338,47323,854−15%

10Union County, NCNC267,67423,548+5%

11Brunswick County, NCNC174,70222,864+64%

12Johnston County, NCNC256,44820,208+31%

13Iredell County, NCNC211,79820,197+19%

14Gaston County, NCNC246,55818,151−9%

15Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72517,269+8%

16Davidson County, NCNC180,18216,651+13%

17Orange County, NCNC152,49814,960−3%

18Henderson County, NCNC122,37514,404+5%

19Catawba County, NCNC170,17212,968−18%

20Alamance County, NCNC186,17712,511−6%

21Randolph County, NCNC149,51611,967+0%

22Rowan County, NCNC155,09611,879+4%

23Harnett County, NCNC150,13711,628+8%

24Pitt County, NCNC182,93611,393−15%

25Moore County, NCNC110,61910,532+21%

26Craven County, NCNC105,0259,490−29%

27Wayne County, NCNC122,2789,223−1%

28Lincoln County, NCNC98,6549,068−9%

29Chatham County, NCNC85,1118,979+39%

30Carteret County, NCNC70,4698,935+3%

31Caldwell County, NCNC81,1058,422−4%

32Cleveland County, NCNC103,3258,262+3%

33Burke County, NCNC88,6558,241−27%

34Watauga County, NCNC54,7867,642+14%

35Haywood County, NCNC63,3697,582−2%

36Rockingham County, NCNC94,1957,201−21%

37Rutherford County, NCNC65,7456,956−22%

38Pender County, NCNC72,1116,920+22%

39Franklin County, NCNC82,0376,516+23%

40Surry County, NCNC72,2875,567−15%

41Transylvania County, NCNC34,2115,290−6%

42McDowell County, NCNC45,1984,661−33%

43Wilkes County, NCNC66,2334,625+1%

44Lee County, NCNC70,2584,601+38%

45Dare County, NCNC38,2454,586−11%

46Macon County, NCNC39,2324,517+24%

47Stokes County, NCNC46,1264,468−6%

48Davie County, NCNC45,8554,314+11%

49Stanly County, NCNC68,8304,260−13%

50Alexander County, NCNC36,9584,236+31%

51Jackson County, NCNC45,0394,145−13%

52Wilson County, NCNC81,1503,996−8%

53Currituck County, NCNC33,1583,916+21%

54Beaufort County, NCNC44,6703,761+34%

55Pasquotank County, NCNC42,2013,697+23%

56Nash County, NCNC99,3653,685−53%

57Granville County, NCNC61,4213,618+0%

58Hoke County, NCNC56,9393,558+16%

59Cherokee County, NCNC30,8303,532−21%

60Person County, NCNC40,6363,270−4%

61Yadkin County, NCNC38,3253,039+12%

62Lenoir County, NCNC55,8373,028−18%

63Madison County, NCNC22,5532,859−3%

64Yancey County, NCNC19,0842,760+53%

65Polk County, NCNC20,5332,538−15%

66Ashe County, NCNC27,5142,480+11%

67Duplin County, NCNC51,5712,337−24%

68Columbus County, NCNC50,4872,268−43%

69Halifax County, NCNC46,5342,251−32%

70Robeson County, NCNC119,9412,208−42%

71Caswell County, NCNC22,5632,050−3%

72Vance County, NCNC42,6382,007+65%

73Sampson County, NCNC61,5041,971−47%

74Richmond County, NCNC42,0411,967−22%

75Mitchell County, NCNC15,0621,719−27%

76Avery County, NCNC18,1101,579−29%

77Perquimans County, NCNC13,4901,474+59%

78Montgomery County, NCNC26,4031,357−27%

79Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1211,341−37%

80Clay County, NCNC12,2391,256+1%

81Camden County, NCNC11,3151,159+3%

82Swain County, NCNC14,0241,088−17%

83Bladen County, NCNC30,0071,075−33%

84Greene County, NCNC20,7001,019−9%

85Pamlico County, NCNC12,758974−39%

86Martin County, NCNC21,601879−26%

87Alleghany County, NCNC11,479875−3%

88Scotland County, NCNC33,322804−53%

89Chowan County, NCNC14,082788−35%

90Warren County, NCNC18,898786+1%

91Graham County, NCNC8,190751−38%

92Anson County, NCNC21,758691−53%

93Gates County, NCNC10,234687−9%

94Hertford County, NCNC19,015644−37%

95Jones County, NCNC9,575562−61%

96Northampton County, NCNC16,491503−58%

97Bertie County, NCNC17,086425−51%

98Hyde County, NCNC4,554409−32%

99Washington County, NCNC10,638262−60%

100Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537202−50%

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