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Largest Russian population, North Carolina counties · 2020

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Russian 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 92 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRUSSIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2358,407+27%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3836,834−5%

03Buncombe County, NCNC277,4172,561+56%

04Orange County, NCNC152,4981,810−15%

05Union County, NCNC267,6741,794+18%

06Guilford County, NCNC562,2341,635−21%

07Durham County, NCNC347,2401,514−22%

08New Hanover County, NCNC245,9591,199+1%

09Cumberland County, NCNC338,4731,159+0%

10Catawba County, NCNC170,1721,080+105%

11Forsyth County, NCNC401,718969−38%

12Johnston County, NCNC256,448783+51%

13Iredell County, NCNC211,798671+3%

14Chatham County, NCNC85,111658+48%

15Brunswick County, NCNC174,702654+58%

16Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725568−42%

17Onslow County, NCNC217,175555−40%

18Henderson County, NCNC122,375545−35%

19Randolph County, NCNC149,516485+232%

20Pitt County, NCNC182,936468−3%

21Gaston County, NCNC246,558463+5%

22Craven County, NCNC105,025443+8%

23Watauga County, NCNC54,786422+4%

24Alamance County, NCNC186,177326−41%

25Moore County, NCNC110,619307−20%

26Lincoln County, NCNC98,654306+76%

27Harnett County, NCNC150,137297+60%

28Davidson County, NCNC180,182290−31%

29Haywood County, NCNC63,369278+20%

30Rutherford County, NCNC65,745257+9%

31Pender County, NCNC72,111217−11%

32Rowan County, NCNC155,096214−33%

33Stokes County, NCNC46,126211–

34Carteret County, NCNC70,469210−21%

35Camden County, NCNC11,315209–

36Lee County, NCNC70,258208+37%

37Franklin County, NCNC82,037195+105%

38Currituck County, NCNC33,158173+5%

39Transylvania County, NCNC34,211156+7%

40McDowell County, NCNC45,198146+7%

41Sampson County, NCNC61,504144+397%

42Rockingham County, NCNC94,195128−37%

43Lenoir County, NCNC55,837103+3%

44Macon County, NCNC39,232102+55%

45Granville County, NCNC61,421102−48%

46Hoke County, NCNC56,93999−41%

47Dare County, NCNC38,24598−49%

48Burke County, NCNC88,65596−16%

49Cherokee County, NCNC30,83095–

50Person County, NCNC40,63686+39%

51Vance County, NCNC42,63880+220%

52Stanly County, NCNC68,83079+147%

53Wayne County, NCNC122,27878−16%

54Caldwell County, NCNC81,10575−56%

55Surry County, NCNC72,28775−61%

56Davie County, NCNC45,85574−38%

57Halifax County, NCNC46,53474+95%

58Scotland County, NCNC33,32274+3600%

59Cleveland County, NCNC103,32573+66%

60Madison County, NCNC22,55370+84%

61Ashe County, NCNC27,51467+168%

62Pamlico County, NCNC12,75862+72%

63Columbus County, NCNC50,48761−60%

64Duplin County, NCNC51,57161+33%

65Polk County, NCNC20,53359−29%

66Swain County, NCNC14,02456+65%

67Nash County, NCNC99,36553−65%

68Yancey County, NCNC19,08449+717%

69Caswell County, NCNC22,56337+185%

70Chowan County, NCNC14,08237−49%

71Alexander County, NCNC36,95836+177%

72Robeson County, NCNC119,94136−29%

73Yadkin County, NCNC38,32535+289%

74Wilkes County, NCNC66,23334−48%

75Wilson County, NCNC81,15032−77%

76Beaufort County, NCNC44,67029−73%

77Avery County, NCNC18,11029+12%

78Bertie County, NCNC17,08626–

79Richmond County, NCNC42,04126−42%

80Greene County, NCNC20,70022–

81Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20119−94%

82Perquimans County, NCNC13,49019−62%

83Bladen County, NCNC30,00716–

84Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12115−69%

85Montgomery County, NCNC26,40315−52%

86Northampton County, NCNC16,49112−80%

87Washington County, NCNC10,63811−58%

88Gates County, NCNC10,2348–

89Jones County, NCNC9,5757−79%

90Anson County, NCNC21,7586–

91Jackson County, NCNC45,0393−97%

92Alleghany County, NCNC11,4791–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS