Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Asian in 2010

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2010, among all North Carolina counties, Orange County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Asian (6.87%), followed by Wake County (5.48%), and Mecklenburg County (4.67%).

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

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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Asian in 2010
Orange
Wake
Mecklenburg
Durham
Guilford
Catawba
Burke
Cumberland
Craven
Cabarrus
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Asian in 2010
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Orange County 6.87
2 Wake County 5.48
3 Mecklenburg County 4.67
4 Durham County 4.54
5 Guilford County 3.98
6 Catawba County 3.49
7 Burke County 3.48
8 Cumberland County 2.21
9 Craven County 2.04
10 Cabarrus County 2.01
11 Iredell County 1.9
12 Forsyth County 1.88
13 Stanly County 1.84
14 Onslow County 1.81
15 Tyrrell County 1.77
16 Union County 1.66
17 Pitt County 1.61
18 Montgomery County 1.59
19 Camden County 1.57
20 Alamance County 1.23
21 Gaston County 1.22
22 Davidson County 1.21
22 New Hanover County 1.21
23 Wayne County 1.17
24 Pasquotank County 1.14
25 Chatham County 1.13
26 Anson County 1.06
27 Hoke County 1.05
28 Buncombe County 1.02
29 Randolph County 1.01
30 Rowan County 0.97
31 Alexander County 0.96
31 Watauga County 0.96
32 Henderson County 0.95
33 Richmond County 0.92
34 Carteret County 0.9
35 Harnett County 0.89
36 Jackson County 0.88
37 Moore County 0.87
38 Lee County 0.84
39 Wilson County 0.83
40 McDowell County 0.78
41 Cleveland County 0.77
41 Nash County 0.77
42 Scotland County 0.76
43 Robeson County 0.73
44 Halifax County 0.67
45 Currituck County 0.62
45 Dare County 0.62
46 Macon County 0.6
47 Granville County 0.59
47 Johnston County 0.59
48 Davie County 0.58
49 Lincoln County 0.55
50 Brunswick County 0.53
50 Hertford County 0.53
51 Caldwell County 0.52
52 Swain County 0.51
53 Cherokee County 0.49
54 Alleghany County 0.48
54 Surry County 0.48
55 Bertie County 0.47
56 Rockingham County 0.46
57 Franklin County 0.45
57 Lenoir County 0.45
57 Transylvania County 0.45
58 Rutherford County 0.44
58 Vance County 0.44
59 Pender County 0.41
59 Wilkes County 0.41
60 Ashe County 0.39
61 Pamlico County 0.38
62 Chowan County 0.37
63 Haywood County 0.36
63 Sampson County 0.36
64 Graham County 0.35
65 Beaufort County 0.34
65 Madison County 0.34
66 Jones County 0.33
66 Martin County 0.33
67 Avery County 0.32
68 Greene County 0.31
69 Mitchell County 0.3
69 Person County 0.3
69 Polk County 0.3
70 Hyde County 0.29
70 Washington County 0.29
71 Perquimans County 0.28
71 Stokes County 0.28
72 Caswell County 0.26
72 Columbus County 0.26
73 Duplin County 0.25
74 Warren County 0.23
75 Clay County 0.22
75 Edgecombe County 0.22
76 Bladen County 0.2
76 Yadkin County 0.2
77 Yancey County 0.19
78 Northampton County 0.18
79 Gates County 0.14