Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic or Latino in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all North Carolina counties, Duplin County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino (22.05%), followed by Sampson County (19.55%), and Lee County (18.94%).

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 2017
Duplin
Sampson
Lee
Montgomery
Greene
Hoke
Durham
Johnston
Mecklenburg
Forsyth
Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic or Latino in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Duplin County 22.05
2 Sampson County 19.55
3 Lee County 18.94
4 Montgomery County 15.23
5 Greene County 15.02
6 Hoke County 13.55
7 Durham County 13.47
8 Johnston County 13.41
9 Mecklenburg County 13.14
10 Forsyth County 12.76
10 Harnett County 12.76
11 Onslow County 12.66
12 Alamance County 12.42
13 Chatham County 12.13
14 Wayne County 11.76
15 Cumberland County 11.69
16 Randolph County 11.33
17 Union County 11.03
18 Yadkin County 11.01
19 Surry County 10.58
20 Wilson County 10.28
21 Cabarrus County 10.21
22 Wake County 10.04
23 Henderson County 10.03
24 Alleghany County 9.68
25 Catawba County 9.6
26 Hyde County 8.91
27 Tyrrell County 8.87
28 Robeson County 8.75
29 Rowan County 8.73
30 Orange County 8.43
31 Franklin County 8.33
32 Granville County 7.96
32 Lenoir County 7.96
33 Guilford County 7.89
34 Beaufort County 7.77
35 Vance County 7.75
36 Iredell County 7.59
37 Bladen County 7.46
38 Dare County 7.33
39 Craven County 7.22
40 Davidson County 7.14
41 Macon County 7.08
42 Lincoln County 7.07
42 Pender County 7.07
43 Nash County 6.97
44 Gaston County 6.96
45 Davie County 6.71
46 Moore County 6.7
47 Buncombe County 6.55
48 Richmond County 6.5
49 Wilkes County 6.4
50 Pitt County 6.32
51 Burke County 6.09
52 McDowell County 6.08
52 Polk County 6.08
53 Rockingham County 6.07
54 Jackson County 6.06
55 Pasquotank County 5.59
56 Swain County 5.57
57 Caldwell County 5.56
57 Mitchell County 5.56
58 New Hanover County 5.54
59 Columbus County 5.37
60 Washington County 5.3
61 Avery County 5.14
62 Yancey County 5.04
63 Ashe County 4.87
64 Brunswick County 4.79
65 Alexander County 4.71
66 Jones County 4.65
67 Edgecombe County 4.64
68 Rutherford County 4.34
69 Person County 4.28
70 Stanly County 4.24
71 Carteret County 4.2
72 Martin County 4.15
73 Anson County 4.05
74 Caswell County 3.96
75 Currituck County 3.92
75 Haywood County 3.92
76 Warren County 3.87
77 Pamlico County 3.86
78 Graham County 3.69
79 Hertford County 3.65
80 Chowan County 3.55
80 Watauga County 3.55
81 Cleveland County 3.54
82 Cherokee County 3.3
83 Clay County 3.26
84 Transylvania County 3.25
85 Stokes County 3.14
86 Scotland County 3.01
87 Camden County 2.92
88 Halifax County 2.85
89 Perquimans County 2.6
90 Madison County 2.49
91 Gates County 2.26
92 Northampton County 2.11
93 Bertie County 2.02