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 2023 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 2000

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2357,959–

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3834,712–

03Buncombe County, NCNC277,4172,180–

04Forsyth County, NCNC401,7182,113–

05Durham County, NCNC347,2402,071–

06Guilford County, NCNC562,2341,852–

07Orange County, NCNC152,4981,531–

08New Hanover County, NCNC245,9591,517–

09Union County, NCNC267,6741,447–

10Onslow County, NCNC217,1751,423–

11Iredell County, NCNC211,7981,083–

12Henderson County, NCNC122,3751,037–

13Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725936–

14Cumberland County, NCNC338,473902–

15Moore County, NCNC110,619771–

16Brunswick County, NCNC174,702761–

17Catawba County, NCNC170,172728–

18Harnett County, NCNC150,137724–

19Rowan County, NCNC155,096718–

20Johnston County, NCNC256,448701–

21Gaston County, NCNC246,558696–

22Franklin County, NCNC82,037665–

23Craven County, NCNC105,025588–

24Caldwell County, NCNC81,105564–

25Randolph County, NCNC149,516540–

26Alamance County, NCNC186,177493–

27Lee County, NCNC70,258481–

28Carteret County, NCNC70,469475–

29Burke County, NCNC88,655432–

30Pitt County, NCNC182,936417–

31Chatham County, NCNC85,111414–

32Lincoln County, NCNC98,654409–

33Watauga County, NCNC54,786402–

34Wayne County, NCNC122,278398–

35Rockingham County, NCNC94,195367–

36Nash County, NCNC99,365319–

37Davidson County, NCNC180,182317–

38Pender County, NCNC72,111307–

39Lenoir County, NCNC55,837298–

40Haywood County, NCNC63,369290–

41Transylvania County, NCNC34,211281–

42Granville County, NCNC61,421272–

43Surry County, NCNC72,287266–

44Davie County, NCNC45,855262–

45Robeson County, NCNC119,941231–

46Jackson County, NCNC45,039226–

47Stanly County, NCNC68,830221–

48Macon County, NCNC39,232208–

49Currituck County, NCNC33,158196–

50Polk County, NCNC20,533191–

51Ashe County, NCNC27,514184–

52Dare County, NCNC38,245173–

53Wilkes County, NCNC66,233172–

54Cherokee County, NCNC30,830169–

55Beaufort County, NCNC44,670156–

56Madison County, NCNC22,553125–

57McDowell County, NCNC45,198114–

58Columbus County, NCNC50,487107–

59Vance County, NCNC42,638100–

60Wilson County, NCNC81,15099–

61Stokes County, NCNC46,12698–

62Jones County, NCNC9,57597–

63Rutherford County, NCNC65,74594–

64Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20191–

65Halifax County, NCNC46,53481–

66Alexander County, NCNC36,95878–

67Camden County, NCNC11,31577–

68Person County, NCNC40,63674–

69Cleveland County, NCNC103,32573–

70Hoke County, NCNC56,93966–

71Chowan County, NCNC14,08262–

72Hertford County, NCNC19,01555–

73Richmond County, NCNC42,04152–

74Clay County, NCNC12,23946–

75Avery County, NCNC18,11045–

76Caswell County, NCNC22,56345–

77Yadkin County, NCNC38,32544–

78Pamlico County, NCNC12,75841–

79Sampson County, NCNC61,50434–

80Bladen County, NCNC30,00732–

81Greene County, NCNC20,70032–

82Duplin County, NCNC51,57129–

83Anson County, NCNC21,75821–

84Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53721–

85Graham County, NCNC8,19020–

86Northampton County, NCNC16,49118–

87Alleghany County, NCNC11,47917–

88Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12113–

89Perquimans County, NCNC13,49012–

90Swain County, NCNC14,02412–

91Montgomery County, NCNC26,40311–

92Bertie County, NCNC17,08610–

93Warren County, NCNC18,89810–

94Gates County, NCNC10,2349–

95Mitchell County, NCNC15,0628–

96Yancey County, NCNC19,0847–

97Scotland County, NCNC33,3226–

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UPDATED 2026-06-06 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES