Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Population: Foreign born
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Percent
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Foreign Born)
|
Rank within US (of 3142 counties)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | N/A | 14.1 | 47,349,078 | N/A |
| North Carolina | N/A | 9.1 | 973,325 | 22 of 51 |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | 17.3 | 200,313 | 152 |
| Durham County | Urban | 15.4 | 51,280 | 182 |
| Wake County | Urban | 15.3 | 179,775 | 183 |
| Orange County | Urban | 12.9 | 19,317 | 251 |
| Duplin County | Rural | 12.2 | 6,039 | 275 |
| Union County | Urban | 12.2 | 30,533 | 275 |
| Guilford County | Urban | 11.8 | 64,827 | 291 |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | 10.8 | 25,585 | 338 |
| Sampson County | Rural | 10.6 | 6,332 | 346 |
| Chatham County | Urban | 10.4 | 8,358 | 359 |
| Lee County | Rural | 9.9 | 6,527 | 392 |
| Forsyth County | Urban | 9.7 | 37,819 | 417 |
| Alamance County | Urban | 9.5 | 16,841 | 428 |
| Henderson County | Urban | 8.3 | 9,824 | 534 |
| Johnston County | Urban | 8.3 | 19,441 | 534 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 7.9 | 2,063 | 572 |
| Wayne County | Urban | 7.9 | 9,407 | 572 |
| Iredell County | Urban | 7.2 | 14,055 | 637 |
| Catawba County | Urban | 6.9 | 11,341 | 672 |
| Cumberland County | Urban | 6.8 | 22,888 | 682 |
| Buncombe County | Urban | 6.7 | 18,510 | 693 |
| Greene County | Rural | 6.6 | 1,351 | 710 |
| Randolph County | Urban | 6.6 | 9,720 | 710 |
| Harnett County | Rural | 6.5 | 9,089 | 726 |
| Hoke County | Urban | 6.5 | 3,483 | 726 |
| Gaston County | Urban | 6.4 | 14,951 | 738 |
| Rowan County | Urban | 6.3 | 9,378 | 750 |
| Surry County | Rural | 6.1 | 4,358 | 779 |
| Wilson County | Rural | 6.1 | 4,832 | 779 |
| Franklin County | Urban | 6.0 | 4,469 | 798 |
| Yadkin County | Urban | 6.0 | 2,264 | 798 |
| Macon County | Rural | 5.9 | 2,233 | 811 |
| New Hanover County | Urban | 5.9 | 13,967 | 811 |
| Pitt County | Urban | 5.8 | 10,250 | 825 |
| Granville County | Rural | 5.7 | 3,491 | 846 |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | 5.7 | 194 | 846 |
| Vance County | Rural | 5.7 | 2,431 | 846 |
| Davidson County | Urban | 5.6 | 9,676 | 868 |
| Lincoln County | Urban | 5.5 | 5,075 | 886 |
| Robeson County | Rural | 5.5 | 6,446 | 886 |
| Burke County | Urban | 5.3 | 4,672 | 917 |
| Alleghany County | Rural | 5.1 | 571 | 947 |
| Moore County | Urban | 5.1 | 5,317 | 947 |
| Davie County | Urban | 4.9 | 2,144 | 985 |
| Dare County | Rural | 4.7 | 1,785 | 1,030 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 4.5 | 1,980 | 1,073 |
| Polk County | Rural | 4.5 | 893 | 1,073 |
| Lenoir County | Rural | 4.4 | 2,400 | 1,099 |
| Stanly County | Rural | 4.4 | 2,833 | 1,099 |
| Transylvania County | Rural | 4.3 | 1,435 | 1,121 |
| Avery County | Rural | 4.2 | 741 | 1,143 |
| Onslow County | Urban | 4.2 | 8,824 | 1,143 |
| Pender County | Urban | 4.2 | 2,771 | 1,143 |
| Craven County | Rural | 4.1 | 4,222 | 1,168 |
| Richmond County | Rural | 4.1 | 1,720 | 1,168 |
| Hertford County | Rural | 4.0 | 802 | 1,206 |
| Nash County | Urban | 4.0 | 3,835 | 1,206 |
| Hyde County | Rural | 3.9 | 180 | 1,243 |
| Bladen County | Rural | 3.8 | 1,123 | 1,271 |
| Wilkes County | Rural | 3.7 | 2,463 | 1,295 |
| Beaufort County | Rural | 3.6 | 1,615 | 1,324 |
| Brunswick County | Urban | 3.6 | 5,482 | 1,324 |
| Scotland County | Rural | 3.5 | 1,170 | 1,345 |
| Watauga County | Rural | 3.5 | 1,906 | 1,345 |
| Clay County | Rural | 3.4 | 394 | 1,387 |
| Currituck County | Urban | 3.4 | 1,028 | 1,387 |
| Anson County | Urban | 3.3 | 732 | 1,415 |
| Columbus County | Rural | 3.3 | 1,666 | 1,415 |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | 3.3 | 1,613 | 1,415 |
| Rockingham County | Urban | 3.3 | 3,044 | 1,415 |
| Caswell County | Rural | 3.2 | 727 | 1,451 |
| McDowell County | Rural | 3.2 | 1,426 | 1,451 |
| Yancey County | Rural | 3.2 | 601 | 1,451 |
| Cleveland County | Rural | 3.1 | 3,164 | 1,491 |
| Person County | Urban | 3.1 | 1,238 | 1,491 |
| Rutherford County | Rural | 3.1 | 2,043 | 1,491 |
| Warren County | Rural | 3.1 | 585 | 1,491 |
| Alexander County | Urban | 3.0 | 1,096 | 1,522 |
| Caldwell County | Urban | 3.0 | 2,443 | 1,522 |
| Jones County | Rural | 3.0 | 278 | 1,522 |
| Carteret County | Rural | 2.9 | 2,022 | 1,561 |
| Pamlico County | Rural | 2.9 | 361 | 1,561 |
| Ashe County | Rural | 2.8 | 762 | 1,600 |
| Haywood County | Rural | 2.8 | 1,728 | 1,600 |
| Swain County | Rural | 2.8 | 391 | 1,600 |
| Halifax County | Rural | 2.7 | 1,300 | 1,633 |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | 2.6 | 1,063 | 1,681 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 2.4 | 356 | 1,763 |
| Chowan County | Rural | 2.3 | 319 | 1,813 |
| Perquimans County | Rural | 2.2 | 285 | 1,876 |
| Bertie County | Rural | 2.0 | 339 | 1,979 |
| Cherokee County | Rural | 1.9 | 565 | 2,032 |
| Graham County | Rural | 1.9 | 153 | 2,032 |
| Martin County | Rural | 1.7 | 365 | 2,155 |
| Camden County | Urban | 1.6 | 171 | 2,218 |
| Stokes County | Urban | 1.5 | 665 | 2,290 |
| Gates County | Urban | 1.4 | 147 | 2,362 |
| Madison County | Urban | 1.3 | 295 | 2,432 |
| Northampton County | Rural | 1.3 | 221 | 2,432 |
| Washington County | Rural | 1.1 | 122 | 2,594 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/27/2026 11:54 am.
Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Population: Foreign born, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.