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.
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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 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 |