Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.02M people in North Carolina with American ancestry (9.88% of North Carolina population). Among all North Carolina counties, Graham County had the highest percentage of its population with American ancestry (39.71%), followed by Ashe County (36.57%), and Alleghany County (35.50%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having American 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 Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graham County | 39.71 |
| 2 | Ashe County | 36.57 |
| 3 | Alleghany County | 35.50 |
| 4 | Wilkes County | 34.31 |
| 5 | Alexander County | 31.99 |
| 6 | Transylvania County | 30.94 |
| 7 | Cleveland County | 30.19 |
| 8 | Caldwell County | 29.59 |
| 9 | Bladen County | 26.02 |
| 10 | Burke County | 24.63 |
| 11 | Robeson County | 24.36 |
| 12 | Columbus County | 24.11 |
| 13 | Northampton County | 23.82 |
| 14 | Surry County | 23.44 |
| 15 | Wayne County | 21.86 |
| 16 | Swain County | 19.65 |
| 17 | Jackson County | 19.64 |
| 18 | Gaston County | 18.17 |
| 19 | Halifax County | 16.82 |
| 20 | McDowell County | 16.69 |
| 21 | Montgomery County | 16.36 |
| 22 | Yancey County | 16.27 |
| 23 | Dare County | 15.80 |
| 24 | Rutherford County | 15.66 |
| 25 | Currituck County | 15.16 |
| 26 | Yadkin County | 15.14 |
| 27 | Catawba County | 15.08 |
| 28 | Watauga County | 14.95 |
| 29 | Washington County | 14.88 |
| 30 | Camden County | 14.82 |
| 31 | Edgecombe County | 14.65 |
| 32 | Rockingham County | 14.47 |
| 33 | Perquimans County | 14.13 |
| 34 | Gates County | 13.79 |
| 35 | Martin County | 13.52 |
| 36 | Lincoln County | 13.24 |
| 37 | Stokes County | 12.98 |
| 38 | Caswell County | 12.96 |
| 39 | Johnston County | 12.74 |
| 40 | Nash County | 12.71 |
| 41 | Cherokee County | 12.69 |
| 42 | Macon County | 12.47 |
| 43 | Madison County | 12.35 |
| 44 | Pasquotank County | 12.22 |
| 45 | Avery County | 12.13 |
| 46 | Person County | 11.47 |
| 47 | Chowan County | 11.43 |
| 48 | Craven County | 11.41 |
| 49 | Hyde County | 11.11 |
| 50 | Polk County | 10.98 |
| 51 | Cabarrus County | 10.97 |
| 52 | Bertie County | 10.94 |
| 53 | Stanly County | 10.89 |
| 54 | Rowan County | 10.86 |
| 55 | Haywood County | 10.45 |
| 56 | Wilson County | 10.44 |
| 57 | Greene County | 10.32 |
| 58 | Jones County | 10.27 |
| 59 | Duplin County | 10.21 |
| 60 | Davidson County | 10.11 |
| 61 | Carteret County | 10.06 |
| 62 | Henderson County | 9.80 |
| 63 | Davie County | 9.38 |
| 64 | Randolph County | 9.26 |
| 65 | Mitchell County | 8.92 |
| 66 | Vance County | 8.86 |
| 67 | Granville County | 8.50 |
| 68 | Iredell County | 8.35 |
| 69 | Lenoir County | 8.33 |
| 70 | Brunswick County | 8.18 |
| 71 | Hertford County | 8.11 |
| 72 | Tyrrell County | 7.95 |
| 73 | Moore County | 7.89 |
| 74 | Sampson County | 7.61 |
| 75 | Franklin County | 7.54 |
| 76 | Wake County | 7.34 |
| 77 | Union County | 7.14 |
| 78 | Alamance County | 6.96 |
| 78 | Pamlico County | 6.96 |
| 79 | Richmond County | 6.89 |
| 80 | Chatham County | 6.66 |
| 81 | Pender County | 6.64 |
| 82 | Hoke County | 6.50 |
| 83 | Buncombe County | 6.49 |
| 83 | Forsyth County | 6.49 |
| 84 | Harnett County | 6.30 |
| 85 | Beaufort County | 6.22 |
| 86 | Cumberland County | 6.05 |
| 87 | Clay County | 5.98 |
| 88 | Anson County | 5.94 |
| 89 | New Hanover County | 5.60 |
| 90 | Pitt County | 5.57 |
| 91 | Guilford County | 5.56 |
| 92 | Lee County | 5.53 |
| 93 | Warren County | 5.46 |
| 94 | Mecklenburg County | 5.13 |
| 95 | Onslow County | 4.96 |
| 96 | Scotland County | 4.89 |
| 97 | Orange County | 4.34 |
| 98 | Durham County | 4.17 |
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