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Largest Welsh population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Welsh 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 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPWELSH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2357,167+0%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3834,986−26%

03Guilford County, NCNC562,2342,368−2%

04Durham County, NCNC347,2402,059+19%

05Buncombe County, NCNC277,4171,956−27%

06Forsyth County, NCNC401,7181,857−25%

07Johnston County, NCNC256,4481,849+156%

08New Hanover County, NCNC245,9591,780+10%

09Orange County, NCNC152,4981,675+29%

10Onslow County, NCNC217,1751,498+67%

11Brunswick County, NCNC174,7021,202+15%

12Henderson County, NCNC122,3751,155+8%

13Catawba County, NCNC170,1721,152+85%

14Cumberland County, NCNC338,473997−27%

15Union County, NCNC267,674913−25%

16Iredell County, NCNC211,798910−7%

17Moore County, NCNC110,619835−18%

18Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725822−8%

19Pitt County, NCNC182,936798+7%

20Alamance County, NCNC186,177754+65%

21Rowan County, NCNC155,096739+64%

22Randolph County, NCNC149,516674+0%

23Haywood County, NCNC63,369640+2%

24Gaston County, NCNC246,558622−14%

25Davidson County, NCNC180,182539+7%

26Rutherford County, NCNC65,745539+168%

27Franklin County, NCNC82,037526+258%

28Chatham County, NCNC85,111497+33%

29Stokes County, NCNC46,126467+88%

30Dare County, NCNC38,245447+15%

31Transylvania County, NCNC34,211443+62%

32Craven County, NCNC105,025419−41%

33Stanly County, NCNC68,830413+124%

34Carteret County, NCNC70,469408−32%

35Surry County, NCNC72,287377−18%

36Cleveland County, NCNC103,325373+17%

37Caldwell County, NCNC81,105370+27%

38Lee County, NCNC70,258369+49%

39Yancey County, NCNC19,084356+60%

40Jackson County, NCNC45,039344+8%

41Granville County, NCNC61,421341+138%

42Avery County, NCNC18,110340+20%

43Watauga County, NCNC54,786322−42%

44Wilkes County, NCNC66,233294+39%

45Wayne County, NCNC122,278294−14%

46Lincoln County, NCNC98,654262−28%

47Burke County, NCNC88,655244−44%

48Harnett County, NCNC150,137230−54%

49Rockingham County, NCNC94,195229−53%

50Pender County, NCNC72,111212−39%

51Davie County, NCNC45,855203−7%

52Madison County, NCNC22,553196+68%

53Ashe County, NCNC27,514190+27%

54Caswell County, NCNC22,563182+88%

55Cherokee County, NCNC30,830160+105%

56Wilson County, NCNC81,150157−48%

57Person County, NCNC40,636153+68%

58Jones County, NCNC9,575142+274%

59Hoke County, NCNC56,939139+51%

60Yadkin County, NCNC38,325139+121%

61Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201138−58%

62Columbus County, NCNC50,487137+125%

63Currituck County, NCNC33,158123−64%

64Polk County, NCNC20,533119+32%

65McDowell County, NCNC45,198114−25%

66Robeson County, NCNC119,941109−38%

67Lenoir County, NCNC55,837109+43%

68Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121108+77%

69Alexander County, NCNC36,958108−31%

70Halifax County, NCNC46,534108+192%

71Mitchell County, NCNC15,06297+47%

72Duplin County, NCNC51,57196+25%

73Nash County, NCNC99,36587−70%

74Beaufort County, NCNC44,67084−74%

75Anson County, NCNC21,75872+132%

76Macon County, NCNC39,23272−63%

77Martin County, NCNC21,60162−35%

78Sampson County, NCNC61,50462−80%

79Swain County, NCNC14,02456+22%

80Washington County, NCNC10,63851+55%

81Bladen County, NCNC30,00742+740%

82Graham County, NCNC8,19039+290%

83Camden County, NCNC11,31538−58%

84Warren County, NCNC18,89836+6%

85Gates County, NCNC10,23433−27%

86Richmond County, NCNC42,04132−48%

87Bertie County, NCNC17,08631+244%

88Scotland County, NCNC33,32230−71%

89Pamlico County, NCNC12,75826−40%

90Alleghany County, NCNC11,47924−53%

91Clay County, NCNC12,23922−81%

92Perquimans County, NCNC13,49018−78%

93Montgomery County, NCNC26,40315−80%

94Northampton County, NCNC16,49114+17%

95Vance County, NCNC42,63812−91%

96Hertford County, NCNC19,0158−88%

97Chowan County, NCNC14,0827−90%

98Greene County, NCNC20,7004−98%

99Hyde County, NCNC4,5544−86%

100Tyrrell County, NCNC3,5372–

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