RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 97 SHOWN OF 97

Largest Swedish population, North Carolina counties · 2010

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Swedish ancestry, from the 2010 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 97 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 97 is 216.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH POPULATIONVS –

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2356,901–

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3835,941–

03Guilford County, NCNC562,2342,447–

04Cumberland County, NCNC338,4731,982–

05Buncombe County, NCNC277,4171,960–

06New Hanover County, NCNC245,9591,698–

07Orange County, NCNC152,4981,642–

08Forsyth County, NCNC401,7181,628–

09Durham County, NCNC347,2401,571–

10Union County, NCNC267,6741,470–

11Onslow County, NCNC217,1751,406–

12Henderson County, NCNC122,3751,381–

13Brunswick County, NCNC174,7021,189–

14Iredell County, NCNC211,798971–

15Craven County, NCNC105,025960–

16Johnston County, NCNC256,448947–

17Moore County, NCNC110,619828–

18Rowan County, NCNC155,096796–

19Davidson County, NCNC180,182785–

20Catawba County, NCNC170,172756–

21Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725674–

22Alamance County, NCNC186,177641–

23Harnett County, NCNC150,137620–

24Wayne County, NCNC122,278616–

25Haywood County, NCNC63,369564–

26Gaston County, NCNC246,558515–

27Jackson County, NCNC45,039473–

28Carteret County, NCNC70,469442–

29Pitt County, NCNC182,936398–

30Stokes County, NCNC46,126398–

31Randolph County, NCNC149,516397–

32Watauga County, NCNC54,786392–

33Macon County, NCNC39,232385–

34Cleveland County, NCNC103,325373–

35Granville County, NCNC61,421365–

36Rutherford County, NCNC65,745360–

37Rockingham County, NCNC94,195349–

38Chatham County, NCNC85,111344–

39Burke County, NCNC88,655342–

40Surry County, NCNC72,287336–

41Nash County, NCNC99,365315–

42Sampson County, NCNC61,504290–

43Pender County, NCNC72,111284–

44Stanly County, NCNC68,830272–

45Franklin County, NCNC82,037270–

46Transylvania County, NCNC34,211256–

47Caldwell County, NCNC81,105250–

48Lee County, NCNC70,258242–

49Dare County, NCNC38,245216–

50Columbus County, NCNC50,487211–

51Davie County, NCNC45,855207–

52Yancey County, NCNC19,084205–

53McDowell County, NCNC45,198203–

54Polk County, NCNC20,533180–

55Lincoln County, NCNC98,654175–

56Currituck County, NCNC33,158161–

57Wilson County, NCNC81,150149–

58Lenoir County, NCNC55,837146–

59Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201145–

60Mitchell County, NCNC15,062138–

61Wilkes County, NCNC66,233137–

62Person County, NCNC40,636132–

63Madison County, NCNC22,553130–

64Duplin County, NCNC51,571127–

65Hoke County, NCNC56,939125–

66Perquimans County, NCNC13,490124–

67Avery County, NCNC18,110119–

68Cherokee County, NCNC30,830119–

69Beaufort County, NCNC44,670115–

70Swain County, NCNC14,024110–

71Halifax County, NCNC46,534105–

72Camden County, NCNC11,31594–

73Clay County, NCNC12,23990–

74Ashe County, NCNC27,51487–

75Montgomery County, NCNC26,40378–

76Jones County, NCNC9,57574–

77Hertford County, NCNC19,01563–

78Greene County, NCNC20,70057–

79Northampton County, NCNC16,49157–

80Alexander County, NCNC36,95855–

81Robeson County, NCNC119,94154–

82Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12151–

83Warren County, NCNC18,89851–

84Martin County, NCNC21,60140–

85Richmond County, NCNC42,04136–

86Scotland County, NCNC33,32236–

87Yadkin County, NCNC38,32533–

88Anson County, NCNC21,75823–

89Pamlico County, NCNC12,75820–

90Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53712–

91Vance County, NCNC42,63810–

92Caswell County, NCNC22,5639–

93Alleghany County, NCNC11,4798–

94Gates County, NCNC10,2346–

95Bertie County, NCNC17,0863–

96Graham County, NCNC8,1902–

97Washington County, NCNC10,6382–

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