Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Hispanic or Latino Population in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all North Carolina counties, Mecklenburg County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino (141.92K), followed by Wake County (107.65K), and Forsyth County (47.95K).

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 Hispanic or Latino Population in 2017
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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Hispanic or Latino Population in 2017
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Rank County Hispanic or Latino Population
1 Mecklenburg County 141915
2 Wake County 107653
3 Forsyth County 47945
4 Durham County 42100
5 Guilford County 41696
6 Cumberland County 38763
7 Johnston County 26361
8 Union County 25533
9 Onslow County 24736
10 Cabarrus County 21132
11 Alamance County 20281
12 Harnett County 16911
13 Buncombe County 16848
14 Randolph County 16201
15 Gaston County 15296
16 Catawba County 15152
17 Wayne County 14486
18 Iredell County 13333
19 Duplin County 12999
20 New Hanover County 12672
21 Sampson County 12351
22 Rowan County 12251
23 Orange County 12112
24 Davidson County 11812
25 Robeson County 11600
26 Henderson County 11572
27 Lee County 11445
28 Pitt County 11293
29 Chatham County 8645
30 Wilson County 8375
31 Surry County 7628
32 Craven County 7420
33 Hoke County 7345
34 Nash County 6560
35 Moore County 6522
36 Brunswick County 6268
37 Lincoln County 5844
38 Rockingham County 5514
39 Franklin County 5513
40 Burke County 5491
41 Granville County 4731
42 Caldwell County 4560
43 Lenoir County 4507
44 Wilkes County 4379
45 Pender County 4295
46 Montgomery County 4153
47 Yadkin County 4138
48 Beaufort County 3658
49 Cleveland County 3445
50 Vance County 3439
51 Greene County 3149
52 Columbus County 3008
53 Richmond County 2911
54 Carteret County 2897
55 Rutherford County 2887
56 Davie County 2837
57 McDowell County 2740
58 Dare County 2656
59 Jackson County 2619
60 Stanly County 2608
61 Bladen County 2494
62 Edgecombe County 2450
63 Macon County 2449
64 Haywood County 2395
65 Pasquotank County 2202
66 Watauga County 1959
67 Alexander County 1746
68 Person County 1687
69 Halifax County 1465
70 Stokes County 1436
71 Ashe County 1305
72 Polk County 1250
73 Transylvania County 1098
74 Alleghany County 1065
75 Scotland County 1058
76 Currituck County 1033
77 Anson County 1007
78 Martin County 946
79 Cherokee County 925
80 Avery County 901
81 Caswell County 896
82 Yancey County 892
83 Hertford County 874
84 Mitchell County 833
85 Swain County 794
86 Warren County 767
87 Washington County 633
88 Madison County 538
89 Chowan County 497
90 Pamlico County 488
91 Hyde County 466
92 Jones County 444
93 Northampton County 420
94 Bertie County 389
95 Tyrrell County 370
96 Clay County 360
97 Perquimans County 350
98 Graham County 315
99 Camden County 307
100 Gates County 260