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Largest South American population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are South American 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 93 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSOUTH AMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38325,700+105%

02Wake County, NCNC1,257,23515,126+209%

03Union County, NCNC267,6745,024+103%

04Forsyth County, NCNC401,7184,787+96%

05Durham County, NCNC347,2403,959+147%

06Guilford County, NCNC562,2343,669+60%

07Gaston County, NCNC246,5583,630+147%

08Cumberland County, NCNC338,4733,197+58%

09Iredell County, NCNC211,7983,050+96%

10Buncombe County, NCNC277,4172,935+413%

11Johnston County, NCNC256,4482,877+561%

12Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7252,506+123%

13Orange County, NCNC152,4982,004+130%

14Catawba County, NCNC170,1721,946+169%

15Onslow County, NCNC217,1751,677+73%

16New Hanover County, NCNC245,9591,647+160%

17Alamance County, NCNC186,1771,646+304%

18Henderson County, NCNC122,3751,234+276%

19Davidson County, NCNC180,182979+375%

20Chatham County, NCNC85,111974+673%

21Brunswick County, NCNC174,702961+78%

22Harnett County, NCNC150,137870+348%

23Pitt County, NCNC182,936829+176%

24Franklin County, NCNC82,037738+542%

25Rowan County, NCNC155,096699+199%

26Craven County, NCNC105,025663+176%

27Randolph County, NCNC149,516662+114%

28Moore County, NCNC110,619597+463%

29Lincoln County, NCNC98,654586+71%

30Rutherford County, NCNC65,745580+1350%

31Watauga County, NCNC54,786574+498%

32Wilson County, NCNC81,150505+216%

33Caldwell County, NCNC81,105482+99%

34Hoke County, NCNC56,939454+2%

35Nash County, NCNC99,365441+280%

36Carteret County, NCNC70,469286+1807%

37Wayne County, NCNC122,278280+128%

38Dare County, NCNC38,245278−15%

39Lee County, NCNC70,258267+152%

40Stanly County, NCNC68,830227+2170%

41Sampson County, NCNC61,504220+464%

42Person County, NCNC40,636204–

43Montgomery County, NCNC26,403193+339%

44Swain County, NCNC14,024180–

45Davie County, NCNC45,855173+409%

46Granville County, NCNC61,421159+18%

47Cleveland County, NCNC103,325154+295%

48Haywood County, NCNC63,369154+208%

49Pender County, NCNC72,111149−31%

50Burke County, NCNC88,655143−6%

51Rockingham County, NCNC94,195137+427%

52Stokes County, NCNC46,126131–

53Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201123–

54Yancey County, NCNC19,084120+186%

55Richmond County, NCNC42,04198+58%

56Clay County, NCNC12,23997+547%

57Macon County, NCNC39,23296−17%

58Hertford County, NCNC19,01588+780%

59Bladen County, NCNC30,00786–

60Alexander County, NCNC36,95884+833%

61Currituck County, NCNC33,15877+51%

62Halifax County, NCNC46,53475+2400%

63Ashe County, NCNC27,51474+270%

64Robeson County, NCNC119,94173+24%

65Jackson County, NCNC45,03972+33%

66Beaufort County, NCNC44,67062−33%

67McDowell County, NCNC45,19861+369%

68Polk County, NCNC20,53359−26%

69Surry County, NCNC72,28756−5%

70Warren County, NCNC18,89852–

71Vance County, NCNC42,63846–

72Lenoir County, NCNC55,83741–

73Cherokee County, NCNC30,83038+19%

74Transylvania County, NCNC34,21137+68%

75Duplin County, NCNC51,57137−26%

76Columbus County, NCNC50,48732–

77Madison County, NCNC22,55330−12%

78Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12129−12%

79Avery County, NCNC18,11027+42%

80Mitchell County, NCNC15,06227–

81Anson County, NCNC21,75826–

82Washington County, NCNC10,63826–

83Bertie County, NCNC17,08625+127%

84Hyde County, NCNC4,55421–

85Pamlico County, NCNC12,75821–

86Scotland County, NCNC33,32221−81%

87Jones County, NCNC9,57519+111%

88Wilkes County, NCNC66,23311−8%

89Yadkin County, NCNC38,32510−83%

90Alleghany County, NCNC11,4798+33%

91Chowan County, NCNC14,0828–

92Greene County, NCNC20,7005−44%

93Graham County, NCNC8,1904–

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