Rank |
County |
Households |
1 |
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
|
356,833
|
2 |
Wake County, North Carolina
|
334,302
|
3 |
Guilford County, North Carolina
|
192,064
|
4 |
Forsyth County, North Carolina
|
137,682
|
5 |
Cumberland County, North Carolina
|
118,117
|
6 |
Durham County, North Carolina
|
107,150
|
7 |
Buncombe County, North Carolina
|
100,909
|
8 |
New Hanover County, North Carolina
|
84,825
|
9 |
Gaston County, North Carolina
|
78,571
|
10 |
Union County, North Carolina
|
66,720
|
11 |
Davidson County, North Carolina
|
65,052
|
12 |
Pitt County, North Carolina
|
64,507
|
13 |
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
|
64,430
|
14 |
Johnston County, North Carolina
|
60,115
|
15 |
Alamance County, North Carolina
|
59,948
|
16 |
Iredell County, North Carolina
|
58,879
|
17 |
Catawba County, North Carolina
|
58,850
|
18 |
Onslow County, North Carolina
|
57,571
|
19 |
Randolph County, North Carolina
|
54,897
|
20 |
Rowan County, North Carolina
|
53,009
|
21 |
Orange County, North Carolina
|
50,837
|
22 |
Wayne County, North Carolina
|
47,027
|
23 |
Brunswick County, North Carolina
|
46,733
|
24 |
Henderson County, North Carolina
|
45,180
|
25 |
Robeson County, North Carolina
|
44,528
|
26 |
Harnett County, North Carolina
|
40,262
|
27 |
Craven County, North Carolina
|
39,986
|
28 |
Nash County, North Carolina
|
37,954
|
29 |
Rockingham County, North Carolina
|
37,836
|
30 |
Cleveland County, North Carolina
|
37,690
|
31 |
Burke County, North Carolina
|
34,996
|
32 |
Moore County, North Carolina
|
34,625
|
33 |
Wilson County, North Carolina
|
31,830
|
34 |
Caldwell County, North Carolina
|
31,497
|
35 |
Surry County, North Carolina
|
30,072
|
36 |
Lincoln County, North Carolina
|
29,507
|
37 |
Carteret County, North Carolina
|
28,692
|
38 |
Wilkes County, North Carolina
|
27,928
|
39 |
Rutherford County, North Carolina
|
27,229
|
40 |
Haywood County, North Carolina
|
26,659
|
41 |
Chatham County, North Carolina
|
25,251
|
42 |
Lenoir County, North Carolina
|
24,280
|
43 |
Sampson County, North Carolina
|
23,463
|
44 |
Franklin County, North Carolina
|
23,068
|
45 |
Stanly County, North Carolina
|
22,629
|
46 |
Columbus County, North Carolina
|
21,656
|
47 |
Duplin County, North Carolina
|
21,545
|
48 |
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
|
21,533
|
49 |
Halifax County, North Carolina
|
21,517
|
50 |
Lee County, North Carolina
|
21,069
|
51 |
Watauga County, North Carolina
|
20,655
|
52 |
Pender County, North Carolina
|
20,128
|
53 |
Beaufort County, North Carolina
|
19,831
|
54 |
Granville County, North Carolina
|
19,729
|
55 |
Stokes County, North Carolina
|
18,968
|
56 |
McDowell County, North Carolina
|
17,483
|
57 |
Richmond County, North Carolina
|
17,292
|
58 |
Vance County, North Carolina
|
16,477
|
59 |
Macon County, North Carolina
|
16,024
|
60 |
Davie County, North Carolina
|
16,000
|
61 |
Jackson County, North Carolina
|
15,759
|
62 |
Person County, North Carolina
|
15,523
|
63 |
Dare County, North Carolina
|
15,234
|
64 |
Yadkin County, North Carolina
|
14,958
|
65 |
Hoke County, North Carolina
|
14,808
|
66 |
Pasquotank County, North Carolina
|
14,550
|
67 |
Bladen County, North Carolina
|
13,960
|
68 |
Transylvania County, North Carolina
|
13,914
|
69 |
Alexander County, North Carolina
|
13,372
|
70 |
Scotland County, North Carolina
|
13,075
|
71 |
Ashe County, North Carolina
|
11,814
|
72 |
Cherokee County, North Carolina
|
11,400
|
73 |
Montgomery County, North Carolina
|
10,166
|
74 |
Martin County, North Carolina
|
9,884
|
75 |
Anson County, North Carolina
|
9,688
|
76 |
Currituck County, North Carolina
|
9,322
|
77 |
Hertford County, North Carolina
|
8,994
|
78 |
Polk County, North Carolina
|
8,937
|
79 |
Caswell County, North Carolina
|
8,690
|
80 |
Northampton County, North Carolina
|
8,505
|
81 |
Madison County, North Carolina
|
8,082
|
82 |
Bertie County, North Carolina
|
8,018
|
83 |
Warren County, North Carolina
|
7,999
|
84 |
Yancey County, North Carolina
|
7,194
|
85 |
Avery County, North Carolina
|
7,089
|
86 |
Greene County, North Carolina
|
7,069
|
87 |
Mitchell County, North Carolina
|
6,553
|
88 |
Chowan County, North Carolina
|
5,870
|
89 |
Swain County, North Carolina
|
5,455
|
90 |
Pamlico County, North Carolina
|
5,279
|
91 |
Perquimans County, North Carolina
|
5,272
|
92 |
Washington County, North Carolina
|
5,028
|
93 |
Alleghany County, North Carolina
|
4,815
|
94 |
Clay County, North Carolina
|
4,464
|
95 |
Gates County, North Carolina
|
4,404
|
96 |
Jones County, North Carolina
|
4,074
|
97 |
Graham County, North Carolina
|
3,664
|
98 |
Camden County, North Carolina
|
3,503
|
99 |
Hyde County, North Carolina
|
2,025
|
100 |
Tyrrell County, North Carolina
|
1,612
|