Mexican Population in North Carolina by City : 2025 Ranking & Insights

The Mexican population in North Carolina totals 586,611, according to recent U.S. Census estimates. Leading cities include Charlotte (52,848), followed by Winston-Salem (25,238) and Raleigh (23,449), each hosting visible segments of the community. While these urban centers anchor much of the population, the statewide total points to a broader presence in unincorporated areas and smaller towns beyond major city boundaries. The analysis below explores how Mexican residents are distributed across North Carolina''s urban and rural landscape.

Top 5 cities with the largest Mexican population in North Carolina

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  • 1
    Charlotte
    Mexican population in Charlotte is 52,848
    5.96% of Charlotte population is Mexican
  • 2
    Winston-Salem
    Mexican population in Winston-Salem is 25,238
    10.06% of Winston-Salem population is Mexican
  • 3
    Raleigh
    Mexican population in Raleigh is 23,449
    4.98% of Raleigh population is Mexican
  • 4
    Durham
    Mexican population in Durham is 18,961
    6.57% of Durham population is Mexican
  • 5
    Greensboro
    Mexican population in Greensboro is 13,381
    4.48% of Greensboro population is Mexican

Overview of Mexican population in North Carolina

  • Population Count and Percentage: American Community Survey documents North Carolina with 586,611 Mexican residents (5.5% of 10.6 million total state population), ranking the state at the 79th percentile nationally among U.S. jurisdictions for Mexican demographic representation.
  • Comparison to State and National Averages: U.S. Census surveys show North Carolina's Mexican demographic representation of 5.5% remains below the national average of 11.3%, positioning the state below typical U.S. demographic distribution patterns.
  • Share of Total National Population: Official American Community Survey document North Carolina's 586,611 Mexican residents constitute 1.6% of the nation's total Mexican population of 37.4 million, providing the state with a measurable but modest share of the national demographic community.
  • Population Density per Square Mile: U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey data documents North Carolina contains 12.1 Mexican Americans per square mile, above the national average of 10.6 per square mile, indicating marginally stronger community presence than most U.S. states.
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419 Cities in North Carolina Ranked by Mexican Population

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American Community Survey data [1] show Mexican population in North Carolina present in Charlotte, Winston-Salem, and Raleigh, along with several other incorporated cities reporting non-zero populations. The table below provides broader statistics, including total population figures, density measures, and demographic distributions based on current ACS data for all incorporated cities included in this analysis*.
cities in North Carolina ranked by Mexican population count
Rank by Mexican Population
City
Mexican Population
% of Total City Population
% of Total North Carolina Mexican Population
5 Year Rank Trend
1 Charlotte 52,848 5.96% 9.01%
2 Winston-Salem 25,238 10.06% 4.30%
3 Raleigh 23,449 4.98% 4.00%
4 Durham 18,961 6.57% 3.23%
5 Greensboro 13,381 4.48% 2.28%
6 Concord 9,137 8.58% 1.56%
7 Fayetteville 9,011 4.30% 1.54%
8 7,711 21.66% 1.31%
9 7,572 6.57% 1.29%
10 6,393 8.70% 1.09%
11 6,188 3.50% 1.05%
12 5,722 9.76% 0.98%
13 5,591 18.13% 0.95%
14 5,219 19.08% 0.89%
15 4,328 3.65% 0.74%
16 4,112 8.61% 0.70%
17 3,534 6.26% 0.60%
18 3,512 8.03% 0.60%
19 3,254 11.94% 0.55%
20 2,919 14.82% 0.50%
21 2,810 3.44% 0.48%
22 2,631 33.28% 0.45%
23 2,506 8.59% 0.43%
24 2,479 6.94% 0.42%
25 2,443 7.51% 0.42%
26 2,356 2.50% 0.40%
27 2,215 12.63% 0.38%
28 2,211 5.37% 0.38%
29 2,186 3.23% 0.37%
30 1,937 2.19% 0.33%
31 1,751 6.38% 0.30%
32 1,585 3.08% 0.27%
33 1,575 13.60% 0.27%
34 1,562 5.57% 0.27%
35 1,516 2.43% 0.26%
36 1,430 8.68% 0.24%
37 1,399 2.34% 0.24%
38 1,385 17.40% 0.24%
39 1,339 16.75% 0.23%
40 1,322 8.86% 0.23%
41 1,299 2.54% 0.22%
42 1,205 10.21% 0.21%
43 1,156 15.22% 0.20%
44 1,119 2.96% 0.19%
45 1,087 6.58% 0.19%
46 1,023 3.80% 0.17%
47 1,006 31.65% 0.17%
48 1,004 7.59% 0.17%
49 934 11.00% 0.16%
50 905 21.84% 0.15%
51 882 4.95% 0.15%
52 868 2.60% 0.15%
53 860 13.01% 0.15%
54 851 4.36% 0.15%
55 848 14.76% 0.14%
56 825 7.17% 0.14%
57 824 4.51% 0.14%
58 816 31.05% 0.14%
59 810 1.50% 0.14%
60 798 4.84% 0.14%
61 780 2.47% 0.13%
62 770 2.93% 0.13%
63 717 3.67% 0.12%
64 715 4.66% 0.12%
65 707 4.03% 0.12%
66 695 4.78% 0.12%
67 691 3.26% 0.12%
68 690 5.94% 0.12%
69 681 16.92% 0.12%
70 674 11.23% 0.11%
71 659 3.43% 0.11%
72 656 2.19% 0.11%
73 650 12.91% 0.11%
74 645 2.99% 0.11%
75 636 28.15% 0.11%
76 625 26.35% 0.11%
77 619 1.93% 0.11%
78 604 2.76% 0.10%
79 602 1.39% 0.10%
79 602 14.44% 0.10%
79 602 20.16% 0.10%
80 595 11.98% 0.10%
81 593 2.75% 0.10%
82 590 5.51% 0.10%
83 587 13.91% 0.10%
84 577 3.78% 0.10%
85 570 6.27% 0.10%
86 553 10.98% 0.09%
86 553 11.99% 0.09%
87 540 6.63% 0.09%
88 529 6.35% 0.09%
88 529 5.93% 0.09%
89 502 11.19% 0.09%
89 502 18.93% 0.09%
90 485 2.57% 0.08%
91 481 6.81% 0.08%
92 478 3.99% 0.08%
93 477 6.47% 0.08%
94 468 17.16% 0.08%
95 467 22.66% 0.08%
96 458 4.49% 0.08%
97 448 3.28% 0.08%
98 441 31.55% 0.08%
99 434 16.21% 0.07%
100 433 5.09% 0.07%
101 418 2.18% 0.07%
102 415 6.90% 0.07%
103 408 4.23% 0.07%
104 402 2.15% 0.07%
104 402 8.45% 0.07%
105 400 15.50% 0.07%
106 379 4.90% 0.06%
107 378 10.19% 0.06%
107 378 12.18% 0.06%
108 371 3.49% 0.06%
109 346 26.95% 0.06%
109 346 1.92% 0.06%
110 334 21.65% 0.06%
111 333 4.35% 0.06%
112 331 12.44% 0.06%
113 322 6.87% 0.05%
114 316 6.13% 0.05%
115 306 1.91% 0.05%
116 301 5.06% 0.05%
117 299 3.08% 0.05%
118 290 35.11% 0.05%
119 288 10.23% 0.05%
120 287 1.47% 0.05%
121 284 5.59% 0.05%
122 283 1.58% 0.05%
122 283 9.74% 0.05%
122 283 2.66% 0.05%
123 275 9.89% 0.05%
124 270 7.30% 0.05%
125 263 5.70% 0.04%
125 263 2.44% 0.04%
126 261 23.56% 0.04%
127 250 2.40% 0.04%
128 247 6.74% 0.04%
129 242 6.41% 0.04%
130 240 9.23% 0.04%
131 235 2.41% 0.04%
132 233 2.62% 0.04%
133 228 4.63% 0.04%
133 228 3.34% 0.04%
134 226 1.50% 0.04%
135 225 2.80% 0.04%
136 222 11.23% 0.04%
136 222 9.32% 0.04%
137 220 4.70% 0.04%
138 217 32.20% 0.04%
139 214 4.72% 0.04%
140 210 3.80% 0.04%
141 207 7.75% 0.04%
142 203 6.73% 0.03%
143 202 1.34% 0.03%
144 200 5.43% 0.03%
144 200 9.65% 0.03%
145 199 2.99% 0.03%
146 198 3.22% 0.03%
147 197 17.45% 0.03%
148 192 5.61% 0.03%
149 190 12.48% 0.03%
149 190 23.43% 0.03%
150 189 4.07% 0.03%
151 188 7.66% 0.03%
152 181 5.49% 0.03%
153 178 4.86% 0.03%
153 178 16.05% 0.03%
154 177 1.31% 0.03%
155 176 4.80% 0.03%
156 175 14.43% 0.03%
156 175 4.74% 0.03%
157 174 2.41% 0.03%
158 173 6.27% 0.03%
159 171 6.61% 0.03%
160 165 7.94% 0.03%
161 163 5.25% 0.03%
162 161 7.93% 0.03%
163 155 30.75% 0.03%
163 155 2.81% 0.03%
164 149 7.09% 0.03%
165 148 2.99% 0.03%
165 148 4.73% 0.03%
166 146 0.98% 0.02%
167 145 4.56% 0.02%
167 145 6.27% 0.02%
168 143 1.26% 0.02%
169 141 1.28% 0.02%
170 140 3.37% 0.02%
171 138 14.54% 0.02%
172 136 1.74% 0.02%
172 136 4.04% 0.02%
173 135 7.84% 0.02%
174 134 9.37% 0.02%
175 133 6.10% 0.02%
175 133 1.93% 0.02%
176 132 6.15% 0.02%
177 131 9.95% 0.02%
178 130 0.43% 0.02%
179 129 11.06% 0.02%
179 129 1.62% 0.02%
180 128 2.77% 0.02%
181 127 3.91% 0.02%
182 125 2.75% 0.02%
183 122 8.13% 0.02%
184 119 3.06% 0.02%
185 117 9.17% 0.02%
186 116 2.55% 0.02%
187 115 6.75% 0.02%
188 113 5.27% 0.02%
188 113 2.56% 0.02%
189 111 5.67% 0.02%
190 109 7.67% 0.02%
191 107 2.88% 0.02%
192 106 2.78% 0.02%
193 105 9.81% 0.02%
194 103 2.15% 0.02%
194 103 4.30% 0.02%
194 103 8.10% 0.02%
195 102 3.09% 0.02%
196 101 3.69% 0.02%
197 97 4.48% 0.02%
198 96 6.18% 0.02%
199 95 11.88% 0.02%
200 93 3.21% 0.02%
201 92 3.93% 0.02%
201 92 2.06% 0.02%
201 92 1.59% 0.02%
202 91 9.05% 0.02%
202 91 8.55% 0.02%
203 90 2.54% 0.02%
203 90 13.29% 0.02%
204 89 8.45% 0.02%
205 87 12.46% 0.01%
205 87 4.68% 0.01%
206 86 4.29% 0.01%
207 83 9.08% 0.01%
208 78 5.74% 0.01%
208 78 3.32% 0.01%
209 77 1.54% 0.01%
210 76 7.55% 0.01%
210 76 1.65% 0.01%
211 74 1.38% 0.01%
211 74 1.53% 0.01%
211 74 3.10% 0.01%
212 72 0.48% 0.01%
212 72 1.71% 0.01%
213 71 6.51% 0.01%
213 71 1.18% 0.01%
214 70 2.73% 0.01%
214 70 1.74% 0.01%
215 67 4.46% 0.01%
215 67 8.76% 0.01%
215 67 7.07% 0.01%
215 67 2.49% 0.01%
215 67 6.14% 0.01%
216 66 5.63% 0.01%
216 66 9.04% 0.01%
217 65 2.65% 0.01%
218 62 3.96% 0.01%
218 62 1.31% 0.01%
219 60 6.47% 0.01%
220 59 2.68% 0.01%
221 58 3.81% 0.01%
221 58 0.51% 0.01%
222 56 3.01% 0.01%
222 56 4.28% 0.01%
223 55 8.09% 0.01%
224 54 3.98% 0.01%
224 54 1.27% 0.01%
225 53 1.55% 0.01%
226 52 0.58% 0.01%
227 51 10.87% 0.01%
228 50 1.92% 0.01%
229 48 4.52% 0.01%
229 48 5.34% 0.01%
230 45 3.15% 0.01%
230 45 6.16% 0.01%
231 44 1.67% 0.01%
232 42 4.27% 0.01%
232 42 2.11% 0.01%
232 42 1.33% 0.01%
233 41 6.31% 0.01%
234 38 1.55% 0.01%
234 38 1.22% 0.01%
234 38 1.47% 0.01%
235 34 1.26% 0.01%
236 32 1.19% 0.01%
237 31 0.62% 0.01%
238 30 3.69% 0.01%
239 29 1.57% 0.00%
239 29 0.33% 0.00%
239 29 3.12% 0.00%
240 28 3.75% 0.00%
240 28 3.26% 0.00%
241 27 3.09% 0.00%
241 27 0.37% 0.00%
241 27 0.83% 0.00%
242 26 2.03% 0.00%
242 26 2.77% 0.00%
242 26 0.52% 0.00%
243 24 3.80% 0.00%
243 24 1.17% 0.00%
244 23 0.50% 0.00%
244 23 1.71% 0.00%
244 23 0.97% 0.00%
245 22 0.26% 0.00%
245 22 3.76% 0.00%
245 22 1.19% 0.00%
246 21 0.23% 0.00%
246 21 3.26% 0.00%
247 20 1.31% 0.00%
247 20 1.72% 0.00%
248 19 1.94% 0.00%
248 19 0.46% 0.00%
249 18 1.87% 0.00%
250 17 1.01% 0.00%
250 17 0.83% 0.00%
250 17 3.59% 0.00%
250 17 2.86% 0.00%
250 17 2.30% 0.00%
251 16 0.86% 0.00%
251 16 2.70% 0.00%
252 14 1.05% 0.00%
252 14 2.33% 0.00%
253 13 1.74% 0.00%
254 12 0.27% 0.00%
254 12 0.18% 0.00%
254 12 1.54% 0.00%
254 12 0.87% 0.00%
255 11 0.39% 0.00%
255 11 1.51% 0.00%
256 10 0.35% 0.00%
256 10 0.63% 0.00%
256 10 0.32% 0.00%
257 9 1.22% 0.00%
257 9 1.29% 0.00%
258 8 1.42% 0.00%
258 8 1.03% 0.00%
258 8 1.07% 0.00%
259 7 0.49% 0.00%
259 7 0.98% 0.00%
259 7 0.40% 0.00%
259 7 0.67% 0.00%
259 7 1.57% 0.00%
259 7 1.22% 0.00%
259 7 0.16% 0.00%
259 7 1.24% 0.00%
260 6 0.91% 0.00%
260 6 0.74% 0.00%
260 6 0.14% 0.00%
261 5 0.33% 0.00%
261 5 0.58% 0.00%
261 5 0.30% 0.00%
261 5 0.21% 0.00%
262 4 0.37% 0.00%
262 4 0.35% 0.00%
262 4 0.62% 0.00%
262 4 0.30% 0.00%
262 4 0.59% 0.00%
263 3 0.46% 0.00%
263 3 0.31% 0.00%
263 3 0.22% 0.00%
263 3 0.19% 0.00%
263 3 0.50% 0.00%
264 2 0.24% 0.00%
264 2 0.10% 0.00%
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
265 0 - -
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265 0 - -
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Methodology

This ranking list is based on data from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The ACS is one of the most reliable sources for understanding population trends across different locations, and it provides estimates for various racial and ethnic groups at city, county, state and all geography levels down to the Census block group.
This list ranks city in North Carolina by their Mexican population, using the most recent ACS data available.

How the Census defines Mexican population

The U.S. Census Bureau allows people to self-identify their ancestry, meaning individuals can write upto ancestries when responding to the survey. In this ranking, we include everyone who identifies as having Mexican ancestry, whether alone or in combination with another ancestry.
Here are a few important things to know about how ancestry is reported:
  • Some people identify as Mexican alone, while others identify as Mexican along with another race (such as Mexican and German).
  • We’ve used the “Mexican alone or in any combination” category unless noted otherwise, which gives a broader picture of the Mexican population in each area.

How We Ranked the Data

This ranking is based on the total number of people who identified as Mexican alone or in combination in city. To provide additional context, we’ve also included two key percentages:
  1. % of Total City Population – This shows what percentage of the total state population identifies as Mexican .
  2. % of Total North Carolina Mexican Population – This tells us how much of the entire U.S. Mexican population lives in that state.
To keep things simple, all population numbers have been rounded to the nearest whole number, and percentages are rounded to one decimal place. Because of rounding, some percentages may not add up to exactly 100%.

Things to Keep in Mind

Like all survey-based data, ACS estimates come with some limitations. Here are a few things to be aware of:
  • In places with very small Mexican populations, the numbers may not be reported at all due to privacy protections or sampling variability in the survey.
  • Since the ACS is based on a sample, the numbers are estimates, not exact counts. That means they may slightly differ from other sources like the decennial U.S. Census.
  • City that don’t have any reported Mexican population are not included in the ranking but are listed separately below for reference.
This ranking is meant to provide a clear, data-driven look at where Mexican populations are most concentrated while keeping the numbers easy to understand.

Sources

  1. 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates.
  2. 2023.