| North Carolina 2000 Foreign Born Population = 430,000 |
| County | 2000 Foreign Born Population | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 8,281 | 9 |
| Alexander | 813 | 61 |
| Alleghany | 441 | 77 |
| Anson | 179 | 89 |
| Ashe | 467 | 73 |
| Avery | 438 | 78 |
| Beaufort | 1,190 | 52 |
| Bertie | 132 | 93 |
| Bladen | 737 | 66 |
| Brunswick | 2,091 | 39 |
| Buncombe | 7,964 | 10 |
| Burke | 4,292 | 28 |
| Cabarrus | 6,120 | 16 |
| Caldwell | 1,509 | 47 |
| Camden | 45 | 100 |
| Carteret | 1,199 | 51 |
| Caswell | 378 | 80 |
| Catawba | 9,167 | 8 |
| Chatham | 4,309 | 27 |
| Cherokee | 300 | 82 |
| Chowan | 133 | 92 |
| Clay | 104 | 97 |
| Cleveland | 1,657 | 44 |
| Columbus | 790 | 63 |
| Craven | 3,087 | 34 |
| Cumberland | 15,925 | 6 |
| Currituck | 254 | 84 |
| Dare | 751 | 65 |
| Davidson | 5,248 | 19 |
| Davie | 1,187 | 53 |
| Duplin | 5,521 | 17 |
| Durham | 24,253 | 4 |
| Edgecombe | 1,151 | 54 |
| Forsyth | 19,836 | 5 |
| Franklin | 1,692 | 43 |
| Gaston | 6,315 | 14 |
| Gates | 117 | 96 |
| Graham | 101 | 98 |
| Granville | 1,927 | 42 |
| Greene | 937 | 57 |
| Guilford | 27,317 | 3 |
| Halifax | 644 | 70 |
| Harnett | 4,177 | 30 |
| Haywood | 851 | 59 |
| Henderson | 5,295 | 18 |
| Hertford | 270 | 83 |
| Hoke | 1,940 | 41 |
| Hyde | 132 | 94 |
| Iredell | 4,472 | 26 |
| Jackson | 575 | 71 |
| Johnston | 7,236 | 12 |
| Jones | 220 | 87 |
| Lee | 4,673 | 25 |
| Lenoir | 1,640 | 45 |
| Lincoln | 3,077 | 35 |
| Macon | 784 | 64 |
| Madison | 324 | 81 |
| Martin | 383 | 79 |
| McDowell | 1,147 | 55 |
| Mecklenburg | 68,349 | 1 |
| Mitchell | 236 | 85 |
| Montgomery | 2,153 | 38 |
| Moore | 3,116 | 33 |
| Nash | 2,607 | 36 |
| New Hanover | 5,209 | 20 |
| Northampton | 162 | 91 |
| Onslow | 6,129 | 15 |
| Orange | 10,711 | 7 |
| Pamlico | 232 | 86 |
| Pasquotank | 794 | 62 |
| Pender | 1,463 | 49 |
| Perquimans | 80 | 99 |
| Person | 448 | 76 |
| Pitt | 4,879 | 22 |
| Polk | 685 | 67 |
| Randolph | 7,423 | 11 |
| Richmond | 1,037 | 56 |
| Robeson | 5,202 | 21 |
| Rockingham | 2,465 | 37 |
| Rowan | 4,872 | 23 |
| Rutherford | 880 | 58 |
| Sampson | 4,275 | 29 |
| Scotland | 458 | 74 |
| Stanly | 1,505 | 48 |
| Stokes | 684 | 68 |
| Surry | 3,755 | 31 |
| Swain | 125 | 95 |
| Transylvania | 672 | 69 |
| Tyrrell | 167 | 90 |
| Union | 7,047 | 13 |
| Vance | 1,459 | 50 |
| Wake | 60,602 | 2 |
| Warren | 457 | 75 |
| Washington | 188 | 88 |
| Watauga | 826 | 60 |
| Wayne | 4,792 | 24 |
| Wilkes | 1,946 | 40 |
| Wilson | 3,636 | 32 |
| Yadkin | 1,589 | 46 |
| Yancey | 490 | 72 |