North Carolina Census 2020 Hispanic or Latino Population By County

Updated on March 3, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, there were 1,118,596 people (of all racial backgrounds) who identified as hispanic or latino in North Carolina, which was 10.72% of the total population of North Carolina.

Mecklenburg County had the highest number of of people who identified as hispanic or latino (169,922), followed by Wake County (128,241), and Forsyth County (54,688). On the other hand, the three counties with low number of people who identified as hispanic or latino were: Gates County (201), Graham County (219), and Tyrrell County (272).

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Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's population that identified as hispanic or latino. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.

North Carolina Census 2020 Hispanic or Latino Population By County
North Carolina Census 2020 Hispanic or Latino Population By County
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County Hispanic or Latino Population % of County Population
Alamance 24703 14.41
Alexander 1836 5.04
Alleghany 1288 11.83
Anson 665 3.02
Ashe 1519 5.72
Avery 987 5.54
Beaufort 3433 7.69
Bertie 330 1.84
Bladen 2546 8.60
Brunswick 7420 5.43
Buncombe 21922 8.14
Burke 7184 8.20
Cabarrus 27263 12.07
Caldwell 4923 6.10
Camden 340 3.28
Carteret 3119 4.61
Caswell 1002 4.41
Catawba 17377 10.82
Chatham 10372 13.60
Cherokee 899 3.12
Chowan 530 3.87
Clay 438 3.95
Cleveland 4039 4.06
Columbus 2613 5.16
Craven 7195 7.14
Cumberland 39498 11.80
Currituck 1218 4.34
Dare 2554 6.92
Davidson 13902 8.23
Davie 3375 7.90
Duplin 10813 22.20
Durham 50104 15.43
Edgecombe 2706 5.53
Forsyth 54688 14.29
Franklin 6962 10.15
Gaston 20068 8.80
Gates 201 1.92
Graham 219 2.73
Granville 6211 10.18
Greene 2936 14.36
Guilford 52152 9.64
Halifax 1454 2.99
Harnett 18899 14.15
Haywood 2829 4.56
Henderson 14999 12.90
Hertford 1579 7.33
Hoke 7687 14.76
Hyde 347 7.56
Iredell 15777 8.45
Jackson 3292 7.64
Johnston 34400 15.93
Jones 394 4.30
Lee 13122 20.74
Lenoir 4365 7.92
Lincoln 6412 7.39
McDowell 2947 6.61
Macon 3498 9.45
Madison 748 3.53
Martin 895 4.06
Mecklenburg 169922 15.23
Mitchell 701 4.70
Montgomery 3924 15.24
Moore 7365 7.39
Nash 7322 7.71
New Hanover 17300 7.67
Northampton 353 2.02
Onslow 27641 13.51
Orange 15812 10.63
Pamlico 496 4.04
Pasquotank 2237 5.51
Pender 4982 8.28
Perquimans 309 2.38
Person 2195 5.61
Pitt 12968 7.62
Polk 1026 5.31
Randolph 19051 13.21
Richmond 3072 7.15
Robeson 11757 10.09
Rockingham 6086 6.68
Rowan 15940 10.85
Rutherford 3286 5.10
Sampson 12249 20.75
Scotland 1106 3.24
Stanly 3086 4.94
Stokes 1456 3.27
Surry 8496 11.91
Swain 592 4.19
Transylvania 1698 5.15
Tyrrell 272 8.38
Union 30110 12.64
Vance 3717 8.73
Wake 128241 11.36
Warren 739 3.96
Washington 371 3.37
Watauga 3521 6.51
Wayne 14927 12.72
Wilkes 4654 7.06
Wilson 9024 11.45
Yadkin 4382 11.78
Yancey 1016 5.50