# Counties in North Carolina by foreign-born share of the population, 2024

All 100 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `foreign_born_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People who were not US citizens at birth, as a percentage of the total population. Includes naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary migrants and unauthorized immigrants. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/north-carolina-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/foreign-born-population/north-carolina-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 17.4 |
| 2 | Durham County | 15.4 |
| 3 | Wake County | 15.3 |
| 4 | Orange County | 12.9 |
| 5 | Duplin County | 12.2 |
| 6 | Union County | 12.2 |
| 7 | Guilford County | 11.8 |
| 8 | Cabarrus County | 10.8 |
| 9 | Sampson County | 10.7 |
| 10 | Chatham County | 10.4 |
| 11 | Lee County | 9.9 |
| 12 | Forsyth County | 9.7 |
| 13 | Alamance County | 9.5 |
| 14 | Johnston County | 8.3 |
| 15 | Henderson County | 8.3 |
| 16 | Montgomery County | 7.9 |
| 16 | Wayne County | 7.9 |
| 18 | Iredell County | 7.2 |
| 19 | Catawba County | 6.9 |
| 20 | Cumberland County | 6.8 |
| 21 | Buncombe County | 6.8 |
| 22 | Randolph County | 6.6 |
| 23 | Greene County | 6.6 |
| 24 | Harnett County | 6.5 |
| 25 | Hoke County | 6.5 |
| 26 | Gaston County | 6.4 |
| 27 | Rowan County | 6.3 |
| 28 | Surry County | 6.1 |
| 29 | Wilson County | 6.1 |
| 30 | Yadkin County | 6 |
| 31 | Franklin County | 6 |
| 32 | New Hanover County | 5.9 |
| 33 | Macon County | 5.9 |
| 34 | Pitt County | 5.8 |
| 35 | Vance County | 5.7 |
| 36 | Granville County | 5.7 |
| 37 | Tyrrell County | 5.7 |
| 38 | Davidson County | 5.6 |
| 39 | Robeson County | 5.5 |
| 40 | Lincoln County | 5.5 |
| 41 | Burke County | 5.3 |
| 42 | Alleghany County | 5.1 |
| 43 | Moore County | 5.1 |
| 44 | Davie County | 4.9 |
| 45 | Dare County | 4.7 |
| 46 | Jackson County | 4.5 |
| 47 | Polk County | 4.5 |
| 48 | Stanly County | 4.4 |
| 49 | Lenoir County | 4.4 |
| 50 | Transylvania County | 4.3 |
| 51 | Onslow County | 4.2 |
| 52 | Pender County | 4.2 |
| 53 | Avery County | 4.2 |
| 54 | Craven County | 4.1 |
| 55 | Richmond County | 4.1 |
| 56 | Hertford County | 4 |
| 57 | Nash County | 4 |
| 58 | Hyde County | 3.9 |
| 59 | Bladen County | 3.8 |
| 60 | Wilkes County | 3.7 |
| 61 | Beaufort County | 3.6 |
| 62 | Brunswick County | 3.6 |
| 63 | Scotland County | 3.5 |
| 64 | Watauga County | 3.5 |
| 65 | Clay County | 3.4 |
| 66 | Currituck County | 3.4 |
| 67 | Columbus County | 3.3 |
| 68 | Edgecombe County | 3.3 |
| 69 | Rockingham County | 3.3 |
| 70 | Anson County | 3.3 |
| 71 | Caswell County | 3.2 |
| 72 | Yancey County | 3.2 |
| 73 | McDowell County | 3.2 |
| 74 | Rutherford County | 3.2 |
| 75 | Cleveland County | 3.1 |
| 75 | Person County | 3.1 |
| 77 | Warren County | 3.1 |
| 78 | Caldwell County | 3 |
| 79 | Alexander County | 3 |
| 80 | Jones County | 3 |
| 81 | Carteret County | 2.9 |
| 82 | Pamlico County | 2.9 |
| 83 | Ashe County | 2.8 |
| 84 | Swain County | 2.8 |
| 85 | Haywood County | 2.8 |
| 86 | Halifax County | 2.7 |
| 87 | Pasquotank County | 2.6 |
| 88 | Mitchell County | 2.4 |
| 89 | Chowan County | 2.3 |
| 90 | Perquimans County | 2.2 |
| 91 | Bertie County | 2 |
| 92 | Cherokee County | 1.9 |
| 93 | Graham County | 1.9 |
| 94 | Martin County | 1.7 |
| 95 | Camden County | 1.6 |
| 96 | Stokes County | 1.5 |
| 97 | Gates County | 1.4 |
| 98 | Madison County | 1.4 |
| 99 | Northampton County | 1.3 |
| 100 | Washington County | 1.1 |