Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 3.61M people in North Carolina with Other Groups ancestry. Among all North Carolina counties, Mecklenburg County had the highest population with Other Groups ancestry (497.42K), followed by Wake County (399.64K), and Guilford County (223.16K).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high number of people with Other Groups ancestry.
You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in North Carolina.
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Related Topics: North Carolina ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 497419 |
| 2 | Wake County | 399643 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 223164 |
| 4 | Cumberland County | 170334 |
| 5 | Durham County | 160381 |
| 6 | Forsyth County | 154714 |
| 7 | Johnston County | 73755 |
| 8 | Robeson County | 69692 |
| 9 | Onslow County | 66159 |
| 10 | Wayne County | 65218 |
| 11 | Gaston County | 61172 |
| 12 | Cabarrus County | 60434 |
| 13 | Union County | 57776 |
| 14 | Buncombe County | 55394 |
| 15 | Randolph County | 54907 |
| 16 | Pitt County | 54613 |
| 17 | Harnett County | 53015 |
| 18 | Alamance County | 51708 |
| 19 | Iredell County | 48953 |
| 20 | Orange County | 47680 |
| 21 | Catawba County | 45469 |
| 22 | New Hanover County | 44527 |
| 23 | Rowan County | 44407 |
| 24 | Nash County | 39314 |
| 25 | Wilson County | 37772 |
| 26 | Sampson County | 35614 |
| 27 | Davidson County | 35198 |
| 28 | Craven County | 34612 |
| 29 | Hoke County | 29500 |
| 30 | Lee County | 29067 |
| 31 | Edgecombe County | 27849 |
| 32 | Cleveland County | 27590 |
| 33 | Rockingham County | 27423 |
| 34 | Brunswick County | 25822 |
| 35 | Moore County | 25473 |
| 36 | Richmond County | 24281 |
| 37 | Halifax County | 23702 |
| 38 | Scotland County | 23596 |
| 39 | Henderson County | 23228 |
| 40 | Chatham County | 22762 |
| 41 | Granville County | 22410 |
| 42 | Vance County | 22076 |
| 43 | Lenoir County | 21725 |
| 44 | Franklin County | 21716 |
| 45 | Duplin County | 20936 |
| 46 | Burke County | 19772 |
| 47 | Columbus County | 18192 |
| 48 | Lincoln County | 17117 |
| 49 | Surry County | 15939 |
| 50 | Beaufort County | 15925 |
| 51 | Caldwell County | 15814 |
| 52 | Pasquotank County | 15720 |
| 53 | Carteret County | 15117 |
| 54 | Pender County | 14834 |
| 55 | Rutherford County | 14099 |
| 56 | Person County | 13173 |
| 57 | Bladen County | 13098 |
| 58 | Hertford County | 12160 |
| 59 | Stanly County | 11895 |
| 60 | Wilkes County | 11580 |
| 61 | Davie County | 10498 |
| 62 | Greene County | 10101 |
| 63 | Bertie County | 9926 |
| 64 | Montgomery County | 9559 |
| 65 | Jackson County | 9022 |
| 66 | Martin County | 8906 |
| 67 | Haywood County | 8854 |
| 68 | Caswell County | 8364 |
| 69 | Yadkin County | 8340 |
| 70 | Warren County | 8232 |
| 71 | Anson County | 8184 |
| 72 | Stokes County | 8134 |
| 73 | McDowell County | 8014 |
| 74 | Watauga County | 7891 |
| 75 | Northampton County | 7821 |
| 76 | Macon County | 6984 |
| 77 | Alexander County | 6428 |
| 78 | Dare County | 5975 |
| 79 | Chowan County | 5450 |
| 80 | Washington County | 5222 |
| 81 | Swain County | 5112 |
| 82 | Cherokee County | 5081 |
| 83 | Currituck County | 4885 |
| 84 | Transylvania County | 4089 |
| 85 | Gates County | 4052 |
| 86 | Jones County | 3486 |
| 87 | Ashe County | 3464 |
| 88 | Pamlico County | 3184 |
| 89 | Polk County | 3026 |
| 90 | Madison County | 2964 |
| 91 | Avery County | 2888 |
| 92 | Perquimans County | 2857 |
| 93 | Yancey County | 2487 |
| 94 | Mitchell County | 2446 |
| 95 | Camden County | 2348 |
| 96 | Alleghany County | 2121 |
| 97 | Hyde County | 1970 |
| 98 | Clay County | 1915 |
| 99 | Graham County | 1556 |
| 100 | Tyrrell County | 1515 |