Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Asian Alone in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all North Carolina counties, Orange County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Asian Alone (7.99%), followed by Wake County (7.34%), and Mecklenburg County (6.28%).

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 2017

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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).

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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Asian Alone in 2017

Orange

Wake

Mecklenburg

Durham

Guilford

Catawba

Cabarrus

Burke

Union

Craven

Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Asian Alone in 2017

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Rank	County	% of County Population
1	Orange County	7.99
2	Wake County	7.34
3	Mecklenburg County	6.28
4	Durham County	5.33
5	Guilford County	5.14
6	Catawba County	4.45
7	Cabarrus County	4.14
8	Burke County	3.84
9	Union County	3.06
10	Craven County	2.9
11	Cumberland County	2.75
12	Iredell County	2.66
13	Forsyth County	2.59
14	Tyrrell County	2.23
15	Onslow County	2.19
16	Pitt County	2.07
16	Stanly County	2.07
17	Chatham County	1.95
18	Camden County	1.9
19	Alamance County	1.71
20	Davidson County	1.63
20	Montgomery County	1.63
21	Gaston County	1.56
22	Moore County	1.55
23	New Hanover County	1.52
24	Hoke County	1.47
25	Randolph County	1.45
26	Pasquotank County	1.4
27	Buncombe County	1.38
28	Wayne County	1.36
29	Lee County	1.33
30	Harnett County	1.3
31	Anson County	1.28
32	Carteret County	1.27
32	Henderson County	1.27
33	Watauga County	1.23
34	Wilson County	1.2
35	Rowan County	1.14
36	Jackson County	1.1
36	McDowell County	1.1
37	Cleveland County	1.07
38	Alexander County	1.06
38	Nash County	1.06
39	Macon County	1.02
40	Richmond County	0.94
41	Davie County	0.9
42	Johnston County	0.88
43	Hertford County	0.84
43	Scotland County	0.84
44	Halifax County	0.81
45	Chowan County	0.8
46	Alleghany County	0.78
46	Vance County	0.78
47	Duplin County	0.77
47	Polk County	0.77
48	Currituck County	0.75
48	Hyde County	0.75
49	Brunswick County	0.74
50	Cherokee County	0.73
51	Bertie County	0.72
51	Dare County	0.72
52	Granville County	0.71
52	Lenoir County	0.71
52	Surry County	0.71
53	Caldwell County	0.7
54	Lincoln County	0.69
55	Robeson County	0.65
56	Mitchell County	0.64
57	Sampson County	0.63
57	Transylvania County	0.63
58	Franklin County	0.62
58	Pamlico County	0.62
58	Rockingham County	0.62
59	Pender County	0.61
59	Swain County	0.61
60	Haywood County	0.59
60	Rutherford County	0.59
60	Wilkes County	0.59
61	Greene County	0.57
62	Ashe County	0.54
62	Caswell County	0.54
63	Avery County	0.53
63	Martin County	0.53
64	Columbus County	0.51
64	Perquimans County	0.51
65	Graham County	0.5
65	Jones County	0.5
66	Beaufort County	0.49
66	Madison County	0.49
67	Person County	0.47
68	Yadkin County	0.44
69	Washington County	0.41
70	Warren County	0.38
71	Bladen County	0.37
72	Stokes County	0.36
73	Clay County	0.35
73	Gates County	0.35
74	Yancey County	0.3
75	Northampton County	0.29
76	Edgecombe County	0.28