RANKING · 2024 ACS · 97 SHOWN OF 97

Largest Norwegian population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Norwegian 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 97 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2357,959+32%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3834,712+3%

03Buncombe County, NCNC277,4172,180+23%

04Forsyth County, NCNC401,7182,113+6%

05Durham County, NCNC347,2402,071+37%

06Guilford County, NCNC562,2341,852−8%

07Orange County, NCNC152,4981,531+73%

08New Hanover County, NCNC245,9591,517+16%

09Union County, NCNC267,6741,447+56%

10Onslow County, NCNC217,1751,423−17%

11Iredell County, NCNC211,7981,083+18%

12Henderson County, NCNC122,3751,037−13%

13Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725936+94%

14Cumberland County, NCNC338,473902−47%

15Moore County, NCNC110,619771+53%

16Brunswick County, NCNC174,702761+56%

17Catawba County, NCNC170,172728+28%

18Harnett County, NCNC150,137724+123%

19Rowan County, NCNC155,096718+98%

20Johnston County, NCNC256,448701+52%

21Gaston County, NCNC246,558696+106%

22Franklin County, NCNC82,037665+88%

23Craven County, NCNC105,025588−7%

24Caldwell County, NCNC81,105564+203%

25Randolph County, NCNC149,516540+30%

26Alamance County, NCNC186,177493−16%

27Lee County, NCNC70,258481+587%

28Carteret County, NCNC70,469475+9%

29Burke County, NCNC88,655432+30%

30Pitt County, NCNC182,936417−35%

31Chatham County, NCNC85,111414−24%

32Lincoln County, NCNC98,654409+109%

33Watauga County, NCNC54,786402−43%

34Wayne County, NCNC122,278398−26%

35Rockingham County, NCNC94,195367+69%

36Nash County, NCNC99,365319+29%

37Davidson County, NCNC180,182317−51%

38Pender County, NCNC72,111307−28%

39Lenoir County, NCNC55,837298−6%

40Haywood County, NCNC63,369290−10%

41Transylvania County, NCNC34,211281−2%

42Granville County, NCNC61,421272+85%

43Surry County, NCNC72,287266+660%

44Davie County, NCNC45,855262+78%

45Robeson County, NCNC119,941231+43%

46Jackson County, NCNC45,039226+151%

47Stanly County, NCNC68,830221+342%

48Macon County, NCNC39,232208+23%

49Currituck County, NCNC33,158196−66%

50Polk County, NCNC20,533191+136%

51Ashe County, NCNC27,514184+92%

52Dare County, NCNC38,245173−34%

53Wilkes County, NCNC66,233172+1%

54Cherokee County, NCNC30,830169+225%

55Beaufort County, NCNC44,670156+77%

56Madison County, NCNC22,553125+468%

57McDowell County, NCNC45,198114−43%

58Columbus County, NCNC50,487107+39%

59Vance County, NCNC42,638100+144%

60Wilson County, NCNC81,15099−42%

61Stokes County, NCNC46,12698−34%

62Jones County, NCNC9,57597–

63Rutherford County, NCNC65,74594−54%

64Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20191+20%

65Halifax County, NCNC46,53481+108%

66Alexander County, NCNC36,95878−1%

67Camden County, NCNC11,31577+83%

68Person County, NCNC40,63674−28%

69Cleveland County, NCNC103,32573−81%

70Hoke County, NCNC56,93966+29%

71Chowan County, NCNC14,08262–

72Hertford County, NCNC19,01555+511%

73Richmond County, NCNC42,04152−64%

74Clay County, NCNC12,23946+100%

75Avery County, NCNC18,11045−74%

76Caswell County, NCNC22,56345+41%

77Yadkin County, NCNC38,32544−24%

78Pamlico County, NCNC12,75841–

79Sampson County, NCNC61,50434−78%

80Bladen County, NCNC30,00732+100%

81Greene County, NCNC20,70032–

82Duplin County, NCNC51,57129−73%

83Anson County, NCNC21,75821−83%

84Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53721–

85Graham County, NCNC8,19020+43%

86Northampton County, NCNC16,49118+80%

87Alleghany County, NCNC11,47917−26%

88Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12113−84%

89Perquimans County, NCNC13,49012−88%

90Swain County, NCNC14,02412−92%

91Montgomery County, NCNC26,40311−78%

92Bertie County, NCNC17,08610–

93Warren County, NCNC18,89810+11%

94Gates County, NCNC10,2349−90%

95Mitchell County, NCNC15,0628−20%

96Yancey County, NCNC19,0847−77%

97Scotland County, NCNC33,3226−82%

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