The graph below ranks each North Carolina County by total of American Indian residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
North Carolina total of American Indian population by county
| County | American Indian Population |
| Robeson |  52,798 |
| Mecklenburg | 7,744 |
| Wake | 7,617 |
| Cumberland | 5,491 |
| Hoke | 4,898 |
| Scotland | 4,091 |
| Swain | 3,905 |
| Jackson | 3,807 |
| Guilford | 3,507 |
| Forsyth | 2,863 |
| Durham | 2,821 |
| Alamance | 2,151 |
| Halifax | 2,105 |
| Harnett | 2,076 |
| Sampson | 2,046 |
| Columbus | 2,016 |
| Johnston | 1,573 |
| Randolph | 1,568 |
| Onslow | 1,472 |
| Richmond | 1,393 |
| New Hanover | 1,255 |
| Union | 1,251 |
| Buncombe | 1,222 |
| Davidson | 1,142 |
| Warren | 1,132 |
| Cabarrus | 1,105 |
| Gaston | 1,040 |
| Bladen | 944 |
| Brunswick | 898 |
| Wayne | 870 |
| Pitt | 865 |
| Nash | 860 |
| Chatham | 857 |
| Duplin | 840 |
| Orange | 829 |
| Rowan | 828 |
| Moore | 813 |
| Iredell | 813 |
| Lee | 775 |
| Catawba | 772 |
| Burke | 723 |
| Henderson | 649 |
| Craven | 631 |
| Graham | 600 |
| Franklin | 554 |
| Caldwell | 492 |
| Greene | 470 |
| Rockingham | 463 |
| Granville | 463 |
| Pender | 434 |
| Beaufort | 427 |
| Wilson | 409 |
| Carteret | 407 |
| Cherokee | 378 |
| Surry | 368 |
| Lenoir | 355 |
| Haywood | 353 |
| Edgecombe | 334 |
| Hertford | 318 |
| Lincoln | 317 |
| Vance | 315 |
| McDowell | 315 |
| Person | 314 |
| Cleveland | 292 |
| Davie | 248 |
| Stanly | 242 |
| Macon | 237 |
| Yadkin | 229 |
| Montgomery | 221 |
| Anson | 211 |
| Wilkes | 208 |
| Pasquotank | 203 |
| Rutherford | 202 |
| Stokes | 187 |
| Dare | 173 |
| Watauga | 156 |
| Alexander | 148 |
| Mitchell | 138 |
| Northampton | 128 |
| Currituck | 121 |
| Martin | 120 |
| Caswell | 116 |
| Yancey | 106 |
| Bertie | 103 |
| Polk | 101 |
| Transylvania | 98 |
| Avery | 88 |
| Ashe | 81 |
| Pamlico | 78 |
| Jones | 72 |
| Washington | 64 |
| Madison | 63 |
| Gates | 59 |
| Chowan | 59 |
| Alleghany | 55 |
| Camden | 50 |
| Clay | 43 |
| Perquimans | 41 |
| Hyde | 40 |
| Tyrrell | 29 |