Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
Updated on February 7, 2023.
According to the data from the US 2020 Census, the most populated North Carolina county as at April 2020 was Wake County (1.13M), followed by Mecklenburg County (1.12M), and Guilford County (541.30K).
The chart below shows the top 10 most populated counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all the counties in the state of North Carolina.
You can also see the ranking of counties by population for other states as well as for the whole United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Population |
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| 1 | Wake County | 1129410 |
| 2 | Mecklenburg County | 1115482 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 541299 |
| 4 | Forsyth County | 382590 |
| 5 | Cumberland County | 334728 |
| 6 | Durham County | 324833 |
| 7 | Buncombe County | 269452 |
| 8 | Union County | 238267 |
| 9 | Gaston County | 227943 |
| 10 | Cabarrus County | 225804 |
| 11 | New Hanover County | 225702 |
| 12 | Johnston County | 215999 |
| 13 | Onslow County | 204576 |
| 14 | Iredell County | 186693 |
| 15 | Alamance County | 171415 |
| 16 | Pitt County | 170243 |
| 17 | Davidson County | 168930 |
| 18 | Catawba County | 160610 |
| 19 | Orange County | 148696 |
| 20 | Rowan County | 146875 |
| 21 | Randolph County | 144171 |
| 22 | Brunswick County | 136693 |
| 23 | Harnett County | 133568 |
| 24 | Wayne County | 117333 |
| 25 | Robeson County | 116530 |
| 26 | Henderson County | 116281 |
| 27 | Craven County | 100720 |
| 28 | Moore County | 99727 |
| 29 | Cleveland County | 99519 |
| 30 | Nash County | 94970 |
| 31 | Rockingham County | 91096 |
| 32 | Burke County | 87570 |
| 33 | Lincoln County | 86810 |
| 34 | Caldwell County | 80652 |
| 35 | Wilson County | 78784 |
| 36 | Chatham County | 76285 |
| 37 | Surry County | 71359 |
| 38 | Franklin County | 68573 |
| 39 | Carteret County | 67686 |
| 40 | Wilkes County | 65969 |
| 41 | Rutherford County | 64444 |
| 42 | Lee County | 63285 |
| 43 | Stanly County | 62504 |
| 44 | Haywood County | 62089 |
| 45 | Granville County | 60992 |
| 46 | Pender County | 60203 |
| 47 | Sampson County | 59036 |
| 48 | Lenoir County | 55122 |
| 49 | Watauga County | 54086 |
| 50 | Hoke County | 52082 |
| 51 | Columbus County | 50623 |
| 52 | Edgecombe County | 48900 |
| 53 | Duplin County | 48715 |
| 54 | Halifax County | 48622 |
| 55 | Beaufort County | 44652 |
| 56 | McDowell County | 44578 |
| 57 | Stokes County | 44520 |
| 58 | Jackson County | 43109 |
| 59 | Richmond County | 42946 |
| 60 | Davie County | 42712 |
| 61 | Vance County | 42578 |
| 62 | Pasquotank County | 40568 |
| 63 | Person County | 39097 |
| 64 | Yadkin County | 37214 |
| 65 | Macon County | 37014 |
| 66 | Dare County | 36915 |
| 67 | Alexander County | 36444 |
| 68 | Scotland County | 34174 |
| 69 | Transylvania County | 32986 |
| 70 | Bladen County | 29606 |
| 71 | Cherokee County | 28774 |
| 72 | Currituck County | 28100 |
| 73 | Ashe County | 26577 |
| 74 | Montgomery County | 25751 |
| 75 | Caswell County | 22736 |
| 76 | Anson County | 22055 |
| 77 | Martin County | 22031 |
| 78 | Hertford County | 21552 |
| 79 | Madison County | 21193 |
| 80 | Greene County | 20451 |
| 81 | Polk County | 19328 |
| 82 | Warren County | 18642 |
| 83 | Yancey County | 18470 |
| 84 | Bertie County | 17934 |
| 85 | Avery County | 17806 |
| 86 | Northampton County | 17471 |
| 87 | Mitchell County | 14903 |
| 88 | Swain County | 14117 |
| 89 | Chowan County | 13708 |
| 90 | Perquimans County | 13005 |
| 91 | Pamlico County | 12276 |
| 92 | Clay County | 11089 |
| 93 | Washington County | 11003 |
| 94 | Alleghany County | 10888 |
| 95 | Gates County | 10478 |
| 96 | Camden County | 10355 |
| 97 | Jones County | 9172 |
| 98 | Graham County | 8030 |
| 99 | Hyde County | 4589 |
| 100 | Tyrrell County | 3245 |