Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Asian in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all North Carolina counties, Orange County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Asian (7.87%), followed by Wake County (7.48%), and Mecklenburg County (6.26%).

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 Non-Hispanic Asian in 2018
Orange
Wake
Mecklenburg
Durham
Guilford
Catawba
Cabarrus
Burke
Union
Craven
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Asian in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Orange County 7.87
2 Wake County 7.48
3 Mecklenburg County 6.26
4 Durham County 5.27
5 Guilford County 5.18
6 Catawba County 4.39
7 Cabarrus County 4.34
8 Burke County 3.56
9 Union County 3.25
10 Craven County 2.75
11 Cumberland County 2.63
12 Iredell County 2.56
13 Forsyth County 2.48
14 Chatham County 1.99
14 Stanly County 1.99
15 Onslow County 1.98
16 Pitt County 1.95
17 Tyrrell County 1.92
18 Camden County 1.82
19 Alamance County 1.67
20 Gaston County 1.55
21 Davidson County 1.51
22 Moore County 1.45
23 New Hanover County 1.42
24 Montgomery County 1.4
25 Randolph County 1.37
26 Buncombe County 1.32
27 Anson County 1.31
28 Hoke County 1.27
29 Henderson County 1.25
30 Pasquotank County 1.22
31 Watauga County 1.21
32 Carteret County 1.17
33 Lee County 1.16
33 Wayne County 1.16
34 Harnett County 1.15
35 Wilson County 1.09
36 Rowan County 1.07
37 Jackson County 1.03
38 Cleveland County 0.98
39 Alexander County 0.97
40 McDowell County 0.95
41 Macon County 0.94
42 Nash County 0.9
43 Scotland County 0.87
44 Richmond County 0.79
45 Johnston County 0.78
46 Halifax County 0.77
46 Vance County 0.77
47 Chowan County 0.76
48 Dare County 0.72
48 Hertford County 0.72
49 Davie County 0.71
50 Lincoln County 0.7
51 Brunswick County 0.69
52 Bertie County 0.67
52 Cherokee County 0.67
52 Polk County 0.67
53 Caldwell County 0.66
54 Currituck County 0.65
55 Granville County 0.62
55 Hyde County 0.62
56 Rockingham County 0.6
56 Transylvania County 0.6
57 Haywood County 0.59
57 Swain County 0.59
58 Rutherford County 0.58
59 Alleghany County 0.56
59 Franklin County 0.56
59 Pamlico County 0.56
59 Surry County 0.56
60 Martin County 0.55
61 Lenoir County 0.54
61 Robeson County 0.54
62 Mitchell County 0.53
63 Graham County 0.52
63 Pender County 0.52
64 Ashe County 0.51
64 Caswell County 0.51
64 Wilkes County 0.51
65 Avery County 0.49
65 Jones County 0.49
66 Sampson County 0.47
67 Madison County 0.45
67 Perquimans County 0.45
68 Beaufort County 0.43
69 Duplin County 0.42
70 Greene County 0.41
71 Person County 0.4
72 Clay County 0.38
73 Columbus County 0.37
73 Washington County 0.37
74 Gates County 0.36
75 Stokes County 0.35
76 Yadkin County 0.33
77 Warren County 0.32
78 Bladen County 0.29
79 Yancey County 0.27
80 Edgecombe County 0.25
80 Northampton County 0.25