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Largest Welsh population, North Carolina counties · 2020

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Welsh 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 99 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 99 is 250.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPWELSH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,2358,518+19%

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,3835,631−16%

03Forsyth County, NCNC401,7182,702+9%

04Guilford County, NCNC562,2342,595+7%

05Buncombe County, NCNC277,4172,079−22%

06Johnston County, NCNC256,4481,841+155%

07New Hanover County, NCNC245,9591,731+7%

08Onslow County, NCNC217,1751,724+93%

09Durham County, NCNC347,2401,590−8%

10Orange County, NCNC152,4981,524+17%

11Brunswick County, NCNC174,7021,321+26%

12Union County, NCNC267,6741,301+6%

13Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7251,194+34%

14Cumberland County, NCNC338,4731,169−14%

15Iredell County, NCNC211,7981,132+16%

16Henderson County, NCNC122,3751,113+5%

17Moore County, NCNC110,6191,033+1%

18Alamance County, NCNC186,177928+103%

19Rowan County, NCNC155,096911+102%

20Gaston County, NCNC246,558846+17%

21Catawba County, NCNC170,172814+31%

22Rutherford County, NCNC65,745746+271%

23Pitt County, NCNC182,936735−1%

24Watauga County, NCNC54,786677+23%

25Chatham County, NCNC85,111664+78%

26Davidson County, NCNC180,182621+24%

27Dare County, NCNC38,245569+46%

28Carteret County, NCNC70,469550−8%

29Craven County, NCNC105,025548−23%

30Randolph County, NCNC149,516546−19%

31Franklin County, NCNC82,037521+254%

32Pender County, NCNC72,111466+34%

33Haywood County, NCNC63,369466−25%

34Caldwell County, NCNC81,105423+45%

35Wayne County, NCNC122,278423+23%

36Avery County, NCNC18,110417+47%

37Lee County, NCNC70,258407+64%

38Lincoln County, NCNC98,654397+9%

39Harnett County, NCNC150,137389−23%

40Wilkes County, NCNC66,233382+81%

41Cleveland County, NCNC103,325373+17%

42Duplin County, NCNC51,571367+377%

43Rockingham County, NCNC94,195362−26%

44Stokes County, NCNC46,126355+43%

45Stanly County, NCNC68,830337+83%

46Transylvania County, NCNC34,211336+23%

47Burke County, NCNC88,655324−26%

48Granville County, NCNC61,421290+103%

49Surry County, NCNC72,287262−43%

50Person County, NCNC40,636250+175%

51Cherokee County, NCNC30,830237+204%

52Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201237−28%

53Davie County, NCNC45,855216−1%

54McDowell County, NCNC45,198200+32%

55Jackson County, NCNC45,039188−41%

56Wilson County, NCNC81,150178−41%

57Madison County, NCNC22,553176+50%

58Currituck County, NCNC33,158171−50%

59Alexander County, NCNC36,958171+9%

60Clay County, NCNC12,239164+40%

61Nash County, NCNC99,365164−43%

62Beaufort County, NCNC44,670156−52%

63Polk County, NCNC20,533156+73%

64Lenoir County, NCNC55,837156+105%

65Robeson County, NCNC119,941136−23%

66Ashe County, NCNC27,514126−16%

67Macon County, NCNC39,232109−44%

68Sampson County, NCNC61,504109−65%

69Yancey County, NCNC19,084108−52%

70Richmond County, NCNC42,041107+75%

71Anson County, NCNC21,758105+239%

72Columbus County, NCNC50,487103+69%

73Warren County, NCNC18,898101+197%

74Camden County, NCNC11,315100+10%

75Caswell County, NCNC22,56394−3%

76Montgomery County, NCNC26,40392+24%

77Yadkin County, NCNC38,32592+46%

78Hoke County, NCNC56,93983−10%

79Vance County, NCNC42,63883−39%

80Swain County, NCNC14,02481+76%

81Scotland County, NCNC33,32268−33%

82Martin County, NCNC21,60162−35%

83Northampton County, NCNC16,49161+408%

84Mitchell County, NCNC15,06259−11%

85Halifax County, NCNC46,53457+54%

86Bladen County, NCNC30,00744+780%

87Bertie County, NCNC17,08637+311%

88Jones County, NCNC9,57537−3%

89Perquimans County, NCNC13,49033−59%

90Gates County, NCNC10,23425−44%

91Greene County, NCNC20,70023−89%

92Hyde County, NCNC4,55422−24%

93Hertford County, NCNC19,01521−67%

94Graham County, NCNC8,19020+100%

95Pamlico County, NCNC12,75817−60%

96Alleghany County, NCNC11,47916−69%

97Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12112−80%

98Tyrrell County, NCNC3,5372–

99Washington County, NCNC10,6381−97%

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