Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic or Latino in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all North Carolina counties, Duplin County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino (21.23%), followed by Lee County (19.06%), and Sampson County (18.69%).

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 Hispanic or Latino in 2015
Duplin
Lee
Sampson
Montgomery
Greene
Durham
Johnston
Hoke
Mecklenburg
Forsyth
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic or Latino in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Duplin County 21.23
2 Lee County 19.06
3 Sampson County 18.69
4 Montgomery County 15.24
5 Greene County 14.33
6 Durham County 13.23
7 Johnston County 13.07
8 Hoke County 12.8
9 Mecklenburg County 12.64
10 Forsyth County 12.33
10 Onslow County 12.33
11 Chatham County 12.28
12 Harnett County 12.17
13 Alamance County 12.08
14 Cumberland County 11.26
15 Wayne County 11.05
16 Randolph County 10.9
17 Union County 10.72
18 Yadkin County 10.69
19 Surry County 10.09
20 Cabarrus County 9.86
21 Wake County 9.84
22 Wilson County 9.83
23 Henderson County 9.71
24 Alleghany County 9.61
25 Catawba County 9.21
26 Hyde County 8.52
27 Robeson County 8.33
28 Orange County 8.27
29 Rowan County 8.17
30 Franklin County 7.87
31 Lenoir County 7.83
32 Guilford County 7.56
33 Beaufort County 7.43
34 Tyrrell County 7.42
35 Granville County 7.4
36 Bladen County 7.3
37 Vance County 7.27
38 Iredell County 7.24
39 Craven County 7.18
40 Dare County 7.01
41 Lincoln County 6.98
42 Davidson County 6.75
43 Macon County 6.62
44 Nash County 6.54
45 Pender County 6.49
46 Gaston County 6.46
47 Davie County 6.42
48 Buncombe County 6.37
49 Moore County 6.34
50 Richmond County 6.12
51 Wilkes County 6.07
52 Pitt County 5.96
53 McDowell County 5.89
54 Rockingham County 5.87
55 Burke County 5.75
56 Polk County 5.69
57 Jackson County 5.61
58 New Hanover County 5.36
59 Swain County 5.18
60 Columbus County 5.06
61 Avery County 5.01
61 Caldwell County 5.01
62 Mitchell County 4.94
63 Pasquotank County 4.91
64 Ashe County 4.88
65 Yancey County 4.85
66 Washington County 4.76
67 Brunswick County 4.71
68 Alexander County 4.58
69 Carteret County 4.29
70 Jones County 4.28
71 Edgecombe County 4.26
72 Person County 4.1
72 Rutherford County 4.1
73 Stanly County 3.93
74 Anson County 3.82
75 Martin County 3.79
76 Haywood County 3.76
77 Currituck County 3.71
78 Warren County 3.7
79 Hertford County 3.68
80 Pamlico County 3.64
81 Caswell County 3.59
81 Chowan County 3.59
82 Watauga County 3.38
83 Graham County 3.33
84 Cleveland County 3.25
85 Transylvania County 3.18
86 Cherokee County 2.93
87 Scotland County 2.9
88 Clay County 2.88
89 Stokes County 2.81
90 Camden County 2.74
91 Halifax County 2.64
92 Perquimans County 2.43
93 Madison County 2.35
94 Gates County 2.06
95 Bertie County 2
96 Northampton County 1.97