Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population with Italian Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 334.43K people in North Carolina with Italian ancestry (3.23% of North Carolina population). Among all North Carolina counties, Camden County had the highest percentage of its population with Italian ancestry (6.70%), followed by Brunswick County (6.40%), and Onslow County (6.02%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Italian 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 Italian Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camden County | 6.70 |
| 2 | Brunswick County | 6.40 |
| 3 | Onslow County | 6.02 |
| 4 | New Hanover County | 5.97 |
| 5 | Dare County | 5.87 |
| 6 | Iredell County | 5.77 |
| 7 | Wake County | 4.88 |
| 8 | Carteret County | 4.84 |
| 8 | Union County | 4.84 |
| 9 | Moore County | 4.77 |
| 10 | Orange County | 4.61 |
| 11 | Clay County | 4.57 |
| 12 | Pender County | 4.25 |
| 13 | Currituck County | 4.09 |
| 14 | Mecklenburg County | 4.03 |
| 15 | Buncombe County | 3.88 |
| 16 | Cabarrus County | 3.76 |
| 17 | Macon County | 3.74 |
| 18 | Johnston County | 3.73 |
| 19 | Franklin County | 3.66 |
| 20 | Polk County | 3.63 |
| 21 | Ashe County | 3.61 |
| 22 | Craven County | 3.60 |
| 23 | Chatham County | 3.52 |
| 24 | Harnett County | 3.45 |
| 24 | Perquimans County | 3.45 |
| 25 | Durham County | 3.37 |
| 26 | Madison County | 3.36 |
| 27 | Lincoln County | 3.20 |
| 28 | Watauga County | 3.19 |
| 29 | Cherokee County | 3.11 |
| 30 | Haywood County | 3.10 |
| 31 | Henderson County | 2.84 |
| 32 | Cumberland County | 2.79 |
| 33 | Jackson County | 2.77 |
| 34 | Jones County | 2.75 |
| 35 | Forsyth County | 2.65 |
| 36 | Davie County | 2.58 |
| 37 | Transylvania County | 2.57 |
| 38 | Alamance County | 2.52 |
| 39 | Guilford County | 2.50 |
| 39 | Person County | 2.50 |
| 40 | Rowan County | 2.44 |
| 41 | Avery County | 2.36 |
| 42 | Randolph County | 2.32 |
| 43 | Catawba County | 2.26 |
| 44 | Pamlico County | 2.20 |
| 45 | Warren County | 2.14 |
| 46 | Yancey County | 2.07 |
| 47 | Gaston County | 2.04 |
| 48 | Pasquotank County | 2.02 |
| 49 | Rutherford County | 2.01 |
| 50 | Greene County | 1.99 |
| 51 | Stokes County | 1.96 |
| 52 | Chowan County | 1.94 |
| 52 | Nash County | 1.94 |
| 53 | Granville County | 1.90 |
| 54 | Davidson County | 1.88 |
| 54 | Pitt County | 1.88 |
| 55 | Alexander County | 1.83 |
| 56 | Hoke County | 1.79 |
| 57 | Rockingham County | 1.75 |
| 58 | Burke County | 1.65 |
| 59 | Wayne County | 1.60 |
| 60 | Surry County | 1.59 |
| 61 | Mitchell County | 1.57 |
| 62 | Gates County | 1.54 |
| 63 | Lenoir County | 1.51 |
| 64 | Alleghany County | 1.48 |
| 65 | Yadkin County | 1.38 |
| 66 | Caswell County | 1.37 |
| 67 | Caldwell County | 1.33 |
| 68 | Stanly County | 1.32 |
| 69 | Beaufort County | 1.31 |
| 70 | Duplin County | 1.30 |
| 71 | Anson County | 1.29 |
| 72 | Lee County | 1.26 |
| 73 | McDowell County | 1.22 |
| 74 | Wilkes County | 1.21 |
| 75 | Wilson County | 1.16 |
| 76 | Montgomery County | 1.13 |
| 77 | Vance County | 1.12 |
| 78 | Cleveland County | 1.10 |
| 79 | Graham County | 1.08 |
| 80 | Scotland County | 1.06 |
| 81 | Swain County | 1.02 |
| 82 | Columbus County | 0.87 |
| 83 | Martin County | 0.84 |
| 84 | Hertford County | 0.82 |
| 85 | Washington County | 0.78 |
| 86 | Sampson County | 0.64 |
| 87 | Halifax County | 0.60 |
| 88 | Bertie County | 0.55 |
| 89 | Richmond County | 0.50 |
| 90 | Tyrrell County | 0.44 |
| 91 | Robeson County | 0.42 |
| 92 | Northampton County | 0.39 |
| 93 | Edgecombe County | 0.28 |
| 94 | Bladen County | 0.10 |