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
|