Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Hispanic or Latino Population in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all North Carolina counties, Mecklenburg County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino (118.52K), followed by Wake County (92.75K), and Forsyth County (43.17K).

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 Hispanic or Latino Population in 2012
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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Hispanic or Latino Population in 2012
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Rank County Hispanic or Latino Population
1 Mecklenburg County 118524
2 Wake County 92754
3 Forsyth County 43174
4 Durham County 37574
5 Guilford County 36397
6 Cumberland County 34539
7 Johnston County 22437
8 Union County 21926
9 Onslow County 21678
10 Cabarrus County 17536
11 Alamance County 17526
12 Randolph County 14924
13 Buncombe County 14886
14 Harnett County 13623
15 Catawba County 13144
16 Wayne County 12998
17 Gaston County 12575
18 Duplin County 12339
19 Lee County 11401
20 Iredell County 11296
21 New Hanover County 11159
22 Sampson County 11079
23 Orange County 11065
24 Robeson County 10792
25 Rowan County 10625
26 Henderson County 10457
27 Davidson County 10354
28 Pitt County 9745
29 Chatham County 8174
30 Wilson County 7776
31 Surry County 7171
32 Craven County 7100
33 Hoke County 6129
34 Nash County 6001
35 Lincoln County 5390
36 Moore County 5380
37 Brunswick County 5364
38 Rockingham County 5194
39 Burke County 5005
40 Franklin County 4699
41 Granville County 4172
42 Montgomery County 3994
43 Lenoir County 3956
44 Caldwell County 3915
45 Wilkes County 3903
46 Yadkin County 3872
47 Beaufort County 3376
48 Pender County 3234
49 Vance County 3068
50 Greene County 3064
51 Cleveland County 2941
52 Richmond County 2781
53 Columbus County 2669
54 Davie County 2564
55 Carteret County 2543
56 Rutherford County 2525
57 McDowell County 2524
58 Bladen County 2506
59 Dare County 2287
60 Stanly County 2216
61 Macon County 2165
62 Edgecombe County 2146
63 Jackson County 2128
64 Haywood County 2029
65 Pasquotank County 1766
66 Watauga County 1758
67 Person County 1597
68 Alexander County 1591
69 Halifax County 1278
70 Ashe County 1274
71 Stokes County 1244
72 Polk County 1123
73 Alleghany County 995
74 Transylvania County 963
75 Scotland County 938
76 Anson County 854
77 Currituck County 826
78 Yancey County 825
79 Avery County 821
80 Martin County 804
81 Hertford County 781
82 Caswell County 754
83 Warren County 748
84 Cherokee County 736
85 Mitchell County 659
86 Swain County 638
87 Washington County 510
88 Chowan County 479
89 Madison County 457
90 Hyde County 421
91 Pamlico County 420
92 Jones County 408
93 Northampton County 370
94 Bertie County 341
95 Perquimans County 310
96 Clay County 296
97 Tyrrell County 285
98 Camden County 240
99 Graham County 238
100 Gates County 205