Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Asian Alone in 2021

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all North Carolina counties, Wake County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Asian Alone (8.34%), followed by Orange County (7.92%), and Mecklenburg County (6.52%).

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 Percentage of Pop. that are Asian Alone in 2021
Wake
Orange
Mecklenburg
Cabarrus
Durham
Guilford
Catawba
Union
Burke
Craven
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Asian Alone in 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Wake County 8.34
2 Orange County 7.92
3 Mecklenburg County 6.52
4 Cabarrus County 5.81
5 Durham County 5.78
6 Guilford County 5.5
7 Catawba County 4.87
8 Union County 4.21
9 Burke County 3.78
10 Craven County 3.05
11 Iredell County 2.76
12 Cumberland County 2.73
12 Forsyth County 2.73
13 Chatham County 2.43
14 Onslow County 2.24
15 Pitt County 2.1
16 Stanly County 1.99
17 Alamance County 1.93
18 Camden County 1.86
18 Tyrrell County 1.86
19 Davidson County 1.8
20 Gaston County 1.74
21 Montgomery County 1.69
21 Moore County 1.69
22 Anson County 1.66
22 Hoke County 1.66
23 Randolph County 1.65
24 New Hanover County 1.54
25 Lee County 1.52
26 Buncombe County 1.47
27 Pasquotank County 1.39
28 Henderson County 1.32
29 Wayne County 1.31
30 Watauga County 1.28
31 Harnett County 1.26
32 Jackson County 1.25
33 Wilson County 1.24
34 Carteret County 1.19
35 Rowan County 1.17
36 Nash County 1.16
37 Alexander County 1.15
37 McDowell County 1.15
38 Cleveland County 1.14
39 Currituck County 1.13
40 Hertford County 1.12
41 Johnston County 1.07
42 Richmond County 1.06
43 Macon County 1.05
44 Scotland County 0.99
45 Lincoln County 0.96
46 Dare County 0.95
46 Polk County 0.95
47 Davie County 0.91
47 Vance County 0.91
48 Duplin County 0.86
48 Halifax County 0.86
49 Franklin County 0.85
50 Granville County 0.84
50 Hyde County 0.84
51 Brunswick County 0.83
52 Caldwell County 0.82
53 Bertie County 0.81
53 Surry County 0.81
54 Alleghany County 0.79
54 Chowan County 0.79
55 Swain County 0.77
56 Lenoir County 0.76
57 Avery County 0.72
58 Haywood County 0.71
58 Pender County 0.71
59 Rockingham County 0.7
59 Sampson County 0.7
60 Cherokee County 0.69
61 Caswell County 0.68
61 Rutherford County 0.68
62 Robeson County 0.67
63 Graham County 0.66
63 Jones County 0.66
63 Transylvania County 0.66
64 Mitchell County 0.65
65 Greene County 0.64
65 Martin County 0.64
66 Pamlico County 0.63
67 Wilkes County 0.62
68 Beaufort County 0.61
69 Columbus County 0.6
69 Perquimans County 0.6
70 Madison County 0.58
71 Yadkin County 0.53
72 Bladen County 0.52
73 Ashe County 0.48
74 Person County 0.47
75 Gates County 0.45
76 Stokes County 0.42
76 Warren County 0.42
77 Clay County 0.41
77 Washington County 0.41
78 Edgecombe County 0.39
78 Northampton County 0.39
79 Yancey County 0.34