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Largest Spaniard population, North Carolina counties · 2020

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Spaniard origin, 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 71 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 71 is 75.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSPANIARD POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2351,572+142%

02Cumberland County, NCNC338,473883+90%

03Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,383738−43%

04Onslow County, NCNC217,175624+89%

05Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725548+364%

06New Hanover County, NCNC245,959502+356%

07Guilford County, NCNC562,234481+152%

08Union County, NCNC267,674374+94%

09Durham County, NCNC347,240366+1%

10Forsyth County, NCNC401,718349+155%

11Catawba County, NCNC170,172333+825%

12Rutherford County, NCNC65,745331–

13Brunswick County, NCNC174,702324+913%

14Harnett County, NCNC150,137308+300%

15Buncombe County, NCNC277,417298+35%

16Iredell County, NCNC211,798255+160%

17Davidson County, NCNC180,182241+1754%

18Hoke County, NCNC56,939230+229%

19Orange County, NCNC152,498213+18%

20Pitt County, NCNC182,936201+279%

21Johnston County, NCNC256,448200+41%

22Rowan County, NCNC155,096197+319%

23Gaston County, NCNC246,558176+1367%

24Chatham County, NCNC85,111153+226%

25Henderson County, NCNC122,375146+25%

26Carteret County, NCNC70,469138+452%

27Swain County, NCNC14,024123–

28Franklin County, NCNC82,037118+203%

29Craven County, NCNC105,025115+60%

30Transylvania County, NCNC34,211103–

31Caldwell County, NCNC81,10594−67%

32Robeson County, NCNC119,94189+424%

33Surry County, NCNC72,28789+147%

34Lincoln County, NCNC98,65488–

35Currituck County, NCNC33,15880+7900%

36Wayne County, NCNC122,27875+108%

37Cherokee County, NCNC30,83074–

38Lee County, NCNC70,25874−68%

39Moore County, NCNC110,61969+30%

40Wilkes County, NCNC66,23361–

41Alamance County, NCNC186,17757−40%

42Watauga County, NCNC54,78656+56%

43Alexander County, NCNC36,95856+367%

44Dare County, NCNC38,24553+212%

45Columbus County, NCNC50,48752+247%

46Graham County, NCNC8,19050–

47Rockingham County, NCNC94,19543–

48Richmond County, NCNC42,04142–

49Haywood County, NCNC63,36941–

50Alleghany County, NCNC11,47939+875%

51Camden County, NCNC11,31530–

52Wilson County, NCNC81,15027+50%

53Yadkin County, NCNC38,32525–

54Macon County, NCNC39,23221–

55Polk County, NCNC20,53320–

56Granville County, NCNC61,42118–

57Jackson County, NCNC45,03914−53%

58Avery County, NCNC18,11013–

59Cleveland County, NCNC103,32513−72%

60Northampton County, NCNC16,4919–

61Montgomery County, NCNC26,4038–

62Warren County, NCNC18,8988–

63Madison County, NCNC22,5537−36%

64Beaufort County, NCNC44,6706−85%

65Randolph County, NCNC149,5165–

66Yancey County, NCNC19,0845+25%

67Greene County, NCNC20,7004−94%

68Nash County, NCNC99,3653–

69Duplin County, NCNC51,5713−94%

70Person County, NCNC40,6362−89%

71Hertford County, NCNC19,01510%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS