Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Asian Alone in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all North Carolina counties, Orange County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Asian Alone (8.05%), followed by Wake County (7.85%), and Mecklenburg County (6.45%).

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 Percentage of Pop. that are Asian Alone in 2019
Orange
Wake
Mecklenburg
Durham
Guilford
Cabarrus
Catawba
Burke
Union
Craven
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Asian Alone in 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Orange County 8.05
2 Wake County 7.85
3 Mecklenburg County 6.45
4 Durham County 5.55
5 Guilford County 5.4
6 Cabarrus County 4.89
7 Catawba County 4.68
8 Burke County 3.7
9 Union County 3.66
10 Craven County 2.96
11 Cumberland County 2.74
11 Iredell County 2.74
12 Forsyth County 2.62
13 Onslow County 2.25
14 Chatham County 2.23
15 Pitt County 2.06
16 Stanly County 2.02
17 Tyrrell County 1.97
18 Camden County 1.87
19 Alamance County 1.82
20 Davidson County 1.71
21 Montgomery County 1.68
22 Gaston County 1.65
23 Moore County 1.61
24 Randolph County 1.55
25 Hoke County 1.52
26 New Hanover County 1.49
27 Anson County 1.47
28 Buncombe County 1.42
28 Lee County 1.42
29 Pasquotank County 1.41
30 Wayne County 1.35
31 Harnett County 1.34
32 Henderson County 1.33
33 Wilson County 1.28
34 Carteret County 1.21
35 Watauga County 1.19
36 Jackson County 1.16
36 Rowan County 1.16
37 McDowell County 1.1
38 Cleveland County 1.08
38 Macon County 1.08
39 Nash County 1.07
40 Alexander County 1.05
41 Richmond County 0.98
42 Johnston County 0.96
43 Scotland County 0.93
44 Davie County 0.88
44 Polk County 0.88
45 Halifax County 0.86
46 Chowan County 0.85
47 Dare County 0.84
47 Hertford County 0.84
48 Currituck County 0.82
48 Vance County 0.82
49 Lincoln County 0.81
50 Surry County 0.77
51 Alleghany County 0.76
51 Brunswick County 0.76
52 Caldwell County 0.75
52 Duplin County 0.75
52 Granville County 0.75
53 Hyde County 0.73
53 Lenoir County 0.73
54 Cherokee County 0.72
54 Mitchell County 0.72
55 Franklin County 0.71
56 Swain County 0.7
57 Haywood County 0.69
58 Pender County 0.68
59 Rockingham County 0.67
60 Bertie County 0.66
60 Caswell County 0.66
61 Avery County 0.65
61 Robeson County 0.65
61 Sampson County 0.65
62 Pamlico County 0.64
62 Rutherford County 0.64
63 Transylvania County 0.63
64 Greene County 0.59
64 Wilkes County 0.59
65 Graham County 0.57
65 Jones County 0.57
65 Martin County 0.57
66 Perquimans County 0.55
67 Ashe County 0.53
67 Beaufort County 0.53
68 Columbus County 0.51
68 Yadkin County 0.51
69 Madison County 0.49
70 Person County 0.45
71 Clay County 0.44
71 Warren County 0.44
71 Washington County 0.44
72 Stokes County 0.42
73 Bladen County 0.38
74 Yancey County 0.35
75 Edgecombe County 0.32
75 Gates County 0.32
76 Northampton County 0.31