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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. The median across all 97 is 196. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Lenoir County, NC, up 39 places to #39.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest Norwegian population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS 2010
01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2357,959+32%
02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3834,712+3%
03▲2Buncombe County, NCNC277,4172,180+23%
04Forsyth County, NCNC401,7182,113+6%
05▲3Durham County, NCNC347,2402,071+37%
06▼3Guilford County, NCNC562,2341,852−8%
07▲2Orange County, NCNC152,4981,531+73%
08▼2New Hanover County, NCNC245,9591,517+16%
09▲2Union County, NCNC267,6741,447+56%
10Onslow County, NCNC217,1751,423−17%
11▲4Iredell County, NCNC211,7981,083+18%
12Henderson County, NCNC122,3751,037−13%
13▲1Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725936+94%
14▼7Cumberland County, NCNC338,473902−47%
15▲5Moore County, NCNC110,619771+53%
16▼3Brunswick County, NCNC174,702761+56%
17▲10Catawba County, NCNC170,172728+28%
18▲4Harnett County, NCNC150,137724+123%
19▲18Rowan County, NCNC155,096718+98%
20▼3Johnston County, NCNC256,448701+52%
21▼2Gaston County, NCNC246,558696+106%
22▲2Franklin County, NCNC82,037665+88%
23▼5Craven County, NCNC105,025588−7%
24▼8Caldwell County, NCNC81,105564+203%
25▲10Randolph County, NCNC149,516540+30%
26▲6Alamance County, NCNC186,177493−16%
27▲29Lee County, NCNC70,258481+587%
28▼5Carteret County, NCNC70,469475+9%
29Burke County, NCNC88,655432+30%
30▼4Pitt County, NCNC182,936417−35%
31▲2Chatham County, NCNC85,111414−24%
32▼4Lincoln County, NCNC98,654409+109%
33▼12Watauga County, NCNC54,786402−43%
34▲5Wayne County, NCNC122,278398−26%
35▲8Rockingham County, NCNC94,195367+69%
36Nash County, NCNC99,365319+29%
37▼3Davidson County, NCNC180,182317−51%
38▲10Pender County, NCNC72,111307−28%
39▲39Lenoir County, NCNC55,837298−6%
40▼10Haywood County, NCNC63,369290−10%
41▼16Transylvania County, NCNC34,211281−2%
42▲10Granville County, NCNC61,421272+85%
43▼1Surry County, NCNC72,287266+660%
44▼6Davie County, NCNC45,855262+78%
45▲4Robeson County, NCNC119,941231+43%
46▼15Jackson County, NCNC45,039226+151%
47▲3Stanly County, NCNC68,830221+342%
48▼7Macon County, NCNC39,232208+23%
49▲12Currituck County, NCNC33,158196−66%
50▲4Polk County, NCNC20,533191+136%
51▲9Ashe County, NCNC27,514184+92%
52▼8Dare County, NCNC38,245173−34%
53▲6Wilkes County, NCNC66,233172+1%
54▼7Cherokee County, NCNC30,830169+225%
55▼15Beaufort County, NCNC44,670156+77%
56▲7Madison County, NCNC22,553125+468%
57▲16McDowell County, NCNC45,198114−43%
58▼12Columbus County, NCNC50,487107+39%
59▲13Vance County, NCNC42,638100+144%
60▼7Wilson County, NCNC81,15099−42%
61▼3Stokes County, NCNC46,12698−34%
62▲3Jones County, NCNC9,57597–
63▼18Rutherford County, NCNC65,74594−54%
64▲10Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20191+20%
65▲16Halifax County, NCNC46,53481+108%
66▲2Alexander County, NCNC36,95878−1%
67▼1Camden County, NCNC11,31577+83%
68▼13Person County, NCNC40,63674−28%
69▲2Cleveland County, NCNC103,32573−81%
70▼19Hoke County, NCNC56,93966+29%
71▲18Chowan County, NCNC14,08262–
72▲8Hertford County, NCNC19,01555+511%
73▲4Richmond County, NCNC42,04152−64%
74▲22Clay County, NCNC12,23946+100%
75▼5Avery County, NCNC18,11045−74%
76▲6Caswell County, NCNC22,56345+41%
77▼2Yadkin County, NCNC38,32544−24%
78▲14Pamlico County, NCNC12,75841–
79▼22Sampson County, NCNC61,50434−78%
80▲10Bladen County, NCNC30,00732+100%
81▲5Greene County, NCNC20,70032–
82▼15Duplin County, NCNC51,57129−73%
83▲15Anson County, NCNC21,75821−83%
84Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53721–
85▼9Graham County, NCNC8,19020+43%
86▲5Northampton County, NCNC16,49118+80%
87▲1Alleghany County, NCNC11,47917−26%
88▼1Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12113−84%
89▼6Perquimans County, NCNC13,49012−88%
90▲4Swain County, NCNC14,02412−92%
91▼27Montgomery County, NCNC26,40311−78%
92▲5Bertie County, NCNC17,08610–
93Warren County, NCNC18,89810+11%
94▼32Gates County, NCNC10,2349−90%
95▼16Mitchell County, NCNC15,0628−20%
96▼11Yancey County, NCNC19,0847−77%
97▼28Scotland County, NCNC33,3226−82%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES