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Largest Irish population, North Carolina counties · 2020

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Irish 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. The median across all 100 is 3,486.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPIRISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,23597,177+12%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38382,808+7%

03Guilford County, NCNC562,23432,003−9%

04Forsyth County, NCNC401,71828,572−4%

05Onslow County, NCNC217,17528,245+2%

06Buncombe County, NCNC277,41726,832−11%

07New Hanover County, NCNC245,95924,523−3%

08Cumberland County, NCNC338,47322,689−19%

09Union County, NCNC267,67422,067−1%

10Durham County, NCNC347,24019,864+7%

11Iredell County, NCNC211,79818,985+12%

12Johnston County, NCNC256,44818,631+21%

13Brunswick County, NCNC174,70217,284+24%

14Gaston County, NCNC246,55817,001−15%

15Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72516,187+2%

16Orange County, NCNC152,49815,715+2%

17Davidson County, NCNC180,18213,983−5%

18Henderson County, NCNC122,37513,632−1%

19Catawba County, NCNC170,17213,020−18%

20Randolph County, NCNC149,51612,823+7%

21Alamance County, NCNC186,17712,535−6%

22Harnett County, NCNC150,13710,726−1%

23Craven County, NCNC105,02510,507−22%

24Rowan County, NCNC155,09610,199−11%

25Pitt County, NCNC182,93610,148−24%

26Moore County, NCNC110,6199,685+11%

27Carteret County, NCNC70,4699,348+8%

28Wayne County, NCNC122,2789,056−3%

29Lincoln County, NCNC98,6548,868−11%

30Burke County, NCNC88,6558,346−26%

31Chatham County, NCNC85,1117,357+14%

32Haywood County, NCNC63,3697,302−6%

33Caldwell County, NCNC81,1057,233−18%

34Rockingham County, NCNC94,1956,970−24%

35Pender County, NCNC72,1116,734+19%

36Watauga County, NCNC54,7866,105−9%

37Rutherford County, NCNC65,7455,816−35%

38Cleveland County, NCNC103,3255,644−30%

39Franklin County, NCNC82,0374,962−7%

40McDowell County, NCNC45,1984,946−29%

41Wilkes County, NCNC66,2334,813+5%

42Surry County, NCNC72,2874,804−27%

43Lee County, NCNC70,2584,733+42%

44Dare County, NCNC38,2454,514−12%

45Granville County, NCNC61,4214,231+17%

46Stokes County, NCNC46,1264,036−15%

47Davie County, NCNC45,8553,842−1%

48Macon County, NCNC39,2323,699+2%

49Stanly County, NCNC68,8303,673−25%

50Beaufort County, NCNC44,6703,486+24%

51Nash County, NCNC99,3653,435−56%

52Jackson County, NCNC45,0393,374−29%

53Transylvania County, NCNC34,2113,282−41%

54Cherokee County, NCNC30,8303,232−28%

55Alexander County, NCNC36,9583,216−1%

56Yadkin County, NCNC38,3253,179+17%

57Lenoir County, NCNC55,8373,157−14%

58Wilson County, NCNC81,1503,155−28%

59Currituck County, NCNC33,1582,790−14%

60Person County, NCNC40,6362,668−22%

61Pasquotank County, NCNC42,2012,666−11%

62Madison County, NCNC22,5532,627−11%

63Polk County, NCNC20,5332,627−12%

64Hoke County, NCNC56,9392,586−16%

65Duplin County, NCNC51,5712,543−17%

66Robeson County, NCNC119,9412,413−36%

67Yancey County, NCNC19,0842,402+33%

68Richmond County, NCNC42,0412,190−13%

69Columbus County, NCNC50,4872,058−48%

70Ashe County, NCNC27,5142,041−9%

71Sampson County, NCNC61,5041,970−47%

72Avery County, NCNC18,1101,943−12%

73Caswell County, NCNC22,5631,927−9%

74Halifax County, NCNC46,5341,917−42%

75Mitchell County, NCNC15,0621,823−23%

76Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1211,399−34%

77Clay County, NCNC12,2391,371+10%

78Vance County, NCNC42,6381,360+12%

79Perquimans County, NCNC13,4901,335+44%

80Greene County, NCNC20,7001,284+14%

81Pamlico County, NCNC12,7581,268−21%

82Anson County, NCNC21,7581,194−19%

83Camden County, NCNC11,3151,081−3%

84Swain County, NCNC14,024956−27%

85Hertford County, NCNC19,015918−11%

86Montgomery County, NCNC26,403828−56%

87Chowan County, NCNC14,082805−33%

88Jones County, NCNC9,575788−45%

89Northampton County, NCNC16,491788−34%

90Bladen County, NCNC30,007780−52%

91Warren County, NCNC18,898692−11%

92Bertie County, NCNC17,086659−24%

93Scotland County, NCNC33,322628−63%

94Graham County, NCNC8,190624−49%

95Martin County, NCNC21,601576−51%

96Gates County, NCNC10,234540−28%

97Alleghany County, NCNC11,479494−45%

98Washington County, NCNC10,638361−45%

99Hyde County, NCNC4,554341−44%

100Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537230−43%

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