RANKING · 2024 ACS · 99 SHOWN OF 99

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.

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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%

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

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

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

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

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

09Orange County, NCNC152,4981,310−20%

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

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

12Union County, NCNC267,6741,124−24%

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

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

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

16Cumberland County, NCNC338,473985−50%

17Rowan County, NCNC155,096928+17%

18Alamance County, NCNC186,177908+42%

19Catawba County, NCNC170,172740−2%

20Lincoln County, NCNC98,654728+316%

21Watauga County, NCNC54,786688+76%

22Moore County, NCNC110,619678−18%

23Johnston County, NCNC256,448593−37%

24Randolph County, NCNC149,516579+46%

25Craven County, NCNC105,025530−45%

26Davidson County, NCNC180,182501−36%

27Transylvania County, NCNC34,211495+93%

28Gaston County, NCNC246,558454−12%

29Caldwell County, NCNC81,105436+74%

30Pitt County, NCNC182,936428+8%

31Harnett County, NCNC150,137357−42%

32Currituck County, NCNC33,158347+116%

33Nash County, NCNC99,365339+8%

34Cleveland County, NCNC103,325332−11%

35Dare County, NCNC38,245310+44%

36Carteret County, NCNC70,469299−32%

37Davie County, NCNC45,855296+43%

38Rutherford County, NCNC65,745288−20%

39Rockingham County, NCNC94,195284−19%

40Wilson County, NCNC81,150281+89%

41Wayne County, NCNC122,278276−55%

42Lee County, NCNC70,258271+12%

43Cherokee County, NCNC30,830264+122%

44Franklin County, NCNC82,037245−9%

45Haywood County, NCNC63,369238−58%

46Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201236+63%

47Surry County, NCNC72,287232−31%

48Jackson County, NCNC45,039228−52%

49Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121220+331%

50Pender County, NCNC72,111212−25%

51Macon County, NCNC39,232203−47%

52Madison County, NCNC22,553197+52%

53Stanly County, NCNC68,830196−28%

54Wilkes County, NCNC66,233189+38%

55Granville County, NCNC61,421181−50%

56Ashe County, NCNC27,514167+92%

57Hoke County, NCNC56,939162+30%

58Burke County, NCNC88,655150−56%

59McDowell County, NCNC45,198132−35%

60Polk County, NCNC20,533128−29%

61Person County, NCNC40,636124−6%

62Camden County, NCNC11,315117+24%

63Montgomery County, NCNC26,403107+37%

64Yancey County, NCNC19,08497−53%

65Gates County, NCNC10,23488+1367%

66Lenoir County, NCNC55,83787−40%

67Avery County, NCNC18,11086−28%

68Beaufort County, NCNC44,67083−28%

69Perquimans County, NCNC13,49072−42%

70Alexander County, NCNC36,95866+20%

71Jones County, NCNC9,57564−14%

72Bladen County, NCNC30,00756–

73Mitchell County, NCNC15,06253−62%

74Alleghany County, NCNC11,47952+550%

75Pamlico County, NCNC12,75852+160%

76Yadkin County, NCNC38,32552+58%

77Greene County, NCNC20,70048−16%

78Halifax County, NCNC46,53446−56%

79Caswell County, NCNC22,56343+378%

80Hyde County, NCNC4,55439–

81Stokes County, NCNC46,12639−90%

82Vance County, NCNC42,63834+240%

83Duplin County, NCNC51,57134−73%

84Columbus County, NCNC50,48731−85%

85Northampton County, NCNC16,49129−49%

86Robeson County, NCNC119,94129−46%

87Warren County, NCNC18,89828−45%

88Anson County, NCNC21,75821−9%

89Swain County, NCNC14,02417−85%

90Richmond County, NCNC42,04116−56%

91Chowan County, NCNC14,08213–

92Clay County, NCNC12,2399−90%

93Scotland County, NCNC33,3229−75%

94Sampson County, NCNC61,5048−97%

95Bertie County, NCNC17,0865+67%

96Washington County, NCNC10,6385+150%

97Martin County, NCNC21,6012−95%

98Graham County, NCNC8,1902+0%

99Hertford County, NCNC19,0151−98%

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