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Largest Scotch-Irish population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scotch-Irish 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 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 100 is 1,083. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Madison County, NC, up 15 places to #44.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTCH-IRISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01▲1Wake County, NCNC1,257,23518,490−36%

02▼1Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38318,181−49%

03Guilford County, NCNC562,2348,344−48%

04Buncombe County, NCNC277,4177,250−52%

05Forsyth County, NCNC401,7185,978−46%

06Gaston County, NCNC246,5585,395−44%

07▲3Iredell County, NCNC211,7984,993−34%

08New Hanover County, NCNC245,9594,420−55%

09▼2Union County, NCNC267,6744,401−47%

10▲2Randolph County, NCNC149,5164,222+5%

11▲6Alamance County, NCNC186,1773,972−38%

12▲1Cumberland County, NCNC338,4733,815−61%

13▲3Orange County, NCNC152,4983,786−46%

14▲5Johnston County, NCNC256,4483,767−9%

15▼4Durham County, NCNC347,2403,745−51%

16▼7Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7253,644−54%

17▼2Rowan County, NCNC155,0963,574−41%

18▲2Brunswick County, NCNC174,7023,568−21%

19▼5Henderson County, NCNC122,3753,564−44%

20▼2Haywood County, NCNC63,3693,488−32%

21▲2Catawba County, NCNC170,1722,820−43%

22▲2Moore County, NCNC110,6192,806−27%

23▲2Pitt County, NCNC182,9362,706−36%

24▲3Davidson County, NCNC180,1822,572−45%

25▼3Onslow County, NCNC217,1752,561−41%

26Watauga County, NCNC54,7862,183−33%

27▼6Harnett County, NCNC150,1372,051−58%

28▲1Rutherford County, NCNC65,7452,049−34%

29▼1Jackson County, NCNC45,0392,039−32%

30▲14Rockingham County, NCNC94,1951,841−12%

31▲6Stanly County, NCNC68,8301,670−1%

32▲2Carteret County, NCNC70,4691,666−37%

33▲2Burke County, NCNC88,6551,628−56%

34▲4Macon County, NCNC39,2321,588−27%

35▲1Wilkes County, NCNC66,2331,561−30%

36▼6Caldwell County, NCNC81,1051,520−39%

37▼4Lincoln County, NCNC98,6541,508−47%

38▲2McDowell County, NCNC45,1981,479−43%

39▲4Lee County, NCNC70,2581,406−34%

40▼1Pender County, NCNC72,1111,340−48%

41▲14Transylvania County, NCNC34,2111,307−52%

42▲6Mitchell County, NCNC15,0621,290−6%

43▼12Chatham County, NCNC85,1111,278−55%

44▲15Madison County, NCNC22,5531,251−6%

45▲9Yadkin County, NCNC38,3251,236+58%

46▼1Avery County, NCNC18,1101,205−21%

47▲3Craven County, NCNC105,0251,174−60%

48▼16Cleveland County, NCNC103,3251,120−66%

49▼3Davie County, NCNC45,8551,105−30%

50▼9Surry County, NCNC72,2871,083−47%

51▼4Richmond County, NCNC42,0411,041−37%

52▲1Yancey County, NCNC19,0841,024−19%

53▲15Stokes County, NCNC46,126959−9%

54▲10Granville County, NCNC61,421908−12%

55▼3Ashe County, NCNC27,514894−32%

56▼7Franklin County, NCNC82,037893−21%

57▲6Columbus County, NCNC50,487843−54%

58▼16Wayne County, NCNC122,278842−70%

59▲3Robeson County, NCNC119,941819−66%

60▲5Alexander County, NCNC36,958803−34%

61▼3Cherokee County, NCNC30,830759−61%

62▼2Dare County, NCNC38,245751−45%

63▲4Polk County, NCNC20,533695−35%

64▲8Montgomery County, NCNC26,403672−48%

65▼9Sampson County, NCNC61,504672−60%

66▲3Clay County, NCNC12,239640+21%

67▼10Nash County, NCNC99,365562−71%

68▼17Wilson County, NCNC81,150556−66%

69▼3Bladen County, NCNC30,007535−69%

70▲8Lenoir County, NCNC55,837492−53%

71▲5Person County, NCNC40,636471−61%

72▲3Beaufort County, NCNC44,670459−37%

73▲1Scotland County, NCNC33,322458−64%

74▲5Swain County, NCNC14,024422−49%

75▼14Duplin County, NCNC51,571418−67%

76▲4Halifax County, NCNC46,534358−64%

77▼7Hoke County, NCNC56,939351−74%

78▼7Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201351−45%

79▲5Anson County, NCNC21,758350−57%

80▼7Caswell County, NCNC22,563330−24%

81Currituck County, NCNC33,158320−54%

82▼5Vance County, NCNC42,638289−48%

83▲7Camden County, NCNC11,315262+22%

84▲5Perquimans County, NCNC13,490237−14%

85▲3Pamlico County, NCNC12,758235−35%

86▲1Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121220−75%

87▼2Chowan County, NCNC14,082174−12%

88▲5Graham County, NCNC8,190171−53%

89▼6Alleghany County, NCNC11,479161−71%

90▼8Bertie County, NCNC17,086141−2%

91▼5Hertford County, NCNC19,015133−25%

92▲3Martin County, NCNC21,601127−54%

93▲7Hyde County, NCNC4,554116−9%

94Northampton County, NCNC16,49195−76%

95▼3Warren County, NCNC18,89887−68%

96▲1Washington County, NCNC10,63854−86%

97▼6Greene County, NCNC20,70049−80%

98Jones County, NCNC9,57538−77%

99▼3Gates County, NCNC10,23421−93%

100▼1Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53719−51%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES