Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Hispanic or Latino Population in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all North Carolina counties, Mecklenburg County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino (147.16K), followed by Wake County (111.21K), and Forsyth County (49.35K).

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 2018
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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Hispanic or Latino Population in 2018
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Rank County Hispanic or Latino Population
1 Mecklenburg County 147156
2 Wake County 111211
3 Forsyth County 49347
4 Durham County 43376
5 Guilford County 43263
6 Cumberland County 40330
7 Johnston County 27835
8 Union County 26535
9 Onslow County 25340
10 Cabarrus County 22363
11 Alamance County 21256
12 Harnett County 17597
13 Buncombe County 17352
14 Randolph County 16679
15 Gaston County 16237
16 Catawba County 15637
17 Wayne County 14931
18 Iredell County 13931
19 New Hanover County 13255
20 Duplin County 13233
21 Rowan County 12736
22 Sampson County 12647
23 Orange County 12450
24 Davidson County 12279
25 Henderson County 11887
26 Robeson County 11784
27 Lee County 11720
28 Pitt County 11493
29 Chatham County 8871
30 Wilson County 8683
31 Surry County 7846
32 Craven County 7656
33 Hoke County 7589
34 Moore County 6815
35 Brunswick County 6716
36 Nash County 6610
37 Lincoln County 6035
38 Franklin County 5854
39 Burke County 5615
40 Rockingham County 5579
41 Granville County 4941
42 Caldwell County 4650
43 Wilkes County 4595
44 Pender County 4545
45 Lenoir County 4289
46 Montgomery County 4180
47 Yadkin County 4138
48 Beaufort County 3790
49 Cleveland County 3576
49 Vance County 3576
50 Greene County 3254
51 Rutherford County 3082
52 Columbus County 3041
53 Richmond County 3014
54 Carteret County 2985
55 Davie County 2927
56 McDowell County 2816
57 Jackson County 2740
58 Dare County 2714
59 Stanly County 2710
60 Haywood County 2570
61 Macon County 2537
62 Bladen County 2532
63 Edgecombe County 2512
64 Pasquotank County 2379
65 Watauga County 2132
66 Alexander County 1807
67 Person County 1743
68 Halifax County 1550
69 Stokes County 1495
70 Ashe County 1382
71 Polk County 1278
72 Transylvania County 1175
73 Currituck County 1112
74 Alleghany County 1106
75 Scotland County 1095
76 Anson County 1040
77 Cherokee County 1004
78 Caswell County 964
79 Martin County 956
80 Yancey County 953
81 Hertford County 891
82 Swain County 882
83 Avery County 873
84 Mitchell County 844
85 Warren County 742
86 Washington County 626
87 Madison County 527
88 Pamlico County 522
89 Chowan County 504
90 Jones County 494
91 Hyde County 476
92 Northampton County 457
93 Bertie County 405
94 Clay County 404
95 Tyrrell County 368
96 Perquimans County 356
97 Graham County 332
98 Camden County 317
99 Gates County 271