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Largest Portuguese population, North Carolina counties · 2020

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Portuguese 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 84 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 84 is 70.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPORTUGUESE POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2353,542+146%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3832,176+49%

03Onslow County, NCNC217,175910+104%

04Cumberland County, NCNC338,473887+55%

05Durham County, NCNC347,240831+142%

06New Hanover County, NCNC245,959510+27%

07Iredell County, NCNC211,798490+50%

08Forsyth County, NCNC401,718446−2%

09Guilford County, NCNC562,234439−23%

10Union County, NCNC267,674384+28%

11Davie County, NCNC45,855367+2958%

12Buncombe County, NCNC277,417363−43%

13Henderson County, NCNC122,375308+72%

14Craven County, NCNC105,025298+153%

15Carteret County, NCNC70,469297+186%

16Orange County, NCNC152,498248−9%

17Catawba County, NCNC170,172245+172%

18Halifax County, NCNC46,534240+3329%

19Wayne County, NCNC122,278230−17%

20Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725214−16%

21Davidson County, NCNC180,182208+181%

22Pender County, NCNC72,111185+230%

23Harnett County, NCNC150,137181+36%

24Vance County, NCNC42,638166+361%

25Brunswick County, NCNC174,702161−10%

26Pitt County, NCNC182,936153−30%

27Currituck County, NCNC33,158132+676%

28Alamance County, NCNC186,177132−35%

29Chatham County, NCNC85,111130+364%

30Dare County, NCNC38,245121+450%

31Johnston County, NCNC256,448119−59%

32Gaston County, NCNC246,558102−37%

33Cherokee County, NCNC30,83099+148%

34Haywood County, NCNC63,36992+179%

35Lincoln County, NCNC98,65489−28%

36Moore County, NCNC110,61982−28%

37Jackson County, NCNC45,03979–

38Beaufort County, NCNC44,67078+95%

39Caldwell County, NCNC81,10575–

40Alexander County, NCNC36,95873–

41Stokes County, NCNC46,12672–

42Nash County, NCNC99,36570−8%

43Cleveland County, NCNC103,32561+177%

44Rowan County, NCNC155,09661+49%

45Rockingham County, NCNC94,19560+122%

46Stanly County, NCNC68,83053+279%

47Granville County, NCNC61,42150+525%

48Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20150−6%

49Sampson County, NCNC61,50450−18%

50Randolph County, NCNC149,51649−58%

51Burke County, NCNC88,65548−16%

52Macon County, NCNC39,23247–

53Perquimans County, NCNC13,49041–

54Lee County, NCNC70,25840−43%

55Richmond County, NCNC42,04138–

56Transylvania County, NCNC34,21137–

57Washington County, NCNC10,63837+61%

58Columbus County, NCNC50,48734+113%

59Franklin County, NCNC82,03732−43%

60Greene County, NCNC20,70032–

61Lenoir County, NCNC55,83732+68%

62Surry County, NCNC72,28729+16%

63Watauga County, NCNC54,78629−78%

64Camden County, NCNC11,31525−82%

65Rutherford County, NCNC65,74524−81%

66Madison County, NCNC22,55323+28%

67Swain County, NCNC14,02423+360%

68Wilson County, NCNC81,15021−5%

69Clay County, NCNC12,23914−69%

70Avery County, NCNC18,11012−48%

71Mitchell County, NCNC15,06212–

72Scotland County, NCNC33,32212−68%

73Bladen County, NCNC30,00711+83%

74Polk County, NCNC20,53310−84%

75Wilkes County, NCNC66,23310−17%

76Hertford County, NCNC19,01510−94%

77Jones County, NCNC9,5759–

78Anson County, NCNC21,7587+75%

79Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1214−83%

80Northampton County, NCNC16,4914−81%

81Warren County, NCNC18,8984−43%

82Pamlico County, NCNC12,7582–

83Robeson County, NCNC119,9412−98%

84Person County, NCNC40,6361−97%

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