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Largest Swedish population, North Carolina counties · 2020

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Swedish ancestry, 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 96 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 96 is 230.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2359,238+34%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3836,542+10%

03Durham County, NCNC347,2402,342+49%

04Onslow County, NCNC217,1752,325+65%

05Guilford County, NCNC562,2342,117−13%

06New Hanover County, NCNC245,9592,081+23%

07Buncombe County, NCNC277,4171,847−6%

08Cumberland County, NCNC338,4731,749−12%

09Orange County, NCNC152,4981,726+5%

10Forsyth County, NCNC401,7181,608−1%

11Union County, NCNC267,6741,539+5%

12Johnston County, NCNC256,4481,418+50%

13Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7251,087+61%

14Iredell County, NCNC211,7981,022+5%

15Henderson County, NCNC122,375937−32%

16Craven County, NCNC105,025837−13%

17Brunswick County, NCNC174,702809−32%

18Lincoln County, NCNC98,654796+355%

19Rowan County, NCNC155,096775−3%

20Harnett County, NCNC150,137700+13%

21Watauga County, NCNC54,786698+78%

22Alamance County, NCNC186,177683+7%

23Gaston County, NCNC246,558658+28%

24Pitt County, NCNC182,936631+59%

25Moore County, NCNC110,619622−25%

26Davie County, NCNC45,855590+185%

27Carteret County, NCNC70,469540+22%

28Davidson County, NCNC180,182491−37%

29Catawba County, NCNC170,172468−38%

30Dare County, NCNC38,245436+102%

31Randolph County, NCNC149,516427+8%

32Chatham County, NCNC85,111426+24%

33Wayne County, NCNC122,278406−34%

34Rockingham County, NCNC94,195403+15%

35Wilkes County, NCNC66,233400+192%

36Nash County, NCNC99,365352+12%

37Haywood County, NCNC63,369350−38%

38Lee County, NCNC70,258331+37%

39Hoke County, NCNC56,939319+155%

40Burke County, NCNC88,655307−10%

41Transylvania County, NCNC34,211285+11%

42Cleveland County, NCNC103,325278−25%

43Cherokee County, NCNC30,830249+109%

44Granville County, NCNC61,421248−32%

45Macon County, NCNC39,232246−36%

46Pender County, NCNC72,111245−14%

47Currituck County, NCNC33,158241+50%

48Caldwell County, NCNC81,105230−8%

49Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201224+54%

50Jackson County, NCNC45,039212−55%

51Wilson County, NCNC81,150212+42%

52Stanly County, NCNC68,830210−23%

53Franklin County, NCNC82,037199−26%

54Lenoir County, NCNC55,837169+16%

55Polk County, NCNC20,533162−10%

56Greene County, NCNC20,700154+170%

57Beaufort County, NCNC44,670148+29%

58Swain County, NCNC14,024144+31%

59Surry County, NCNC72,287141−58%

60McDowell County, NCNC45,198137−33%

61Duplin County, NCNC51,571128+1%

62Clay County, NCNC12,239118+31%

63Ashe County, NCNC27,514110+26%

64Person County, NCNC40,636109−17%

65Chowan County, NCNC14,08298–

66Yadkin County, NCNC38,32598+197%

67Richmond County, NCNC42,04195+164%

68Yancey County, NCNC19,08495−54%

69Stokes County, NCNC46,12689−78%

70Vance County, NCNC42,63887+770%

71Madison County, NCNC22,55385−35%

72Warren County, NCNC18,89882+61%

73Alexander County, NCNC36,95878+42%

74Jones County, NCNC9,57573−1%

75Alleghany County, NCNC11,47972+800%

76Montgomery County, NCNC26,40369−12%

77Rutherford County, NCNC65,74565−82%

78Halifax County, NCNC46,53463−40%

79Bladen County, NCNC30,00762–

80Sampson County, NCNC61,50460−79%

81Pamlico County, NCNC12,75854+170%

82Avery County, NCNC18,11050−58%

83Mitchell County, NCNC15,06248−65%

84Robeson County, NCNC119,94146−15%

85Columbus County, NCNC50,48745−79%

86Scotland County, NCNC33,32244+22%

87Anson County, NCNC21,75838+65%

88Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12138−25%

89Washington County, NCNC10,63835+1650%

90Northampton County, NCNC16,49129−49%

91Gates County, NCNC10,23424+300%

92Graham County, NCNC8,19023+1050%

93Hyde County, NCNC4,55418–

94Perquimans County, NCNC13,4909−93%

95Hertford County, NCNC19,0158−87%

96Caswell County, NCNC22,5635−44%

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