| Rank |
County |
Population (2012) |
| 1 |
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
|
969,031
|
| 2 |
Wake County, North Carolina
|
952,151
|
| 3 |
Guilford County, North Carolina
|
500,879
|
| 4 |
Forsyth County, North Carolina
|
358,137
|
| 5 |
Cumberland County, North Carolina
|
324,049
|
| 6 |
Durham County, North Carolina
|
279,641
|
| 7 |
Buncombe County, North Carolina
|
244,490
|
| 8 |
New Hanover County, North Carolina
|
209,234
|
| 9 |
Union County, North Carolina
|
208,520
|
| 10 |
Gaston County, North Carolina
|
208,049
|
| 11 |
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
|
184,498
|
| 12 |
Onslow County, North Carolina
|
183,263
|
| 13 |
Johnston County, North Carolina
|
174,938
|
| 14 |
Pitt County, North Carolina
|
172,554
|
| 15 |
Davidson County, North Carolina
|
163,260
|
| 16 |
Iredell County, North Carolina
|
162,708
|
| 17 |
Catawba County, North Carolina
|
154,339
|
| 18 |
Alamance County, North Carolina
|
153,920
|
| 19 |
Randolph County, North Carolina
|
142,466
|
| 20 |
Rowan County, North Carolina
|
138,180
|
| 21 |
Orange County, North Carolina
|
137,941
|
| 22 |
Robeson County, North Carolina
|
135,496
|
| 23 |
Wayne County, North Carolina
|
124,246
|
| 24 |
Harnett County, North Carolina
|
122,135
|
| 25 |
Brunswick County, North Carolina
|
112,257
|
| 26 |
Henderson County, North Carolina
|
108,266
|
| 27 |
Craven County, North Carolina
|
104,770
|
| 28 |
Cleveland County, North Carolina
|
97,474
|
| 29 |
Nash County, North Carolina
|
95,708
|
| 30 |
Rockingham County, North Carolina
|
92,720
|
| 31 |
Burke County, North Carolina
|
90,505
|
| 32 |
Moore County, North Carolina
|
90,302
|
| 33 |
Caldwell County, North Carolina
|
81,930
|
| 34 |
Wilson County, North Carolina
|
81,867
|
| 35 |
Lincoln County, North Carolina
|
79,313
|
| 36 |
Surry County, North Carolina
|
73,561
|
| 37 |
Wilkes County, North Carolina
|
69,306
|
| 38 |
Carteret County, North Carolina
|
67,632
|
| 39 |
Rutherford County, North Carolina
|
67,323
|
| 40 |
Chatham County, North Carolina
|
65,976
|
| 41 |
Sampson County, North Carolina
|
63,949
|
| 42 |
Franklin County, North Carolina
|
61,475
|
| 43 |
Stanly County, North Carolina
|
60,576
|
| 44 |
Granville County, North Carolina
|
60,436
|
| 45 |
Duplin County, North Carolina
|
60,033
|
| 46 |
Lee County, North Carolina
|
59,715
|
| 47 |
Lenoir County, North Carolina
|
59,227
|
| 48 |
Haywood County, North Carolina
|
58,908
|
| 49 |
Columbus County, North Carolina
|
57,638
|
| 50 |
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
|
55,954
|
| 51 |
Pender County, North Carolina
|
54,195
|
| 52 |
Halifax County, North Carolina
|
54,006
|
| 53 |
Watauga County, North Carolina
|
51,871
|
| 54 |
Hoke County, North Carolina
|
50,536
|
| 55 |
Beaufort County, North Carolina
|
47,507
|
| 56 |
Stokes County, North Carolina
|
46,783
|
| 57 |
Richmond County, North Carolina
|
46,627
|
| 58 |
Vance County, North Carolina
|
45,132
|
| 59 |
McDowell County, North Carolina
|
44,998
|
| 60 |
Davie County, North Carolina
|
41,433
|
| 61 |
Pasquotank County, North Carolina
|
40,591
|
| 62 |
Jackson County, North Carolina
|
40,448
|
| 63 |
Person County, North Carolina
|
39,268
|
| 64 |
Yadkin County, North Carolina
|
38,084
|
| 65 |
Alexander County, North Carolina
|
36,853
|
| 66 |
Scotland County, North Carolina
|
36,094
|
| 67 |
Bladen County, North Carolina
|
34,915
|
| 68 |
Dare County, North Carolina
|
34,573
|
| 69 |
Macon County, North Carolina
|
33,869
|
| 70 |
Transylvania County, North Carolina
|
32,849
|
| 71 |
Montgomery County, North Carolina
|
27,668
|
| 72 |
Ashe County, North Carolina
|
27,097
|
| 73 |
Cherokee County, North Carolina
|
26,992
|
| 74 |
Anson County, North Carolina
|
26,351
|
| 75 |
Hertford County, North Carolina
|
24,438
|
| 76 |
Currituck County, North Carolina
|
24,077
|
| 77 |
Martin County, North Carolina
|
23,961
|
| 78 |
Caswell County, North Carolina
|
23,217
|
| 79 |
Greene County, North Carolina
|
21,429
|
| 80 |
Northampton County, North Carolina
|
21,428
|
| 81 |
Madison County, North Carolina
|
20,742
|
| 82 |
Bertie County, North Carolina
|
20,653
|
| 83 |
Warren County, North Carolina
|
20,576
|
| 84 |
Polk County, North Carolina
|
20,271
|
| 85 |
Avery County, North Carolina
|
17,635
|
| 86 |
Yancey County, North Carolina
|
17,630
|
| 87 |
Mitchell County, North Carolina
|
15,368
|
| 88 |
Chowan County, North Carolina
|
14,772
|
| 89 |
Swain County, North Carolina
|
14,141
|
| 90 |
Perquimans County, North Carolina
|
13,563
|
| 91 |
Pamlico County, North Carolina
|
13,074
|
| 92 |
Washington County, North Carolina
|
12,736
|
| 93 |
Gates County, North Carolina
|
11,869
|
| 94 |
Alleghany County, North Carolina
|
10,927
|
| 95 |
Clay County, North Carolina
|
10,618
|
| 96 |
Jones County, North Carolina
|
10,275
|
| 97 |
Camden County, North Carolina
|
10,090
|
| 98 |
Graham County, North Carolina
|
8,700
|
| 99 |
Hyde County, North Carolina
|
5,859
|
| 100 |
Tyrrell County, North Carolina
|
4,338
|