Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population with British Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 66.11K people in North Carolina with British ancestry (0.64% of North Carolina population). Among all North Carolina counties, Polk County had the highest percentage of its population with British ancestry (1.61%), followed by Currituck County (1.33%), and Orange County (1.26%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having British 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 British Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polk County | 1.61 |
| 2 | Currituck County | 1.33 |
| 3 | Orange County | 1.26 |
| 4 | Camden County | 1.14 |
| 5 | Yancey County | 1.10 |
| 6 | Watauga County | 1.03 |
| 7 | Jackson County | 1.00 |
| 8 | Wake County | 0.98 |
| 9 | Buncombe County | 0.97 |
| 10 | Madison County | 0.96 |
| 11 | New Hanover County | 0.93 |
| 12 | Durham County | 0.91 |
| 12 | Perquimans County | 0.91 |
| 13 | Greene County | 0.90 |
| 14 | Henderson County | 0.86 |
| 15 | Carteret County | 0.85 |
| 16 | Davie County | 0.83 |
| 17 | Brunswick County | 0.79 |
| 18 | Harnett County | 0.78 |
| 19 | Catawba County | 0.75 |
| 19 | Chowan County | 0.75 |
| 19 | Hyde County | 0.75 |
| 20 | Onslow County | 0.74 |
| 20 | Union County | 0.74 |
| 21 | Pender County | 0.72 |
| 22 | Craven County | 0.70 |
| 23 | Mecklenburg County | 0.69 |
| 23 | Moore County | 0.69 |
| 24 | Chatham County | 0.65 |
| 24 | Lincoln County | 0.65 |
| 24 | Macon County | 0.65 |
| 25 | Beaufort County | 0.64 |
| 25 | Washington County | 0.64 |
| 26 | Forsyth County | 0.62 |
| 26 | Transylvania County | 0.62 |
| 27 | Lee County | 0.61 |
| 28 | Gaston County | 0.60 |
| 28 | Granville County | 0.60 |
| 29 | Cabarrus County | 0.59 |
| 29 | Haywood County | 0.59 |
| 30 | Ashe County | 0.58 |
| 30 | Wayne County | 0.58 |
| 31 | Guilford County | 0.57 |
| 32 | Rockingham County | 0.55 |
| 32 | Tyrrell County | 0.55 |
| 33 | Person County | 0.52 |
| 33 | Rowan County | 0.52 |
| 34 | Caldwell County | 0.51 |
| 34 | Mitchell County | 0.51 |
| 35 | Cleveland County | 0.50 |
| 35 | Pamlico County | 0.50 |
| 36 | Burke County | 0.49 |
| 36 | Surry County | 0.49 |
| 37 | Lenoir County | 0.47 |
| 37 | Pitt County | 0.47 |
| 38 | Edgecombe County | 0.46 |
| 38 | Pasquotank County | 0.46 |
| 39 | Alamance County | 0.45 |
| 39 | Franklin County | 0.45 |
| 39 | Rutherford County | 0.45 |
| 40 | Randolph County | 0.44 |
| 41 | Johnston County | 0.43 |
| 42 | Cherokee County | 0.42 |
| 42 | Iredell County | 0.42 |
| 43 | Cumberland County | 0.41 |
| 43 | Dare County | 0.41 |
| 44 | Alexander County | 0.40 |
| 45 | Yadkin County | 0.36 |
| 46 | McDowell County | 0.35 |
| 46 | Northampton County | 0.35 |
| 47 | Clay County | 0.34 |
| 47 | Hertford County | 0.34 |
| 48 | Davidson County | 0.33 |
| 48 | Martin County | 0.33 |
| 48 | Stanly County | 0.33 |
| 49 | Nash County | 0.30 |
| 50 | Anson County | 0.29 |
| 50 | Hoke County | 0.29 |
| 51 | Duplin County | 0.28 |
| 51 | Scotland County | 0.28 |
| 52 | Swain County | 0.25 |
| 53 | Wilkes County | 0.23 |
| 54 | Columbus County | 0.22 |
| 54 | Montgomery County | 0.22 |
| 55 | Caswell County | 0.20 |
| 55 | Jones County | 0.20 |
| 56 | Stokes County | 0.19 |
| 57 | Bladen County | 0.17 |
| 57 | Halifax County | 0.17 |
| 57 | Sampson County | 0.17 |
| 58 | Vance County | 0.16 |
| 58 | Wilson County | 0.16 |
| 59 | Gates County | 0.14 |
| 60 | Avery County | 0.13 |
| 60 | Warren County | 0.13 |
| 61 | Bertie County | 0.11 |
| 62 | Richmond County | 0.09 |
| 62 | Robeson County | 0.09 |
| 63 | Graham County | 0.07 |
| 64 | Alleghany County | 0.03 |
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