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Largest Norwegian population, North Carolina counties · 2020

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Norwegian 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 182.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2357,572+26%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3835,471+20%

03Guilford County, NCNC562,2342,173+7%

04Forsyth County, NCNC401,7182,026+2%

05Buncombe County, NCNC277,4171,860+5%

06New Hanover County, NCNC245,9591,805+38%

07Cumberland County, NCNC338,4731,7200%

08Durham County, NCNC347,2401,462−3%

09Orange County, NCNC152,4981,418+60%

10Onslow County, NCNC217,1751,230−29%

11Union County, NCNC267,6741,142+23%

12Henderson County, NCNC122,3751,076−10%

13Brunswick County, NCNC174,7021,069+120%

14Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725903+87%

15Iredell County, NCNC211,798877−4%

16Caldwell County, NCNC81,105645+247%

17Johnston County, NCNC256,448585+27%

18Craven County, NCNC105,025553−12%

19Gaston County, NCNC246,558544+61%

20Moore County, NCNC110,619528+5%

21Watauga County, NCNC54,786519−26%

22Harnett County, NCNC150,137519+60%

23Carteret County, NCNC70,469518+19%

24Franklin County, NCNC82,037503+42%

25Transylvania County, NCNC34,211500+74%

26Pitt County, NCNC182,936471−27%

27Catawba County, NCNC170,172439−23%

28Lincoln County, NCNC98,654412+110%

29Burke County, NCNC88,655405+22%

30Haywood County, NCNC63,369371+16%

31Jackson County, NCNC45,039359+299%

32Alamance County, NCNC186,177359−39%

33Chatham County, NCNC85,111356−35%

34Davidson County, NCNC180,182350−45%

35Randolph County, NCNC149,516307−26%

36Nash County, NCNC99,365299+21%

37Rowan County, NCNC155,096299−18%

38Davie County, NCNC45,855298+103%

39Wayne County, NCNC122,278266−51%

40Beaufort County, NCNC44,670236+168%

41Macon County, NCNC39,232235+39%

42Surry County, NCNC72,287233+566%

43Rockingham County, NCNC94,195232+7%

44Dare County, NCNC38,245230−12%

45Rutherford County, NCNC65,745227+12%

46Columbus County, NCNC50,487215+179%

47Cherokee County, NCNC30,830203+290%

48Pender County, NCNC72,111192−55%

49Robeson County, NCNC119,941185+14%

50Stanly County, NCNC68,830182+264%

51Hoke County, NCNC56,939176+245%

52Granville County, NCNC61,421163+11%

53Wilson County, NCNC81,150162−5%

54Polk County, NCNC20,533158+95%

55Person County, NCNC40,636150+46%

56Lee County, NCNC70,258139+99%

57Sampson County, NCNC61,504127−19%

58Stokes County, NCNC46,126124−16%

59Wilkes County, NCNC66,233116−32%

60Ashe County, NCNC27,514105+9%

61Currituck County, NCNC33,158101−82%

62Gates County, NCNC10,23499+13%

63Madison County, NCNC22,55399+350%

64Montgomery County, NCNC26,40390+84%

65Jones County, NCNC9,57586–

66Camden County, NCNC11,31584+100%

67Duplin County, NCNC51,57178−28%

68Alexander County, NCNC36,95878−1%

69Scotland County, NCNC33,32275+121%

70Avery County, NCNC18,11072−59%

71Cleveland County, NCNC103,32569−82%

72Vance County, NCNC42,63863+54%

73McDowell County, NCNC45,19862−69%

74Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20160−21%

75Yadkin County, NCNC38,32560+3%

76Graham County, NCNC8,19055+293%

77Richmond County, NCNC42,04155−62%

78Lenoir County, NCNC55,83753−83%

79Mitchell County, NCNC15,06252+420%

80Hertford County, NCNC19,01550+456%

81Halifax County, NCNC46,53448+23%

82Caswell County, NCNC22,56339+22%

83Perquimans County, NCNC13,49035−66%

84Washington County, NCNC10,63835−26%

85Yancey County, NCNC19,084310%

86Greene County, NCNC20,70027–

87Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12126−68%

88Alleghany County, NCNC11,479230%

89Chowan County, NCNC14,08222–

90Bladen County, NCNC30,00721+31%

91Northampton County, NCNC16,49119+90%

92Pamlico County, NCNC12,75818–

93Warren County, NCNC18,89816+78%

94Swain County, NCNC14,02414−90%

95Martin County, NCNC21,60113−38%

96Clay County, NCNC12,2399−61%

97Bertie County, NCNC17,0866–

98Anson County, NCNC21,7581−99%

99Hyde County, NCNC4,5541–

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