Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Asian Alone Population in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all North Carolina counties, Wake County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Asian Alone (73.57K), followed by Mecklenburg County (64.10K), and Guilford County (25.95K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Asian Alone Population in 2016
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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Asian Alone Population in 2016
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Rank County Asian Alone Population
1 Wake County 73567
2 Mecklenburg County 64099
3 Guilford County 25950
4 Durham County 16090
5 Orange County 11416
6 Forsyth County 9273
7 Cumberland County 8990
8 Cabarrus County 7513
9 Catawba County 6661
10 Union County 6118
11 Iredell County 4447
12 Onslow County 4091
13 Pitt County 3673
14 Burke County 3409
15 New Hanover County 3388
16 Buncombe County 3358
17 Gaston County 3352
18 Craven County 2856
19 Alamance County 2630
20 Davidson County 2517
21 Randolph County 1999
22 Harnett County 1682
23 Johnston County 1619
24 Wayne County 1578
25 Rowan County 1545
26 Henderson County 1385
27 Moore County 1376
28 Chatham County 1292
29 Stanly County 1257
30 Cleveland County 1029
31 Nash County 994
32 Wilson County 941
33 Brunswick County 905
34 Robeson County 885
35 Carteret County 866
36 Lee County 775
37 Hoke County 749
38 Watauga County 660
39 Lincoln County 566
40 Rockingham County 561
41 Pasquotank County 554
42 Caldwell County 546
43 Surry County 486
44 McDowell County 467
45 Duplin County 454
46 Jackson County 450
47 Montgomery County 433
48 Halifax County 414
49 Richmond County 413
50 Alexander County 407
51 Granville County 401
52 Lenoir County 398
53 Franklin County 396
54 Rutherford County 388
54 Wilkes County 388
55 Sampson County 386
56 Davie County 362
57 Pender County 361
58 Haywood County 345
59 Macon County 341
60 Columbus County 313
61 Scotland County 309
62 Anson County 307
63 Vance County 295
64 Dare County 257
65 Beaufort County 236
66 Camden County 228
67 Cherokee County 209
68 Transylvania County 203
69 Hertford County 193
70 Currituck County 180
71 Person County 176
72 Yadkin County 169
73 Stokes County 168
74 Edgecombe County 154
75 Polk County 141
76 Ashe County 140
77 Bertie County 139
78 Martin County 130
79 Greene County 121
80 Bladen County 118
81 Chowan County 109
82 Caswell County 105
83 Madison County 98
84 Mitchell County 93
85 Swain County 90
86 Avery County 87
87 Alleghany County 85
87 Tyrrell County 85
88 Pamlico County 73
89 Warren County 72
90 Perquimans County 70
91 Yancey County 58
92 Northampton County 53
93 Washington County 45
94 Jones County 44
95 Graham County 42
96 Hyde County 39
97 Clay County 37
98 Gates County 32