Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Total Voting-age Population (18yrs and over) from Census 2020
Updated on August 22, 2023.
According to the data from the US 2020 Census, as at April 2020, among all the counties in North Carolina, Wake County had the highest voting-age population (18 years and over) (860.08K), followed by Mecklenburg County (860.03K), and Guilford County (423.76K).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high voting-age population, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties based on voting-age population.
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 Voting-age Population from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Voting-age Population |
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| 1 | Wake County | 860079 |
| 2 | Mecklenburg County | 860025 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 423763 |
| 4 | Forsyth County | 297388 |
| 5 | Durham County | 259565 |
| 6 | Cumberland County | 254481 |
| 7 | Buncombe County | 219874 |
| 8 | New Hanover County | 184113 |
| 9 | Gaston County | 177846 |
| 10 | Union County | 173864 |
| 11 | Cabarrus County | 167539 |
| 12 | Johnston County | 160099 |
| 13 | Onslow County | 157467 |
| 14 | Iredell County | 143795 |
| 15 | Alamance County | 133969 |
| 16 | Pitt County | 132273 |
| 17 | Davidson County | 132179 |
| 18 | Catawba County | 126566 |
| 19 | Orange County | 119527 |
| 20 | Brunswick County | 116606 |
| 21 | Rowan County | 114968 |
| 22 | Randolph County | 112315 |
| 23 | Harnett County | 98069 |
| 24 | Henderson County | 94428 |
| 25 | Wayne County | 90502 |
| 26 | Robeson County | 88455 |
| 27 | Craven County | 79783 |
| 28 | Moore County | 78212 |
| 29 | Cleveland County | 78032 |
| 30 | Nash County | 74574 |
| 31 | Rockingham County | 72783 |
| 32 | Burke County | 70018 |
| 33 | Lincoln County | 68416 |
| 34 | Caldwell County | 64436 |
| 35 | Wilson County | 61055 |
| 36 | Chatham County | 60788 |
| 37 | Surry County | 56438 |
| 38 | Carteret County | 56213 |
| 39 | Franklin County | 53144 |
| 40 | Wilkes County | 52651 |
| 41 | Rutherford County | 51419 |
| 42 | Haywood County | 51091 |
| 43 | Stanly County | 49264 |
| 44 | Lee County | 48392 |
| 45 | Granville County | 48195 |
| 46 | Pender County | 46608 |
| 47 | Watauga County | 46590 |
| 48 | Sampson County | 44936 |
| 49 | Lenoir County | 42923 |
| 50 | Columbus County | 40316 |
| 51 | Halifax County | 38975 |
| 52 | Edgecombe County | 38189 |
| 53 | Hoke County | 37472 |
| 54 | Duplin County | 37043 |
| 55 | Stokes County | 36049 |
| 56 | Beaufort County | 36005 |
| 57 | McDowell County | 35805 |
| 58 | Jackson County | 35790 |
| 59 | Davie County | 33784 |
| 60 | Richmond County | 33238 |
| 61 | Vance County | 32871 |
| 62 | Pasquotank County | 31964 |
| 63 | Person County | 30963 |
| 64 | Dare County | 30445 |
| 65 | Macon County | 30345 |
| 66 | Yadkin County | 29484 |
| 67 | Alexander County | 29273 |
| 68 | Transylvania County | 27299 |
| 69 | Scotland County | 26845 |
| 70 | Cherokee County | 24051 |
| 71 | Bladen County | 23426 |
| 72 | Currituck County | 22004 |
| 73 | Ashe County | 21984 |
| 74 | Montgomery County | 20177 |
| 75 | Caswell County | 18596 |
| 76 | Anson County | 17845 |
| 77 | Hertford County | 17639 |
| 78 | Martin County | 17615 |
| 79 | Madison County | 17481 |
| 80 | Greene County | 16566 |
| 81 | Polk County | 16204 |
| 82 | Warren County | 15292 |
| 83 | Yancey County | 15105 |
| 84 | Avery County | 15104 |
| 85 | Bertie County | 14896 |
| 86 | Northampton County | 14372 |
| 87 | Mitchell County | 12246 |
| 88 | Chowan County | 11114 |
| 89 | Swain County | 10975 |
| 90 | Perquimans County | 10592 |
| 91 | Pamlico County | 10478 |
| 92 | Clay County | 9234 |
| 93 | Alleghany County | 8942 |
| 94 | Washington County | 8850 |
| 95 | Gates County | 8343 |
| 96 | Camden County | 7887 |
| 97 | Jones County | 7481 |
| 98 | Graham County | 6370 |
| 99 | Hyde County | 3785 |
| 100 | Tyrrell County | 2574 |