Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic or Latino in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all North Carolina counties, Duplin County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino (21.69%), followed by Sampson County (19%), and Lee County (18.59%).

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 2016
Duplin
Sampson
Lee
Montgomery
Greene
Durham
Hoke
Johnston
Mecklenburg
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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic or Latino in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Duplin County 21.69
2 Sampson County 19
3 Lee County 18.59
4 Montgomery County 15.24
5 Greene County 14.63
6 Durham County 13.32
7 Hoke County 13.26
8 Johnston County 13.22
9 Mecklenburg County 12.9
10 Forsyth County 12.54
11 Onslow County 12.46
12 Harnett County 12.42
13 Alamance County 12.23
14 Chatham County 12.05
15 Cumberland County 11.48
16 Wayne County 11.36
17 Randolph County 11.12
18 Yadkin County 10.94
19 Union County 10.88
20 Surry County 10.37
21 Cabarrus County 9.99
22 Wilson County 9.97
23 Wake County 9.94
24 Henderson County 9.9
25 Alleghany County 9.51
26 Catawba County 9.47
27 Hyde County 8.76
28 Tyrrell County 8.51
29 Robeson County 8.45
30 Rowan County 8.42
31 Orange County 8.25
32 Franklin County 8.08
33 Lenoir County 7.75
34 Granville County 7.71
34 Guilford County 7.71
35 Beaufort County 7.68
36 Vance County 7.6
37 Iredell County 7.41
38 Bladen County 7.31
39 Dare County 7.28
40 Craven County 7.15
41 Lincoln County 7.05
42 Davidson County 6.97
43 Macon County 6.85
43 Pender County 6.85
44 Nash County 6.77
45 Gaston County 6.68
46 Moore County 6.53
47 Davie County 6.52
48 Buncombe County 6.45
49 Richmond County 6.29
50 Wilkes County 6.24
51 Pitt County 6.15
52 Rockingham County 6.02
53 McDowell County 6.01
54 Burke County 5.87
55 Jackson County 5.72
56 Polk County 5.71
57 New Hanover County 5.42
58 Mitchell County 5.39
59 Swain County 5.34
60 Columbus County 5.29
61 Caldwell County 5.28
62 Pasquotank County 5.1
63 Washington County 5.01
64 Avery County 4.97
65 Yancey County 4.95
66 Ashe County 4.84
67 Brunswick County 4.75
68 Alexander County 4.61
69 Jones County 4.51
70 Edgecombe County 4.34
71 Carteret County 4.3
72 Person County 4.15
73 Rutherford County 4.14
74 Stanly County 4.07
75 Anson County 4.03
76 Martin County 3.92
77 Haywood County 3.87
78 Currituck County 3.86
79 Caswell County 3.82
80 Chowan County 3.73
81 Pamlico County 3.67
81 Warren County 3.67
82 Hertford County 3.57
83 Cleveland County 3.45
84 Watauga County 3.42
85 Graham County 3.38
86 Cherokee County 3.21
87 Transylvania County 3.2
88 Clay County 3.05
88 Scotland County 3.05
89 Camden County 3
90 Stokes County 2.93
91 Halifax County 2.71
92 Perquimans County 2.64
93 Madison County 2.45
94 Northampton County 2.19
95 Gates County 2.13
96 Bertie County 2.02