Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Asian Alone in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all North Carolina counties, Orange County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Asian Alone (7.27%), followed by Wake County (5.91%), and Mecklenburg County (5.18%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Asian Alone Population in 2012

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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).

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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Asian Alone in 2012

Orange

Wake

Mecklenburg

Durham

Guilford

Catawba

Burke

Cumberland

Cabarrus

Craven

Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Asian Alone in 2012

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Rank	County	% of County Population
1	Orange County	7.27
2	Wake County	5.91
3	Mecklenburg County	5.18
4	Durham County	4.74
5	Guilford County	4.35
6	Catawba County	3.75
7	Burke County	3.56
8	Cumberland County	2.55
9	Cabarrus County	2.42
10	Craven County	2.32
11	Iredell County	2.31
12	Tyrrell County	2.16
13	Forsyth County	2.12
14	Onslow County	2.02
15	Camden County	1.93
16	Stanly County	1.91
17	Union County	1.9
18	Pitt County	1.82
19	Montgomery County	1.66
20	New Hanover County	1.4
21	Alamance County	1.38
22	Pasquotank County	1.37
23	Gaston County	1.34
24	Hoke County	1.32
25	Chatham County	1.31
25	Davidson County	1.31
26	Wayne County	1.28
27	Buncombe County	1.17
28	Harnett County	1.14
29	Anson County	1.12
30	Randolph County	1.11
31	Carteret County	1.1
32	Rowan County	1.08
33	Henderson County	1.07
34	Moore County	1.05
34	Watauga County	1.05
35	Alexander County	1.02
35	Lee County	1.02
36	Richmond County	1
37	Wilson County	0.96
38	McDowell County	0.95
39	Jackson County	0.94
40	Nash County	0.91
41	Cleveland County	0.9
42	Scotland County	0.87
43	Robeson County	0.77
44	Currituck County	0.75
44	Halifax County	0.75
45	Chowan County	0.72
45	Davie County	0.72
46	Johnston County	0.7
47	Brunswick County	0.66
47	Hertford County	0.66
48	Lenoir County	0.65
49	Dare County	0.63
50	Alleghany County	0.62
50	Macon County	0.62
51	Caldwell County	0.61
51	Granville County	0.61
52	Surry County	0.6
53	Lincoln County	0.58
53	Pender County	0.58
54	Cherokee County	0.57
55	Swain County	0.56
56	Franklin County	0.55
56	Sampson County	0.55
57	Bertie County	0.53
57	Vance County	0.53
58	Transylvania County	0.52
59	Duplin County	0.51
59	Mitchell County	0.51
59	Perquimans County	0.51
59	Rutherford County	0.51
60	Rockingham County	0.5
61	Hyde County	0.49
62	Beaufort County	0.48
63	Polk County	0.47
64	Pamlico County	0.45
65	Ashe County	0.44
66	Haywood County	0.42
67	Greene County	0.41
67	Madison County	0.41
67	Wilkes County	0.41
68	Graham County	0.4
68	Martin County	0.4
69	Avery County	0.39
69	Columbus County	0.39
70	Jones County	0.38
70	Person County	0.38
71	Stokes County	0.35
72	Warren County	0.34
73	Washington County	0.32
73	Yadkin County	0.32
74	Caswell County	0.3
75	Bladen County	0.29
75	Clay County	0.29
75	Edgecombe County	0.29
76	Northampton County	0.24
77	Yancey County	0.23
78	Gates County	0.19