North Carolina: the counties with the highest share of Asian students

98 counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the share of public school students who are Asian. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 0.8%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Asian students	% Asian
1	Wake County	NC	226	184,790	24,629	13.3%
2	Cabarrus County	NC	56	43,278	4,999	11.6%
3	Orange County	NC	35	19,582	1,698	8.7%
4	Union County	NC	58	45,934	3,828	8.3%
5	Catawba County	NC	44	22,392	1,657	7.4%
6	Mecklenburg County	NC	221	170,407	12,300	7.2%
7	Guilford County	NC	137	79,539	5,409	6.8%
8	Burke County	NC	29	12,360	672	5.4%
9	Craven County	NC	27	12,526	573	4.6%
10	Iredell County	NC	51	31,906	999	3.1%
11	Stanly County	NC	24	9,471	279	2.9%
12	Durham County	NC	71	46,109	1,181	2.6%
13	Forsyth County	NC	85	55,902	1,403	2.5%
14	Randolph County	NC	42	21,656	547	2.5%
15	Watauga County	NC	12	4,821	99	2.1%
16	Cumberland County	NC	88	50,815	1,028	2.0%
17	Chatham County	NC	24	10,374	193	1.9%
18	Gaston County	NC	60	35,898	667	1.9%
19	Alamance County	NC	41	25,737	467	1.8%
20	Davidson County	NC	47	23,696	434	1.8%
21	Pitt County	NC	42	25,202	444	1.8%
22	Alexander County	NC	11	4,344	76	1.7%
23	New Hanover County	NC	50	27,460	480	1.7%
24	Anson County	NC	9	2,924	45	1.5%
25	Montgomery County	NC	12	3,818	57	1.5%
26	Franklin County	NC	19	11,614	150	1.3%
27	Halifax County	NC	23	6,803	86	1.3%
28	Lincoln County	NC	24	14,428	190	1.3%
29	Wilson County	NC	29	12,482	164	1.3%
30	Buncombe County	NC	61	29,908	348	1.2%
31	Henderson County	NC	25	13,572	163	1.2%
32	Nash County	NC	25	14,285	167	1.2%
33	Vance County	NC	18	7,495	89	1.2%
34	Carteret County	NC	18	8,053	86	1.1%
35	Moore County	NC	26	14,708	162	1.1%
36	Richmond County	NC	15	6,504	72	1.1%
37	Surry County	NC	30	11,139	119	1.1%
38	Wayne County	NC	36	18,481	197	1.1%
39	Davie County	NC	13	6,116	59	1.0%
40	Johnston County	NC	51	41,004	424	1.0%
41	Onslow County	NC	40	27,501	287	1.0%
42	Pasquotank County	NC	14	5,774	55	1.0%
43	Granville County	NC	18	8,376	73	0.9%
44	Hertford County	NC	7	2,367	21	0.9%
45	Jackson County	NC	11	3,823	35	0.9%
46	Lenoir County	NC	18	8,480	74	0.9%
47	Rowan County	NC	34	18,917	168	0.9%
48	Scotland County	NC	10	5,416	48	0.9%
49	Caldwell County	NC	26	10,920	89	0.8%
50	Cherokee County	NC	13	2,992	23	0.8%

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