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Largest Italian population, North Carolina counties · 2020

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Italian 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 99 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 99 is 1,026.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPITALIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,23553,805+21%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38343,398+7%

03Guilford County, NCNC562,23413,717+9%

04New Hanover County, NCNC245,95913,378+20%

05Union County, NCNC267,67411,846+15%

06Onslow County, NCNC217,17511,392+15%

07Buncombe County, NCNC277,41710,507+35%

08Durham County, NCNC347,24010,321+43%

09Iredell County, NCNC211,79810,093+57%

10Forsyth County, NCNC401,7189,843+12%

11Cumberland County, NCNC338,4739,681−7%

12Brunswick County, NCNC174,7027,904+39%

13Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7257,147+2%

14Johnston County, NCNC256,4486,843+19%

15Orange County, NCNC152,4986,403+20%

16Moore County, NCNC110,6194,972+60%

17Harnett County, NCNC150,1374,665+78%

18Alamance County, NCNC186,1774,432+14%

19Gaston County, NCNC246,5584,420+19%

20Pitt County, NCNC182,9364,299−2%

21Craven County, NCNC105,0253,792−14%

22Carteret County, NCNC70,4693,461+50%

23Randolph County, NCNC149,5163,438+52%

24Henderson County, NCNC122,3753,385+28%

25Catawba County, NCNC170,1723,269+3%

26Rowan County, NCNC155,0962,981+16%

27Chatham County, NCNC85,1112,917+62%

28Davidson County, NCNC180,1822,916+2%

29Pender County, NCNC72,1112,773+28%

30Lincoln County, NCNC98,6542,679+33%

31Wayne County, NCNC122,2782,2760%

32Dare County, NCNC38,2452,239+7%

33Franklin County, NCNC82,0372,220+30%

34Haywood County, NCNC63,3691,966+18%

35Nash County, NCNC99,3651,768+44%

36Burke County, NCNC88,6551,763−2%

37Watauga County, NCNC54,7861,754+1%

38Rockingham County, NCNC94,1951,739+8%

39Rutherford County, NCNC65,7451,437+40%

40Wilson County, NCNC81,1501,305+28%

41Surry County, NCNC72,2871,272+20%

42Macon County, NCNC39,2321,249−3%

43Currituck County, NCNC33,1581,244−16%

44Granville County, NCNC61,4211,209+36%

45Transylvania County, NCNC34,2111,109+55%

46Davie County, NCNC45,8551,091+18%

47Duplin County, NCNC51,5711,048+249%

48Stanly County, NCNC68,8301,040+38%

49Caldwell County, NCNC81,1051,026−30%

50Cleveland County, NCNC103,3251,026−34%

51Hoke County, NCNC56,9391,010+48%

52Wilkes County, NCNC66,233976+35%

53Cherokee County, NCNC30,830967+57%

54Lenoir County, NCNC55,837916+33%

55Jackson County, NCNC45,039898+21%

56Lee County, NCNC70,258887−7%

57Person County, NCNC40,636871+153%

58Ashe County, NCNC27,514812+62%

59Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201803−19%

60Stokes County, NCNC46,126732−19%

61McDowell County, NCNC45,198706−19%

62Camden County, NCNC11,315703+159%

63Polk County, NCNC20,533690+23%

64Madison County, NCNC22,553660−2%

65Beaufort County, NCNC44,670641−12%

66Robeson County, NCNC119,941595−10%

67Alexander County, NCNC36,958526+49%

68Sampson County, NCNC61,504513−9%

69Vance County, NCNC42,638507+28%

70Yadkin County, NCNC38,325501+124%

71Clay County, NCNC12,239490+118%

72Greene County, NCNC20,700467+199%

73Avery County, NCNC18,110451+29%

74Yancey County, NCNC19,084421+25%

75Anson County, NCNC21,758397+218%

76Perquimans County, NCNC13,490392−24%

77Columbus County, NCNC50,487380−41%

78Scotland County, NCNC33,322380−20%

79Warren County, NCNC18,898342+180%

80Pamlico County, NCNC12,758332−30%

81Richmond County, NCNC42,041322−19%

82Caswell County, NCNC22,563307+46%

83Chowan County, NCNC14,082253−33%

84Mitchell County, NCNC15,062251−11%

85Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121233−43%

86Halifax County, NCNC46,534226−76%

87Jones County, NCNC9,575218+85%

88Montgomery County, NCNC26,403203−30%

89Hertford County, NCNC19,015192+73%

90Martin County, NCNC21,601189+11%

91Alleghany County, NCNC11,479186+195%

92Swain County, NCNC14,024153−4%

93Gates County, NCNC10,234147−35%

94Washington County, NCNC10,638113−50%

95Bladen County, NCNC30,007111−59%

96Bertie County, NCNC17,08696+109%

97Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53763+54%

98Graham County, NCNC8,19062−46%

99Northampton County, NCNC16,49137−82%

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