RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 99 SHOWN OF 99

Largest Welsh population, North Carolina counties · 2010

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Welsh 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 99 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 99 is 248.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPWELSH POPULATIONVS –

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2357,154–

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3836,715–

03Buncombe County, NCNC277,4172,666–

04Forsyth County, NCNC401,7182,486–

05Guilford County, NCNC562,2342,422–

06Durham County, NCNC347,2401,736–

07New Hanover County, NCNC245,9591,617–

08Cumberland County, NCNC338,4731,364–

09Orange County, NCNC152,4981,299–

10Union County, NCNC267,6741,223–

11Henderson County, NCNC122,3751,065–

12Brunswick County, NCNC174,7021,045–

13Moore County, NCNC110,6191,024–

14Iredell County, NCNC211,798977–

15Onslow County, NCNC217,175895–

16Cabarrus County, NCNC249,725891–

17Pitt County, NCNC182,936745–

18Gaston County, NCNC246,558723–

19Johnston County, NCNC256,448721–

20Craven County, NCNC105,025709–

21Randolph County, NCNC149,516674–

22Haywood County, NCNC63,369625–

23Catawba County, NCNC170,172622–

24Carteret County, NCNC70,469596–

25Watauga County, NCNC54,786551–

26Davidson County, NCNC180,182502–

27Harnett County, NCNC150,137502–

28Rockingham County, NCNC94,195487–

29Surry County, NCNC72,287460–

30Alamance County, NCNC186,177457–

31Rowan County, NCNC155,096450–

32Burke County, NCNC88,655439–

33Dare County, NCNC38,245390–

34Chatham County, NCNC85,111374–

35Lincoln County, NCNC98,654364–

36Pender County, NCNC72,111347–

37Wayne County, NCNC122,278343–

38Currituck County, NCNC33,158340–

39Beaufort County, NCNC44,670327–

40Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201327–

41Cleveland County, NCNC103,325318–

42Jackson County, NCNC45,039318–

43Sampson County, NCNC61,504314–

44Wilson County, NCNC81,150303–

45Caldwell County, NCNC81,105292–

46Nash County, NCNC99,365288–

47Avery County, NCNC18,110283–

48Transylvania County, NCNC34,211274–

49Stokes County, NCNC46,126249–

50Lee County, NCNC70,258248–

51Yancey County, NCNC19,084223–

52Davie County, NCNC45,855219–

53Greene County, NCNC20,700217–

54Wilkes County, NCNC66,233211–

55Rutherford County, NCNC65,745201–

56Macon County, NCNC39,232196–

57Stanly County, NCNC68,830184–

58Robeson County, NCNC119,941176–

59Alexander County, NCNC36,958157–

60McDowell County, NCNC45,198152–

61Ashe County, NCNC27,514150–

62Franklin County, NCNC82,037147–

63Granville County, NCNC61,421143–

64Vance County, NCNC42,638135–

65Clay County, NCNC12,239117–

66Madison County, NCNC22,553117–

67Scotland County, NCNC33,322102–

68Caswell County, NCNC22,56397–

69Martin County, NCNC21,60195–

70Hoke County, NCNC56,93992–

71Camden County, NCNC11,31591–

72Person County, NCNC40,63691–

73Polk County, NCNC20,53390–

74Perquimans County, NCNC13,49081–

75Cherokee County, NCNC30,83078–

76Duplin County, NCNC51,57177–

77Lenoir County, NCNC55,83776–

78Montgomery County, NCNC26,40374–

79Chowan County, NCNC14,08268–

80Mitchell County, NCNC15,06266–

81Hertford County, NCNC19,01564–

82Yadkin County, NCNC38,32563–

83Columbus County, NCNC50,48761–

84Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12161–

85Richmond County, NCNC42,04161–

86Alleghany County, NCNC11,47951–

87Swain County, NCNC14,02446–

88Gates County, NCNC10,23445–

89Pamlico County, NCNC12,75843–

90Jones County, NCNC9,57538–

91Halifax County, NCNC46,53437–

92Warren County, NCNC18,89834–

93Washington County, NCNC10,63833–

94Anson County, NCNC21,75831–

95Hyde County, NCNC4,55429–

96Northampton County, NCNC16,49112–

97Graham County, NCNC8,19010–

98Bertie County, NCNC17,0869–

99Bladen County, NCNC30,0075–

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