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Largest Swedish population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Swedish 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 99 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 99 is 212. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Rutherford County, NC, up 39 places to #38.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2358,478+23%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3835,872−1%

03Durham County, NCNC347,2402,573+64%

04▲1Guilford County, NCNC562,2342,410−2%

05▲1New Hanover County, NCNC245,9592,337+38%

06▲1Buncombe County, NCNC277,4172,073+6%

07▲3Forsyth County, NCNC401,7181,969+21%

08▼4Onslow County, NCNC217,1751,735+23%

09Orange County, NCNC152,4981,310−20%

10▲3Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7251,242+84%

11▲4Henderson County, NCNC122,3751,209−12%

12▼1Union County, NCNC267,6741,124−24%

13▲19Chatham County, NCNC85,1111,091+217%

14Iredell County, NCNC211,7981,033+6%

15▲2Brunswick County, NCNC174,7021,012−15%

16▼8Cumberland County, NCNC338,473985−50%

17▲2Rowan County, NCNC155,096928+17%

18▲4Alamance County, NCNC186,177908+42%

19▲10Catawba County, NCNC170,172740−2%

20▼2Lincoln County, NCNC98,654728+316%

21Watauga County, NCNC54,786688+76%

22▲3Moore County, NCNC110,619678−18%

23▼11Johnston County, NCNC256,448593−37%

24▲7Randolph County, NCNC149,516579+46%

25▼9Craven County, NCNC105,025530−45%

26▲2Davidson County, NCNC180,182501−36%

27▲14Transylvania County, NCNC34,211495+93%

28▼5Gaston County, NCNC246,558454−12%

29▲19Caldwell County, NCNC81,105436+74%

30▼6Pitt County, NCNC182,936428+8%

31▼11Harnett County, NCNC150,137357−42%

32▲15Currituck County, NCNC33,158347+116%

33▲3Nash County, NCNC99,365339+8%

34▲8Cleveland County, NCNC103,325332−11%

35▼5Dare County, NCNC38,245310+44%

36▼9Carteret County, NCNC70,469299−32%

37▼11Davie County, NCNC45,855296+43%

38▲39Rutherford County, NCNC65,745288−20%

39▼5Rockingham County, NCNC94,195284−19%

40▲11Wilson County, NCNC81,150281+89%

41▼8Wayne County, NCNC122,278276−55%

42▼4Lee County, NCNC70,258271+12%

43Cherokee County, NCNC30,830264+122%

44▲9Franklin County, NCNC82,037245−9%

45▼8Haywood County, NCNC63,369238−58%

46▲3Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201236+63%

47▲12Surry County, NCNC72,287232−31%

48▲2Jackson County, NCNC45,039228−52%

49▲39Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121220+331%

50▼4Pender County, NCNC72,111212−25%

51▼6Macon County, NCNC39,232203−47%

52▲19Madison County, NCNC22,553197+52%

53▼1Stanly County, NCNC68,830196−28%

54▼19Wilkes County, NCNC66,233189+38%

55▼11Granville County, NCNC61,421181−50%

56▲7Ashe County, NCNC27,514167+92%

57▼18Hoke County, NCNC56,939162+30%

58▼18Burke County, NCNC88,655150−56%

59▲1McDowell County, NCNC45,198132−35%

60▼5Polk County, NCNC20,533128−29%

61▲3Person County, NCNC40,636124−6%

62Camden County, NCNC11,315117+24%

63▲13Montgomery County, NCNC26,403107+37%

64▲4Yancey County, NCNC19,08497−53%

65▲26Gates County, NCNC10,23488+1367%

66▼12Lenoir County, NCNC55,83787−40%

67▲15Avery County, NCNC18,11086−28%

68▼11Beaufort County, NCNC44,67083−28%

69▲25Perquimans County, NCNC13,49072−42%

70▲3Alexander County, NCNC36,95866+20%

71▲3Jones County, NCNC9,57564−14%

72▲7Bladen County, NCNC30,00756–

73▲10Mitchell County, NCNC15,06253−62%

74▲1Alleghany County, NCNC11,47952+550%

75▲6Pamlico County, NCNC12,75852+160%

76▼10Yadkin County, NCNC38,32552+58%

77▼21Greene County, NCNC20,70048−16%

78Halifax County, NCNC46,53446−56%

79▲17Caswell County, NCNC22,56343+378%

80▲13Hyde County, NCNC4,55439–

81▼12Stokes County, NCNC46,12639−90%

82▼12Vance County, NCNC42,63834+240%

83▼22Duplin County, NCNC51,57134−73%

84▲1Columbus County, NCNC50,48731−85%

85▲5Northampton County, NCNC16,49129−49%

86▼2Robeson County, NCNC119,94129−46%

87▼15Warren County, NCNC18,89828−45%

88▼1Anson County, NCNC21,75821−9%

89▼31Swain County, NCNC14,02417−85%

90▼23Richmond County, NCNC42,04116−56%

91▼26Chowan County, NCNC14,08213–

92▼30Clay County, NCNC12,2399−90%

93▼7Scotland County, NCNC33,3229−75%

94▼14Sampson County, NCNC61,5048−97%

95Bertie County, NCNC17,0865+67%

96▼7Washington County, NCNC10,6385+150%

97Martin County, NCNC21,6012−95%

98▼6Graham County, NCNC8,19020%

99▼4Hertford County, NCNC19,0151−98%

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