Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Asian Alone in 2022

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all North Carolina counties, Wake County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Asian Alone (8.83%), followed by Orange County (8%), and Mecklenburg County (6.6%).

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 2022
Wake
Orange
Mecklenburg
Cabarrus
Durham
Guilford
Catawba
Union
Burke
Craven
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Asian Alone in 2022
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Wake County 8.83
2 Orange County 8
3 Mecklenburg County 6.6
4 Cabarrus County 6.46
5 Durham County 5.93
6 Guilford County 5.59
7 Catawba County 4.9
8 Union County 4.68
9 Burke County 3.8
10 Craven County 3.11
11 Cumberland County 2.77
12 Iredell County 2.76
13 Forsyth County 2.75
14 Chatham County 2.59
15 Onslow County 2.2
16 Pitt County 2.13
17 Alamance County 2.03
18 Stanly County 2.02
19 Davidson County 1.94
20 Tyrrell County 1.84
21 Camden County 1.83
22 Gaston County 1.81
23 Montgomery County 1.78
23 Moore County 1.78
24 Hoke County 1.76
25 Anson County 1.7
26 Randolph County 1.67
27 Lee County 1.62
28 New Hanover County 1.55
29 Buncombe County 1.5
30 Pasquotank County 1.49
31 Harnett County 1.37
32 Wayne County 1.36
33 Henderson County 1.33
33 Watauga County 1.33
34 Alexander County 1.23
34 Currituck County 1.23
34 Wilson County 1.23
35 Jackson County 1.2
36 Cleveland County 1.19
36 Nash County 1.19
37 Hertford County 1.18
38 Rowan County 1.17
39 McDowell County 1.16
40 Carteret County 1.15
41 Johnston County 1.14
42 Richmond County 1.1
43 Macon County 1.07
44 Lincoln County 1.06
45 Polk County 1.04
46 Dare County 1.01
47 Scotland County 0.96
48 Davie County 0.94
49 Halifax County 0.9
49 Vance County 0.9
50 Granville County 0.89
51 Franklin County 0.86
52 Caldwell County 0.85
52 Pender County 0.85
53 Hyde County 0.84
54 Brunswick County 0.83
54 Duplin County 0.83
55 Surry County 0.81
56 Alleghany County 0.8
57 Bertie County 0.79
58 Lenoir County 0.77
58 Swain County 0.77
59 Chowan County 0.75
60 Caswell County 0.74
60 Haywood County 0.74
61 Avery County 0.73
62 Robeson County 0.72
63 Rockingham County 0.7
64 Cherokee County 0.69
64 Pamlico County 0.69
65 Jones County 0.68
65 Rutherford County 0.68
65 Transylvania County 0.68
66 Martin County 0.67
66 Mitchell County 0.67
66 Sampson County 0.67
67 Graham County 0.66
68 Perquimans County 0.64
69 Greene County 0.63
70 Wilkes County 0.62
71 Beaufort County 0.61
71 Columbus County 0.61
72 Madison County 0.58
73 Yadkin County 0.57
74 Bladen County 0.52
74 Warren County 0.52
75 Ashe County 0.51
76 Edgecombe County 0.47
76 Gates County 0.47
77 Clay County 0.46
77 Stokes County 0.46
78 Person County 0.45
79 Washington County 0.43
80 Northampton County 0.4
81 Yancey County 0.38