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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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North Carolina N/A 8.7 923,923 22 of 51
United States N/A 13.9 46,108,901 N/A
Alamance County Urban 9.1 15,930 441
Alexander County Urban 2.5 926 1,691
Alleghany County Rural 6.1 671 757
Anson County Urban 3.1 672 1,451
Ashe County Rural 3.0 802 1,481
Avery County Rural 4.1 723 1,138
Beaufort County Rural 3.4 1,536 1,340
Bertie County Rural 1.7 296 2,118
Bladen County Rural 2.8 817 1,560
Brunswick County Urban 3.4 4,987 1,340
Buncombe County Urban 7.0 19,134 636
Burke County Urban 5.6 4,904 856
Cabarrus County Urban 9.8 22,554 387
Caldwell County Urban 3.3 2,684 1,371
Camden County Urban 0.8 85 2,778
Carteret County Rural 3.2 2,223 1,411
Caswell County Rural 3.1 693 1,451
Catawba County Urban 6.7 10,923 668
Chatham County Urban 10.7 8,344 328
Cherokee County Rural 1.9 563 2,005
Chowan County Rural 1.8 255 2,056
Clay County Rural 3.8 433 1,222
Cleveland County Rural 3.0 2,957 1,481
Columbus County Rural 2.2 1,095 1,834
Craven County Rural 4.1 4,122 1,138
Cumberland County Urban 6.7 22,584 668
Currituck County Urban 2.6 784 1,644
Dare County Rural 4.9 1,857 976
Davidson County Urban 5.7 9,704 831
Davie County Urban 5.1 2,200 932
Duplin County Rural 11.8 5,782 284
Durham County Urban 15.2 50,078 180
Edgecombe County Urban 3.1 1,531 1,451
Forsyth County Urban 9.2 35,397 433
Franklin County Urban 5.4 3,854 879
Gaston County Urban 5.7 13,219 831
Gates County Urban 1.3 134 2,392
Graham County Rural 2.4 196 1,727
Granville County Rural 5.8 3,580 817
Greene County Rural 6.5 1,319 693
Guilford County Urban 11.4 62,023 299
Halifax County Rural 2.5 1,192 1,691
Harnett County Rural 6.3 8,577 725
Haywood County Rural 2.2 1,404 1,834
Henderson County Urban 7.7 8,987 575
Hertford County Rural 4.5 915 1,053
Hoke County Urban 6.2 3,315 739
Hyde County Rural 2.0 93 1,950
Iredell County Urban 7.0 13,468 636
Jackson County Rural 4.6 1,989 1,035
Johnston County Urban 8.5 19,235 490
Jones County Rural 2.3 210 1,783
Lee County Rural 9.6 6,175 404
Lenoir County Rural 4.2 2,328 1,115
Lincoln County Urban 5.1 4,582 932
Macon County Rural 5.7 2,138 831
Madison County Urban 1.4 302 2,318
Martin County Rural 1.7 373 2,118
McDowell County Rural 3.8 1,718 1,222
Mecklenburg County Urban 16.9 190,648 147
Mitchell County Rural 3.1 463 1,451
Montgomery County Rural 8.0 2,080 541
Moore County Urban 5.0 5,175 958
Nash County Urban 4.0 3,825 1,166
New Hanover County Urban 6.1 14,078 757
Northampton County Rural 1.6 268 2,181
Onslow County Urban 4.0 8,276 1,166
Orange County Urban 12.6 18,553 249
Pamlico County Rural 2.8 350 1,560
Pasquotank County Rural 2.6 1,046 1,644
Pender County Urban 4.1 2,591 1,138
Perquimans County Rural 2.3 299 1,783
Person County Urban 3.1 1,218 1,451
Pitt County Urban 5.6 9,718 856
Polk County Rural 4.4 864 1,072
Randolph County Urban 6.1 8,849 757
Richmond County Rural 3.7 1,568 1,247
Robeson County Rural 5.1 5,983 932
Rockingham County Urban 3.2 2,903 1,411
Rowan County Urban 6.0 8,981 779
Rutherford County Rural 3.2 2,088 1,411
Sampson County Rural 10.6 6,276 332
Scotland County Rural 2.8 979 1,560
Stanly County Rural 4.3 2,712 1,092
Stokes County Urban 1.8 819 2,056
Surry County Rural 5.9 4,194 801
Swain County Rural 1.6 227 2,181
Transylvania County Rural 3.5 1,176 1,311
Tyrrell County Rural 8.5 288 490
Union County Urban 11.5 28,229 292
Vance County Rural 4.9 2,074 976
Wake County Urban 14.5 167,349 194
Warren County Rural 3.0 570 1,481
Washington County Rural 0.7 80 2,848
Watauga County Rural 3.7 2,044 1,247
Wayne County Urban 6.9 8,127 646
Wilkes County Rural 3.3 2,161 1,371
Wilson County Rural 6.0 4,684 779
Yadkin County Urban 5.3 1,978 899
Yancey County Rural 3.0 560 1,481
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/06/2025 12:09 am.

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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