Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic or Latino in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all North Carolina counties, Duplin County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino (20.76%), followed by Lee County (19.24%), and Sampson County (17.39%).

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 Hispanic or Latino in 2012
Duplin
Lee
Sampson
Montgomery
Greene
Durham
Johnston
Chatham
Mecklenburg
Hoke
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic or Latino in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Duplin County 20.76
2 Lee County 19.24
3 Sampson County 17.39
4 Montgomery County 14.52
5 Greene County 14.45
6 Durham County 13.29
7 Johnston County 12.87
8 Chatham County 12.66
9 Mecklenburg County 12.25
10 Hoke County 12.14
11 Forsyth County 12.07
12 Alamance County 11.43
13 Onslow County 11.36
14 Harnett County 11.14
15 Union County 10.54
16 Randolph County 10.49
17 Cumberland County 10.46
18 Wayne County 10.43
19 Yadkin County 10.15
20 Surry County 9.78
21 Wake County 9.74
22 Henderson County 9.7
23 Wilson County 9.55
24 Cabarrus County 9.51
25 Alleghany County 9.09
26 Catawba County 8.49
27 Orange County 8.03
28 Robeson County 7.97
29 Rowan County 7.73
30 Franklin County 7.65
31 Hyde County 7.4
32 Guilford County 7.27
33 Granville County 7.25
34 Bladen County 7.2
35 Beaufort County 7.12
36 Iredell County 6.94
37 Tyrrell County 6.91
38 Lincoln County 6.85
39 Vance County 6.8
40 Craven County 6.74
41 Lenoir County 6.69
42 Dare County 6.65
43 Macon County 6.4
44 Davidson County 6.35
45 Nash County 6.3
46 Davie County 6.21
47 Buncombe County 6.11
48 Gaston County 6.05
49 Pender County 6.02
50 Richmond County 6
51 Moore County 5.96
52 Wilkes County 5.66
53 Pitt County 5.63
54 McDowell County 5.61
55 Rockingham County 5.6
56 Burke County 5.56
57 Polk County 5.55
58 New Hanover County 5.34
59 Jackson County 5.23
60 Brunswick County 4.79
61 Caldwell County 4.77
62 Ashe County 4.73
63 Yancey County 4.68
64 Avery County 4.66
65 Columbus County 4.64
66 Swain County 4.54
67 Pasquotank County 4.37
68 Alexander County 4.31
69 Mitchell County 4.3
70 Person County 4.08
71 Jones County 4.05
72 Washington County 4.03
73 Edgecombe County 3.86
74 Rutherford County 3.76
75 Carteret County 3.75
76 Stanly County 3.67
77 Warren County 3.61
78 Haywood County 3.46
79 Currituck County 3.44
80 Watauga County 3.38
81 Martin County 3.37
82 Caswell County 3.27
83 Chowan County 3.26
84 Anson County 3.25
85 Pamlico County 3.23
86 Hertford County 3.17
87 Cleveland County 3.02
88 Transylvania County 2.93
89 Clay County 2.78
90 Graham County 2.74
91 Cherokee County 2.72
92 Stokes County 2.66
93 Scotland County 2.6
94 Camden County 2.4
95 Halifax County 2.38
96 Perquimans County 2.28
97 Madison County 2.19
98 Northampton County 1.74
99 Gates County 1.72
100 Bertie County 1.66