Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 2.44M people in North Carolina with Unclassified ancestry. Among all North Carolina counties, Wake County had the highest population with Unclassified ancestry (215.80K), followed by Mecklenburg County (191.39K), and Guilford County (126.19K).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high number of people with Unclassified ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in North Carolina.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Wake County
Mecklenburg County
Guilford County
Forsyth County
New Hanover County
Union County
Cabarrus County
Pitt County
Davidson County
Cumberland County
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Population
1 Wake County 215800
2 Mecklenburg County 191392
3 Guilford County 126192
4 Forsyth County 85793
5 New Hanover County 76721
6 Union County 74340
7 Cabarrus County 67971
8 Pitt County 66098
9 Davidson County 63340
10 Cumberland County 60286
11 Gaston County 60115
12 Buncombe County 57376
13 Alamance County 56235
14 Durham County 53188
15 Onslow County 48433
16 Iredell County 47774
17 Johnston County 45178
18 Rowan County 40813
19 Brunswick County 34921
20 Harnett County 34194
21 Catawba County 33808
22 Orange County 29848
23 Randolph County 29644
24 Henderson County 28522
25 Rockingham County 27050
26 Stanly County 26507
27 Nash County 25764
28 Franklin County 22548
29 Lincoln County 22175
30 Moore County 21224
31 Burke County 20226
32 Surry County 20082
33 Wilson County 19766
34 Rutherford County 19379
35 Cleveland County 19326
36 Wayne County 18556
37 Pender County 18432
38 Granville County 18246
39 Haywood County 18053
40 Craven County 17081
41 Caldwell County 16057
42 Lenoir County 15987
43 Chatham County 15917
44 Duplin County 15472
45 Wilkes County 15408
46 Stokes County 14724
47 Carteret County 14126
48 Beaufort County 13857
49 McDowell County 13348
50 Columbus County 12918
51 Lee County 12807
52 Robeson County 12526
53 Person County 12254
54 Yadkin County 11825
55 Watauga County 11453
56 Sampson County 11324
57 Davie County 11251
58 Halifax County 11091
59 Macon County 11052
60 Pasquotank County 10962
61 Vance County 10814
62 Jackson County 10655
63 Edgecombe County 10066
64 Hoke County 9663
65 Anson County 9659
66 Cherokee County 9430
67 Richmond County 8769
68 Currituck County 7628
69 Martin County 7186
70 Alexander County 6771
71 Madison County 6731
72 Montgomery County 6659
73 Dare County 6649
74 Caswell County 6456
75 Warren County 6406
76 Yancey County 5826
77 Transylvania County 5415
78 Avery County 5411
79 Polk County 5252
80 Ashe County 5120
81 Hertford County 4901
82 Mitchell County 4688
83 Bertie County 4511
84 Bladen County 4437
85 Clay County 4416
86 Scotland County 4415
87 Greene County 4361
88 Pamlico County 4298
89 Perquimans County 4150
90 Northampton County 4123
91 Swain County 3173
92 Chowan County 3079
93 Washington County 3015
94 Gates County 2777
95 Camden County 2432
96 Jones County 2250
97 Alleghany County 2044
98 Graham County 1821
99 Hyde County 1272
100 Tyrrell County 946