Ranking of North Carolina Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Kenyan Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 2.94K people in North Carolina with Kenyan ancestry (0.03% of North Carolina population). Among all North Carolina cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Roanoke Rapids city had the highest percentage of its population with Kenyan ancestry (0.56%), followed by Knightdale town (0.40%), and Wake Forest town (0.37%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Kenyan ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in North Carolina.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of North Carolina Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Kenyan Ancestry in 2021
Roanoke Rapids city
Knightdale town
Wake Forest town
Anderson Creek CDP
Raleigh city
Chapel Hill town
Boone town
Jacksonville city
Fuquay-Varina town
Durham city
Ranking of North Carolina Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Kenyan Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Roanoke Rapids city 0.56
2 Knightdale town 0.40
3 Wake Forest town 0.37
4 Anderson Creek CDP 0.23
5 Raleigh city 0.22
6 Chapel Hill town 0.16
7 Boone town 0.14
8 Jacksonville city 0.13
9 Fuquay-Varina town 0.12
10 Durham city 0.11
10 Havelock city 0.11
11 Kannapolis city 0.07
12 Gastonia city 0.06
13 Monroe city 0.02
14 Goldsboro city 0.01