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Largest Romanian population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Romanian ancestry, 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 61 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 61 is 56. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Lincoln County, NC, up 35 places to #19.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest Romanian population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPROMANIAN POPULATIONVS 2010
01Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3832,315+37%
02Wake County, NCNC1,257,2351,838+81%
03▲1Union County, NCNC267,674957+318%
04▼1Buncombe County, NCNC277,417744−25%
05▲5Iredell County, NCNC211,798508+384%
06▼1Guilford County, NCNC562,234438+24%
07▼1Durham County, NCNC347,240436−3%
08▼1New Hanover County, NCNC245,959333+18%
09▼1Cumberland County, NCNC338,473286+340%
10▲2Orange County, NCNC152,498279+31%
11▲6Forsyth County, NCNC401,718225−25%
12▲1Chatham County, NCNC85,111207+283%
13▲11Catawba County, NCNC170,172207+6%
14▲6Brunswick County, NCNC174,702205+189%
15▼4Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725192+49%
16▼7Onslow County, NCNC217,175184+25%
17▲12Lee County, NCNC70,258137+954%
18▲1Pitt County, NCNC182,936128+110%
19▲35Lincoln County, NCNC98,654122+481%
20▲14Rowan County, NCNC155,096121+332%
21▼6Moore County, NCNC110,619121+303%
22Clay County, NCNC12,239117–
23▲2Gaston County, NCNC246,558112+138%
24▼3Johnston County, NCNC256,448105+27%
25▲31Caldwell County, NCNC81,10591+911%
26▲12Alamance County, NCNC186,17788+1157%
27▼11Henderson County, NCNC122,37581−59%
28Burke County, NCNC88,65575+650%
29▲31Cleveland County, NCNC103,32568+70%
30▼8Lenoir County, NCNC55,83761–
31▼13Randolph County, NCNC149,51656+124%
32▲8Craven County, NCNC105,02550+614%
33▼1Carteret County, NCNC70,46947−6%
34▲2Watauga County, NCNC54,78647−2%
35▲24Davie County, NCNC45,85544−8%
36▼5Jones County, NCNC9,57544–
37▲13Pender County, NCNC72,11138–
38Ashe County, NCNC27,51432–
39Wilson County, NCNC81,15028+833%
40▼3Haywood County, NCNC63,36926+53%
41▲4Dare County, NCNC38,24521−54%
42▲21Avery County, NCNC18,11018+80%
43▲15Wilkes County, NCNC66,23317+750%
44▲4Wayne County, NCNC122,27816−16%
45▼22Madison County, NCNC22,55315–
46▲7Rutherford County, NCNC65,74514−79%
47Camden County, NCNC11,31513–
48▼22Davidson County, NCNC180,18212−79%
49Yancey County, NCNC19,08412–
50▼7Franklin County, NCNC82,03711–
51Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20111–
52Yadkin County, NCNC38,32511−8%
53▼11Stanly County, NCNC68,83010−29%
54▼10Currituck County, NCNC33,1589–
55▼22Hoke County, NCNC56,9398−65%
56▼5Cherokee County, NCNC30,8307−22%
57▼43Harnett County, NCNC150,1377−42%
58Chowan County, NCNC14,0826–
59▼18Alleghany County, NCNC11,4794–
60Nash County, NCNC99,3653−96%
61▼26Rockingham County, NCNC94,1952−95%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES