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Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Population: Foreign born
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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People (Foreign Born)
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Rank within US
(of 3142 counties)
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North Carolina N/A 8.7 923,923 22 of 51
United States N/A 13.9 46,108,901 N/A
Washington County Rural 0.7 80 2,848
Camden County Urban 0.8 85 2,778
Hyde County Rural 2.0 93 1,950
Gates County Urban 1.3 134 2,392
Graham County Rural 2.4 196 1,727
Jones County Rural 2.3 210 1,783
Swain County Rural 1.6 227 2,181
Chowan County Rural 1.8 255 2,056
Northampton County Rural 1.6 268 2,181
Tyrrell County Rural 8.5 288 490
Bertie County Rural 1.7 296 2,118
Perquimans County Rural 2.3 299 1,783
Madison County Urban 1.4 302 2,318
Pamlico County Rural 2.8 350 1,560
Martin County Rural 1.7 373 2,118
Clay County Rural 3.8 433 1,222
Mitchell County Rural 3.1 463 1,451
Yancey County Rural 3.0 560 1,481
Cherokee County Rural 1.9 563 2,005
Warren County Rural 3.0 570 1,481
Alleghany County Rural 6.1 671 757
Anson County Urban 3.1 672 1,451
Caswell County Rural 3.1 693 1,451
Avery County Rural 4.1 723 1,138
Currituck County Urban 2.6 784 1,644
Ashe County Rural 3.0 802 1,481
Bladen County Rural 2.8 817 1,560
Stokes County Urban 1.8 819 2,056
Polk County Rural 4.4 864 1,072
Hertford County Rural 4.5 915 1,053
Alexander County Urban 2.5 926 1,691
Scotland County Rural 2.8 979 1,560
Pasquotank County Rural 2.6 1,046 1,644
Columbus County Rural 2.2 1,095 1,834
Transylvania County Rural 3.5 1,176 1,311
Halifax County Rural 2.5 1,192 1,691
Person County Urban 3.1 1,218 1,451
Greene County Rural 6.5 1,319 693
Haywood County Rural 2.2 1,404 1,834
Edgecombe County Urban 3.1 1,531 1,451
Beaufort County Rural 3.4 1,536 1,340
Richmond County Rural 3.7 1,568 1,247
McDowell County Rural 3.8 1,718 1,222
Dare County Rural 4.9 1,857 976
Yadkin County Urban 5.3 1,978 899
Jackson County Rural 4.6 1,989 1,035
Watauga County Rural 3.7 2,044 1,247
Vance County Rural 4.9 2,074 976
Montgomery County Rural 8.0 2,080 541
Rutherford County Rural 3.2 2,088 1,411
Macon County Rural 5.7 2,138 831
Wilkes County Rural 3.3 2,161 1,371
Davie County Urban 5.1 2,200 932
Carteret County Rural 3.2 2,223 1,411
Lenoir County Rural 4.2 2,328 1,115
Pender County Urban 4.1 2,591 1,138
Caldwell County Urban 3.3 2,684 1,371
Stanly County Rural 4.3 2,712 1,092
Rockingham County Urban 3.2 2,903 1,411
Cleveland County Rural 3.0 2,957 1,481
Hoke County Urban 6.2 3,315 739
Granville County Rural 5.8 3,580 817
Nash County Urban 4.0 3,825 1,166
Franklin County Urban 5.4 3,854 879
Craven County Rural 4.1 4,122 1,138
Surry County Rural 5.9 4,194 801
Lincoln County Urban 5.1 4,582 932
Wilson County Rural 6.0 4,684 779
Burke County Urban 5.6 4,904 856
Brunswick County Urban 3.4 4,987 1,340
Moore County Urban 5.0 5,175 958
Duplin County Rural 11.8 5,782 284
Robeson County Rural 5.1 5,983 932
Lee County Rural 9.6 6,175 404
Sampson County Rural 10.6 6,276 332
Wayne County Urban 6.9 8,127 646
Onslow County Urban 4.0 8,276 1,166
Chatham County Urban 10.7 8,344 328
Harnett County Rural 6.3 8,577 725
Randolph County Urban 6.1 8,849 757
Rowan County Urban 6.0 8,981 779
Henderson County Urban 7.7 8,987 575
Davidson County Urban 5.7 9,704 831
Pitt County Urban 5.6 9,718 856
Catawba County Urban 6.7 10,923 668
Gaston County Urban 5.7 13,219 831
Iredell County Urban 7.0 13,468 636
New Hanover County Urban 6.1 14,078 757
Alamance County Urban 9.1 15,930 441
Orange County Urban 12.6 18,553 249
Buncombe County Urban 7.0 19,134 636
Johnston County Urban 8.5 19,235 490
Cabarrus County Urban 9.8 22,554 387
Cumberland County Urban 6.7 22,584 668
Union County Urban 11.5 28,229 292
Forsyth County Urban 9.2 35,397 433
Durham County Urban 15.2 50,078 180
Guilford County Urban 11.4 62,023 299
Wake County Urban 14.5 167,349 194
Mecklenburg County Urban 16.9 190,648 147
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/14/2025 7:53 pm.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.

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.

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