Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Asian 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Asian (8.24%), followed by Orange County (7.78%), and Mecklenburg County (6.4%).

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 2021
Wake
Orange
Mecklenburg
Cabarrus
Durham
Guilford
Catawba
Union
Burke
Craven
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Asian in 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Wake County 8.24
2 Orange County 7.78
3 Mecklenburg County 6.4
4 Cabarrus County 5.66
5 Durham County 5.62
6 Guilford County 5.39
7 Catawba County 4.74
8 Union County 4.12
9 Burke County 3.62
10 Craven County 2.89
11 Iredell County 2.66
12 Forsyth County 2.6
13 Cumberland County 2.58
14 Chatham County 2.28
15 Onslow County 2.03
16 Pitt County 1.96
17 Stanly County 1.91
18 Alamance County 1.8
19 Camden County 1.79
20 Tyrrell County 1.75
21 Gaston County 1.68
22 Davidson County 1.64
23 Moore County 1.57
24 Anson County 1.56
25 Randolph County 1.53
26 Montgomery County 1.45
26 New Hanover County 1.45
27 Hoke County 1.44
28 Buncombe County 1.39
29 Pasquotank County 1.27
30 Lee County 1.26
31 Henderson County 1.23
32 Watauga County 1.19
33 Wayne County 1.16
34 Jackson County 1.13
35 Harnett County 1.12
36 Carteret County 1.11
37 Wilson County 1.08
38 Alexander County 1.06
38 Rowan County 1.06
39 Cleveland County 1.05
40 Currituck County 0.98
41 Scotland County 0.97
42 McDowell County 0.96
42 Nash County 0.96
43 Johnston County 0.92
43 Macon County 0.92
44 Richmond County 0.91
45 Dare County 0.89
45 Lincoln County 0.89
46 Hertford County 0.81
47 Vance County 0.8
48 Halifax County 0.78
49 Brunswick County 0.76
50 Caldwell County 0.75
50 Chowan County 0.75
50 Davie County 0.75
50 Polk County 0.75
51 Bertie County 0.74
52 Franklin County 0.71
52 Granville County 0.71
53 Hyde County 0.69
53 Swain County 0.69
54 Haywood County 0.66
55 Caswell County 0.64
55 Transylvania County 0.64
56 Cherokee County 0.63
56 Jones County 0.63
57 Rockingham County 0.62
58 Graham County 0.61
58 Lenoir County 0.61
58 Rutherford County 0.61
58 Surry County 0.61
59 Avery County 0.59
59 Martin County 0.59
60 Pamlico County 0.57
61 Pender County 0.56
62 Alleghany County 0.55
62 Madison County 0.55
62 Robeson County 0.55
62 Wilkes County 0.55
63 Mitchell County 0.54
64 Duplin County 0.49
65 Beaufort County 0.48
65 Sampson County 0.48
66 Greene County 0.47
66 Perquimans County 0.47
67 Ashe County 0.43
67 Gates County 0.43
68 Columbus County 0.42
69 Washington County 0.4
70 Bladen County 0.39
70 Clay County 0.39
70 Person County 0.39
70 Stokes County 0.39
71 Warren County 0.34
72 Northampton County 0.33
72 Yadkin County 0.33
73 Edgecombe County 0.3
74 Yancey County 0.29