Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Asian in 2016
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all North Carolina counties, Orange County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Asian (7.9%), followed by Wake County (6.92%), and Mecklenburg County (5.95%).
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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Non-Hispanic Asian in 2016
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange County | 7.9 |
| 2 | Wake County | 6.92 |
| 3 | Mecklenburg County | 5.95 |
| 4 | Durham County | 5.05 |
| 5 | Guilford County | 4.87 |
| 6 | Catawba County | 4.14 |
| 7 | Burke County | 3.69 |
| 8 | Cabarrus County | 3.6 |
| 9 | Craven County | 2.65 |
| 10 | Union County | 2.62 |
| 11 | Cumberland County | 2.56 |
| 12 | Iredell County | 2.49 |
| 13 | Forsyth County | 2.39 |
| 14 | Camden County | 2.12 |
| 15 | Tyrrell County | 2.02 |
| 16 | Stanly County | 2 |
| 17 | Pitt County | 1.95 |
| 18 | Onslow County | 1.9 |
| 19 | Chatham County | 1.73 |
| 20 | Alamance County | 1.53 |
| 21 | Gaston County | 1.51 |
| 22 | New Hanover County | 1.44 |
| 23 | Davidson County | 1.41 |
| 24 | Montgomery County | 1.4 |
| 25 | Moore County | 1.36 |
| 26 | Randolph County | 1.29 |
| 27 | Pasquotank County | 1.28 |
| 28 | Buncombe County | 1.25 |
| 29 | Hoke County | 1.22 |
| 30 | Carteret County | 1.2 |
| 31 | Henderson County | 1.17 |
| 32 | Watauga County | 1.16 |
| 33 | Anson County | 1.14 |
| 33 | Harnett County | 1.14 |
| 34 | Wayne County | 1.12 |
| 35 | Lee County | 1.09 |
| 36 | Alexander County | 1.05 |
| 37 | Rowan County | 1.04 |
| 37 | Wilson County | 1.04 |
| 38 | Jackson County | 0.99 |
| 39 | Cleveland County | 0.98 |
| 40 | Macon County | 0.91 |
| 41 | McDowell County | 0.87 |
| 41 | Nash County | 0.87 |
| 42 | Scotland County | 0.86 |
| 43 | Richmond County | 0.82 |
| 44 | Chowan County | 0.75 |
| 45 | Davie County | 0.74 |
| 45 | Halifax County | 0.74 |
| 46 | Johnston County | 0.71 |
| 47 | Cherokee County | 0.67 |
| 47 | Dare County | 0.67 |
| 48 | Brunswick County | 0.66 |
| 48 | Lincoln County | 0.66 |
| 49 | Hertford County | 0.65 |
| 50 | Bertie County | 0.64 |
| 50 | Hyde County | 0.64 |
| 51 | Currituck County | 0.63 |
| 52 | Granville County | 0.61 |
| 53 | Caldwell County | 0.6 |
| 54 | Swain County | 0.59 |
| 55 | Transylvania County | 0.58 |
| 55 | Vance County | 0.58 |
| 56 | Lenoir County | 0.57 |
| 56 | Robeson County | 0.57 |
| 56 | Rockingham County | 0.57 |
| 57 | Alleghany County | 0.56 |
| 57 | Polk County | 0.56 |
| 58 | Rutherford County | 0.55 |
| 59 | Haywood County | 0.53 |
| 59 | Mitchell County | 0.53 |
| 59 | Pamlico County | 0.53 |
| 59 | Surry County | 0.53 |
| 60 | Martin County | 0.51 |
| 60 | Wilkes County | 0.51 |
| 61 | Ashe County | 0.5 |
| 62 | Franklin County | 0.49 |
| 63 | Pender County | 0.46 |
| 64 | Graham County | 0.45 |
| 64 | Jones County | 0.45 |
| 65 | Caswell County | 0.44 |
| 65 | Duplin County | 0.44 |
| 65 | Madison County | 0.44 |
| 66 | Sampson County | 0.43 |
| 67 | Columbus County | 0.42 |
| 67 | Greene County | 0.42 |
| 68 | Avery County | 0.41 |
| 68 | Perquimans County | 0.41 |
| 69 | Beaufort County | 0.38 |
| 70 | Person County | 0.37 |
| 71 | Washington County | 0.35 |
| 72 | Stokes County | 0.34 |
| 73 | Clay County | 0.32 |
| 74 | Warren County | 0.31 |
| 75 | Yancey County | 0.3 |
| 76 | Yadkin County | 0.29 |
| 77 | Bladen County | 0.28 |
| 78 | Gates County | 0.27 |
| 79 | Edgecombe County | 0.23 |
| 80 | Northampton County | 0.21 |