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Largest Puerto Rican population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Puerto Rican origin, 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 99 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPUERTO RICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,23516,969+140%

02Cumberland County, NCNC338,47314,990+53%

03Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38312,910+69%

04Guilford County, NCNC562,2347,366+176%

05Onslow County, NCNC217,1757,105+71%

06Forsyth County, NCNC401,7186,121+131%

07Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7254,485+159%

08Harnett County, NCNC150,1374,430+313%

09Johnston County, NCNC256,4483,745+227%

10Gaston County, NCNC246,5583,686+171%

11Durham County, NCNC347,2403,140+81%

12New Hanover County, NCNC245,9592,970+115%

13Union County, NCNC267,6742,876+82%

14Catawba County, NCNC170,1722,544+273%

15Hoke County, NCNC56,9392,324+76%

16Iredell County, NCNC211,7981,816+64%

17Buncombe County, NCNC277,4171,775+142%

18Craven County, NCNC105,0251,748+80%

19Pitt County, NCNC182,9361,747+145%

20Alamance County, NCNC186,1771,727+173%

21Davidson County, NCNC180,1821,542+475%

22Randolph County, NCNC149,5161,469+40%

23Henderson County, NCNC122,3751,465+701%

24Moore County, NCNC110,6191,352+264%

25Lee County, NCNC70,2581,297+46%

26Orange County, NCNC152,4981,114+220%

27Rowan County, NCNC155,0961,065+278%

28Brunswick County, NCNC174,702970+96%

29Robeson County, NCNC119,941939+483%

30Granville County, NCNC61,421873+245%

31Surry County, NCNC72,287850+165%

32Wayne County, NCNC122,278784+8%

33Nash County, NCNC99,365748+205%

34Carteret County, NCNC70,469666+193%

35Duplin County, NCNC51,571649+381%

36Burke County, NCNC88,655605+39%

37Chatham County, NCNC85,111580+237%

38Stokes County, NCNC46,126522+1114%

39Lenoir County, NCNC55,837508+167%

40Jackson County, NCNC45,039496+147%

41Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201496+28%

42Rockingham County, NCNC94,195496+49%

43Franklin County, NCNC82,037468+19%

44Lincoln County, NCNC98,654427+24%

45Pender County, NCNC72,111424+300%

46Cleveland County, NCNC103,325415+199%

47Vance County, NCNC42,638413+161%

48Wilkes County, NCNC66,233409+159%

49Greene County, NCNC20,700397+2381%

50Haywood County, NCNC63,369394+56%

51Richmond County, NCNC42,041375+137%

52Person County, NCNC40,636345+8%

53Watauga County, NCNC54,786342+284%

54Alexander County, NCNC36,958341+641%

55Scotland County, NCNC33,322333+243%

56Montgomery County, NCNC26,403325+1061%

57Caldwell County, NCNC81,105289−21%

58Davie County, NCNC45,855246+565%

59Bladen County, NCNC30,007240+243%

60Macon County, NCNC39,232240+98%

61McDowell County, NCNC45,198234+655%

62Rutherford County, NCNC65,745225+68%

63Beaufort County, NCNC44,670220+82%

64Currituck County, NCNC33,158201+23%

65Halifax County, NCNC46,534201−31%

66Camden County, NCNC11,315198–

67Cherokee County, NCNC30,830186−17%

68Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121175+108%

69Sampson County, NCNC61,504166−76%

70Warren County, NCNC18,898159+81%

71Dare County, NCNC38,245156+1014%

72Stanly County, NCNC68,830155−37%

73Polk County, NCNC20,533152−4%

74Transylvania County, NCNC34,211149+728%

75Wilson County, NCNC81,150149−3%

76Pamlico County, NCNC12,758131+671%

77Ashe County, NCNC27,514127+1488%

78Alleghany County, NCNC11,479120+991%

79Martin County, NCNC21,601106+104%

80Perquimans County, NCNC13,490105+98%

81Anson County, NCNC21,758103+255%

82Hertford County, NCNC19,015102+325%

83Yadkin County, NCNC38,32589+5%

84Avery County, NCNC18,11081+0%

85Northampton County, NCNC16,49177+17%

86Caswell County, NCNC22,56375−73%

87Swain County, NCNC14,02472+13%

88Columbus County, NCNC50,48770+775%

89Madison County, NCNC22,55366+200%

90Mitchell County, NCNC15,06263+29%

91Jones County, NCNC9,57561+771%

92Chowan County, NCNC14,08244−12%

93Gates County, NCNC10,23426+13%

94Washington County, NCNC10,63825–

95Yancey County, NCNC19,08422−4%

96Bertie County, NCNC17,08618−25%

97Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53717−39%

98Hyde County, NCNC4,55416−82%

99Clay County, NCNC12,2398−11%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES