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
Rank | County | Voting-age Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake County | 860,079 |
| 2 | Mecklenburg County | 860,025 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 423,763 |
| 4 | Forsyth County | 297,388 |
| 5 | Durham County | 259,565 |
| 6 | Cumberland County | 254,481 |
| 7 | Buncombe County | 219,874 |
| 8 | New Hanover County | 184,113 |
| 9 | Gaston County | 177,846 |
| 10 | Union County | 173,864 |
| 11 | Cabarrus County | 167,539 |
| 12 | Johnston County | 160,099 |
| 13 | Onslow County | 157,467 |
| 14 | Iredell County | 143,795 |
| 15 | Alamance County | 133,969 |
| 16 | Pitt County | 132,273 |
| 17 | Davidson County | 132,179 |
| 18 | Catawba County | 126,566 |
| 19 | Orange County | 119,527 |
| 20 | Brunswick County | 116,606 |
| 21 | Rowan County | 114,968 |
| 22 | Randolph County | 112,315 |
| 23 | Harnett County | 98,069 |
| 24 | Henderson County | 94,428 |
| 25 | Wayne County | 90,502 |
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