North Carolina Immigrant or Foreign-Born Population By County in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the total immigrant or foreign-born population in North Carolina was 845.98K which was 8.16% of North Carolina's population. Among all North Carolina counties, Mecklenburg had the highest immigrant population (175.62K) and immigrants constituted 15.95% of its population, followed by Wake (pop: 150.01K, perc: 13.48%), and then Guilford (pop: 58.04K, perc: 10.81%).
On the other hand, the counties with the least number of immigrant population were: Tyrrell (pop: 120, perc: 3.49%), Gates (pop: 138, perc: 1.30%), and Bertie (pop: 175, perc: 0.97%),
The chart and table below shows the immigrant or foreign-born population of each county and the percentage of each county's population that are immigrants.
You can see similar information for other states and by state for the United States.
| County | Immigrant Population | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 14108 | 8.34 |
| Alexander | 1171 | 3.21 |
| Alleghany | 532 | 4.88 |
| Anson | 622 | 2.78 |
| Ashe | 871 | 3.28 |
| Avery | 548 | 3.09 |
| Beaufort | 1612 | 3.59 |
| Bertie | 175 | 0.97 |
| Bladen | 1016 | 3.38 |
| Brunswick | 4656 | 3.48 |
| Buncombe | 16607 | 6.22 |
| Burke | 4321 | 4.92 |
| Cabarrus | 18855 | 8.52 |
| Caldwell | 2444 | 3.03 |
| Camden | 258 | 2.49 |
| Carteret | 2011 | 2.96 |
| Caswell | 558 | 2.45 |
| Catawba | 10865 | 6.80 |
| Chatham | 7623 | 10.15 |
| Cherokee | 646 | 2.27 |
| Chowan | 299 | 2.17 |
| Clay | 336 | 3.06 |
| Cleveland | 2483 | 2.51 |
| Columbus | 1596 | 3.10 |
| Craven | 4536 | 4.47 |
| Cumberland | 21878 | 6.56 |
| Currituck | 763 | 2.77 |
| Dare | 1655 | 4.51 |
| Davidson | 9269 | 5.52 |
| Davie | 2204 | 5.18 |
| Duplin | 6585 | 13.21 |
| Durham | 45816 | 14.31 |
| Edgecombe | 1395 | 2.81 |
| Forsyth | 32998 | 8.67 |
| Franklin | 3573 | 5.29 |
| Gaston | 11836 | 5.24 |
| Gates | 138 | 1.30 |
| Graham | 228 | 2.82 |
| Granville | 2818 | 4.63 |
| Greene | 1453 | 7.08 |
| Guilford | 58035 | 10.81 |
| Halifax | 1055 | 2.14 |
| Harnett | 7765 | 5.84 |
| Haywood | 1552 | 2.52 |
| Henderson | 7862 | 6.80 |
| Hertford | 781 | 3.55 |
| Hoke | 3125 | 5.99 |
| Hyde | 301 | 6.41 |
| Iredell | 12314 | 6.69 |
| Jackson | 1611 | 3.75 |
| Johnston | 15753 | 7.46 |
| Jones | 265 | 2.84 |
| Lee | 5420 | 8.65 |
| Lenoir | 2190 | 3.96 |
| Lincoln | 4587 | 5.35 |
| McDowell | 1775 | 3.99 |
| Macon | 1815 | 4.97 |
| Madison | 330 | 1.55 |
| Martin | 454 | 2.04 |
| Mecklenburg | 175619 | 15.95 |
| Mitchell | 572 | 3.83 |
| Montgomery | 2165 | 8.36 |
| Moore | 4966 | 5.04 |
| Nash | 4056 | 4.29 |
| New Hanover | 10921 | 4.85 |
| Northampton | 337 | 1.88 |
| Onslow | 7672 | 3.81 |
| Orange | 18565 | 12.60 |
| Pamlico | 368 | 2.99 |
| Pasquotank | 1116 | 2.77 |
| Pender | 2154 | 3.59 |
| Perquimans | 338 | 2.60 |
| Person | 1067 | 2.74 |
| Pitt | 8144 | 4.77 |
| Polk | 861 | 4.43 |
| Randolph | 8611 | 5.99 |
| Richmond | 1462 | 3.38 |
| Robeson | 5172 | 4.35 |
| Rockingham | 3417 | 3.76 |
| Rowan | 6992 | 4.80 |
| Rutherford | 1811 | 2.80 |
| Sampson | 5859 | 9.85 |
| Scotland | 933 | 2.72 |
| Stanly | 2193 | 3.53 |
| Stokes | 745 | 1.67 |
| Surry | 4025 | 5.63 |
| Swain | 430 | 3.04 |
| Transylvania | 795 | 2.41 |
| Tyrrell | 120 | 3.49 |
| Union | 23932 | 10.15 |
| Vance | 2098 | 4.92 |
| Wake | 150006 | 13.48 |
| Warren | 498 | 2.64 |
| Washington | 176 | 1.57 |
| Watauga | 1723 | 3.19 |
| Wayne | 8133 | 6.91 |
| Wilkes | 2290 | 3.45 |
| Wilson | 4844 | 6.14 |
| Yadkin | 1936 | 5.21 |
| Yancey | 513 | 2.80 |
