RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 93 SHOWN OF 93

Largest Norwegian population, North Carolina counties · 2010

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Norwegian ancestry, from the 2010 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 93 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 93 is 171.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS –

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2356,009–

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3834,573–

03Guilford County, NCNC562,2342,023–

04Forsyth County, NCNC401,7181,990–

05Buncombe County, NCNC277,4171,771–

06Onslow County, NCNC217,1751,723–

07Cumberland County, NCNC338,4731,716–

08Durham County, NCNC347,2401,509–

09New Hanover County, NCNC245,9591,308–

10Henderson County, NCNC122,3751,197–

11Union County, NCNC267,674928–

12Iredell County, NCNC211,798914–

13Orange County, NCNC152,498884–

14Watauga County, NCNC54,786704–

15Pitt County, NCNC182,936645–

16Davidson County, NCNC180,182642–

17Craven County, NCNC105,025629–

18Alamance County, NCNC186,177590–

19Currituck County, NCNC33,158574–

20Catawba County, NCNC170,172570–

21Chatham County, NCNC85,111545–

22Wayne County, NCNC122,278539–

23Moore County, NCNC110,619504–

24Brunswick County, NCNC174,702487–

25Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725483–

26Johnston County, NCNC256,448461–

27Carteret County, NCNC70,469437–

28Pender County, NCNC72,111424–

29Randolph County, NCNC149,516415–

30Cleveland County, NCNC103,325388–

31Rowan County, NCNC155,096363–

32Franklin County, NCNC82,037354–

33Gaston County, NCNC246,558338–

34Burke County, NCNC88,655333–

35Harnett County, NCNC150,137324–

36Haywood County, NCNC63,369321–

37Lenoir County, NCNC55,837318–

38Transylvania County, NCNC34,211287–

39Dare County, NCNC38,245261–

40Nash County, NCNC99,365248–

41Rockingham County, NCNC94,195217–

42Rutherford County, NCNC65,745203–

43McDowell County, NCNC45,198201–

44Lincoln County, NCNC98,654196–

45Caldwell County, NCNC81,105186–

46Avery County, NCNC18,110174–

47Wilkes County, NCNC66,233171–

48Wilson County, NCNC81,150170–

49Macon County, NCNC39,232169–

50Robeson County, NCNC119,941162–

51Sampson County, NCNC61,504157–

52Stokes County, NCNC46,126148–

53Davie County, NCNC45,855147–

54Granville County, NCNC61,421147–

55Swain County, NCNC14,024145–

56Richmond County, NCNC42,041143–

57Anson County, NCNC21,758120–

58Duplin County, NCNC51,571109–

59Perquimans County, NCNC13,490104–

60Person County, NCNC40,636103–

61Ashe County, NCNC27,51496–

62Jackson County, NCNC45,03990–

63Beaufort County, NCNC44,67088–

64Gates County, NCNC10,23488–

65Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12182–

66Polk County, NCNC20,53381–

67Alexander County, NCNC36,95879–

68Columbus County, NCNC50,48777–

69Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20176–

70Lee County, NCNC70,25870–

71Yadkin County, NCNC38,32558–

72Cherokee County, NCNC30,83052–

73Hoke County, NCNC56,93951–

74Stanly County, NCNC68,83050–

75Montgomery County, NCNC26,40349–

76Washington County, NCNC10,63847–

77Camden County, NCNC11,31542–

78Vance County, NCNC42,63841–

79Halifax County, NCNC46,53439–

80Surry County, NCNC72,28735–

81Scotland County, NCNC33,32234–

82Caswell County, NCNC22,56332–

83Yancey County, NCNC19,08431–

84Alleghany County, NCNC11,47923–

85Clay County, NCNC12,23923–

86Madison County, NCNC22,55322–

87Martin County, NCNC21,60121–

88Bladen County, NCNC30,00716–

89Graham County, NCNC8,19014–

90Mitchell County, NCNC15,06210–

91Northampton County, NCNC16,49110–

92Hertford County, NCNC19,0159–

93Warren County, NCNC18,8989–

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