Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population with Scotch Irish Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 226.40K people in North Carolina with Scotch Irish ancestry (2.18% of North Carolina population). Among all North Carolina counties, Mitchell County had the highest percentage of its population with Scotch Irish ancestry (8.75%), followed by Avery County (8.28%), and Haywood County (6.46%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Scotch Irish ancestry.
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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 Scotch Irish Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitchell County | 8.75 |
| 2 | Avery County | 8.28 |
| 3 | Haywood County | 6.46 |
| 4 | Yancey County | 5.70 |
| 5 | Clay County | 5.50 |
| 6 | Jackson County | 5.30 |
| 7 | Macon County | 5.20 |
| 8 | Watauga County | 4.96 |
| 9 | Madison County | 4.10 |
| 10 | Henderson County | 4.09 |
| 11 | McDowell County | 4.01 |
| 12 | Polk County | 3.84 |
| 13 | Davie County | 3.77 |
| 14 | Cherokee County | 3.74 |
| 15 | Transylvania County | 3.60 |
| 16 | Richmond County | 3.56 |
| 17 | Ashe County | 3.49 |
| 18 | Yadkin County | 3.47 |
| 19 | Bladen County | 3.46 |
| 20 | Rowan County | 3.37 |
| 21 | Buncombe County | 3.28 |
| 22 | Randolph County | 3.27 |
| 23 | Rutherford County | 3.16 |
| 24 | Stanly County | 3.15 |
| 25 | Moore County | 3.10 |
| 26 | Orange County | 2.95 |
| 27 | Alamance County | 2.89 |
| 27 | Swain County | 2.89 |
| 28 | Gaston County | 2.88 |
| 28 | Iredell County | 2.88 |
| 29 | Caldwell County | 2.85 |
| 30 | Pender County | 2.84 |
| 31 | Wilkes County | 2.79 |
| 32 | Carteret County | 2.78 |
| 33 | Dare County | 2.73 |
| 34 | Chatham County | 2.69 |
| 35 | Alleghany County | 2.63 |
| 36 | Montgomery County | 2.55 |
| 37 | Lee County | 2.47 |
| 38 | Brunswick County | 2.44 |
| 39 | Lincoln County | 2.37 |
| 39 | Surry County | 2.37 |
| 40 | New Hanover County | 2.30 |
| 41 | Burke County | 2.29 |
| 42 | Union County | 2.28 |
| 43 | Harnett County | 2.25 |
| 44 | Cabarrus County | 2.19 |
| 45 | Caswell County | 2.08 |
| 46 | Cleveland County | 2.06 |
| 47 | Mecklenburg County | 2.05 |
| 48 | Johnston County | 2.01 |
| 49 | Catawba County | 1.99 |
| 50 | Guilford County | 1.98 |
| 51 | Chowan County | 1.95 |
| 52 | Bertie County | 1.94 |
| 53 | Alexander County | 1.90 |
| 54 | Forsyth County | 1.82 |
| 55 | Wake County | 1.79 |
| 56 | Onslow County | 1.77 |
| 57 | Davidson County | 1.71 |
| 58 | Scotland County | 1.68 |
| 59 | Pitt County | 1.66 |
| 60 | Perquimans County | 1.65 |
| 61 | Franklin County | 1.64 |
| 62 | Rockingham County | 1.62 |
| 63 | Camden County | 1.60 |
| 64 | Wilson County | 1.59 |
| 65 | Durham County | 1.47 |
| 66 | Pamlico County | 1.46 |
| 67 | Graham County | 1.45 |
| 68 | Columbus County | 1.42 |
| 69 | Person County | 1.40 |
| 70 | Sampson County | 1.35 |
| 71 | Stokes County | 1.33 |
| 72 | Hertford County | 1.30 |
| 73 | Currituck County | 1.27 |
| 74 | Cumberland County | 1.22 |
| 75 | Granville County | 1.21 |
| 76 | Anson County | 1.20 |
| 77 | Hoke County | 1.15 |
| 78 | Vance County | 1.14 |
| 79 | Duplin County | 1.11 |
| 80 | Wayne County | 1.10 |
| 81 | Craven County | 1.07 |
| 82 | Beaufort County | 1.02 |
| 83 | Greene County | 0.99 |
| 84 | Hyde County | 0.94 |
| 85 | Halifax County | 0.90 |
| 86 | Nash County | 0.87 |
| 87 | Martin County | 0.85 |
| 88 | Warren County | 0.83 |
| 89 | Lenoir County | 0.80 |
| 90 | Pasquotank County | 0.67 |
| 91 | Robeson County | 0.64 |
| 92 | Northampton County | 0.41 |
| 93 | Tyrrell County | 0.38 |
| 94 | Jones County | 0.31 |
| 95 | Edgecombe County | 0.30 |
| 95 | Washington County | 0.30 |
| 96 | Gates County | 0.16 |
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