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Largest West Indian population, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are West Indian 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 90 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 90 is 131. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Transylvania County, NC, up 50 places to #39.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest West Indian population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPWEST INDIAN POPULATIONVS 2010
01Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38310,549+127%
02Wake County, NCNC1,257,2358,541+99%
03Cumberland County, NCNC338,4736,535+96%
04Guilford County, NCNC562,2345,863+166%
05Durham County, NCNC347,2403,055+29%
06▲2Forsyth County, NCNC401,7182,282+85%
07Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7252,218+129%
08▲9Gaston County, NCNC246,5581,740+528%
09▲1Union County, NCNC267,6741,548+210%
10▼4Onslow County, NCNC217,1751,497+13%
11Wayne County, NCNC122,2781,262+203%
12▼3Harnett County, NCNC150,1371,232+127%
13▲10Buncombe County, NCNC277,4171,170+221%
14▼2Pitt County, NCNC182,9361,058+124%
15Iredell County, NCNC211,798935+75%
16▲3New Hanover County, NCNC245,959739+103%
17▼1Johnston County, NCNC256,448724+47%
18▲3Craven County, NCNC105,025697+32%
19▼5Duplin County, NCNC51,571684+485%
20▼7Orange County, NCNC152,4986360%
21▲8Robeson County, NCNC119,941501+14%
22▲48Franklin County, NCNC82,037448+182%
23▲1Hoke County, NCNC56,939392+160%
24▲21Brunswick County, NCNC174,702382+102%
25▼5Vance County, NCNC42,638382+607%
26▲25Davidson County, NCNC180,182361+1103%
27▲6Nash County, NCNC99,365343+168%
28Stanly County, NCNC68,830342+268%
29▼7Alamance County, NCNC186,177329+106%
30▼12Wilson County, NCNC81,150298+42%
31▲7Rowan County, NCNC155,096294+390%
32▲34Cleveland County, NCNC103,325259+65%
33▲14Lee County, NCNC70,258204+102%
34▲9Person County, NCNC40,636203–
35▼9Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121187−21%
36▼9Lenoir County, NCNC55,837180−4%
37▲12Randolph County, NCNC149,516173+106%
38▲16Carteret County, NCNC70,469157+554%
39▲50Transylvania County, NCNC34,211157+257%
40▲28Alexander County, NCNC36,958157+1863%
41▲7Rockingham County, NCNC94,195150+95%
42▲2Catawba County, NCNC170,172149+110%
43▼18Hertford County, NCNC19,015138+45%
44▲2Halifax County, NCNC46,534132−70%
45▲31Burke County, NCNC88,655131+2520%
46▼11Jackson County, NCNC45,039126+404%
47▼6Granville County, NCNC61,421120−8%
48▲36Caswell County, NCNC22,563119+198%
49▲20Gates County, NCNC10,234119–
50▼19Chatham County, NCNC85,111112+87%
51▲5Lincoln County, NCNC98,654108+192%
52Davie County, NCNC45,855102+108%
53Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20198+133%
54▼20Sampson County, NCNC61,50498−53%
55▼16Yadkin County, NCNC38,32592+80%
56▼28Columbus County, NCNC50,48789−12%
57▲6Currituck County, NCNC33,15887+358%
58▼28Henderson County, NCNC122,37587−22%
59▼17Richmond County, NCNC42,04182+141%
60▲11Rutherford County, NCNC65,74578+500%
61▼25Moore County, NCNC110,61973−41%
62▲2Wilkes County, NCNC66,23372+4%
63▲18Scotland County, NCNC33,32271+1083%
64▼4Beaufort County, NCNC44,67069−29%
65▼33Watauga County, NCNC54,78667+26%
66▲19Haywood County, NCNC63,36956+87%
67▲5Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53754–
68▼28Anson County, NCNC21,75851+16%
69▲17Bertie County, NCNC17,08649+32%
70Camden County, NCNC11,31545–
71▼16Caldwell County, NCNC81,10540−34%
72▼11Greene County, NCNC20,70039+388%
73▲4Pender County, NCNC72,11133+22%
74▲5Madison County, NCNC22,55327+108%
75Surry County, NCNC72,28727−4%
76▼9Montgomery County, NCNC26,40323+21%
77▼40Warren County, NCNC18,89821+133%
78Chowan County, NCNC14,08218+29%
79▼29Stokes County, NCNC46,12618+20%
80▲3Martin County, NCNC21,60116−20%
81▼8Polk County, NCNC20,53315+200%
82▼2Ashe County, NCNC27,51412−8%
83▼25McDowell County, NCNC45,19811−45%
84▼9Dare County, NCNC38,24510−79%
85▼26Bladen County, NCNC30,0079−73%
86▲2Jones County, NCNC9,5759+200%
87▼22Avery County, NCNC18,1108−38%
88▼6Graham County, NCNC8,1908–
89▼32Northampton County, NCNC16,4918−90%
90Washington County, NCNC10,6383–
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES