The graph below ranks each North Carolina County by total of Asian residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
North Carolina total of Asian population by county
| County | Asian Population |
| Wake |  55,224 |
| Mecklenburg | 49,367 |
| Guilford | 21,544 |
| Durham | 13,822 |
| Orange | 10,091 |
| Cumberland | 8,075 |
| Forsyth | 7,515 |
| Catawba | 5,715 |
| Cabarrus | 4,420 |
| Union | 3,961 |
| Onslow | 3,864 |
| Iredell | 3,579 |
| Burke | 3,253 |
| Pitt | 2,941 |
| New Hanover | 2,928 |
| Gaston | 2,704 |
| Buncombe | 2,689 |
| Craven | 2,315 |
| Alamance | 2,151 |
| Davidson | 2,121 |
| Randolph | 1,568 |
| Rowan | 1,518 |
| Wayne | 1,492 |
| Harnett | 1,343 |
| Johnston | 1,224 |
| Henderson | 1,189 |
| Stanly | 1,150 |
| Robeson | 1,083 |
| Moore | 904 |
| Cleveland | 877 |
| Nash | 860 |
| Chatham | 857 |
| Wilson | 818 |
| Carteret | 745 |
| Brunswick | 673 |
| Hoke | 656 |
| Lee | 596 |
| Watauga | 573 |
| Rockingham | 556 |
| Pasquotank | 527 |
| Caldwell | 492 |
| Lincoln | 476 |
| Richmond | 464 |
| Montgomery | 442 |
| Surry | 441 |
| Alexander | 407 |
| McDowell | 405 |
| Halifax | 378 |
| Franklin | 369 |
| Jackson | 365 |
| Lenoir | 355 |
| Granville | 347 |
| Rutherford | 337 |
| Scotland | 326 |
| Pender | 325 |
| Sampson | 320 |
| Duplin | 300 |
| Anson | 290 |
| Davie | 290 |
| Wilkes | 277 |
| Vance | 270 |
| Beaufort | 237 |
| Macon | 237 |
| Haywood | 235 |
| Columbus | 230 |
| Camden | 211 |
| Dare | 207 |
| Hertford | 171 |
| Currituck | 169 |
| Edgecombe | 167 |
| Transylvania | 164 |
| Cherokee | 162 |
| Person | 157 |
| Stokes | 140 |
| Bertie | 123 |
| Yadkin | 114 |
| Ashe | 109 |
| Bladen | 105 |
| Madison | 104 |
| Polk | 101 |
| Tyrrell | 91 |
| Avery | 88 |
| Greene | 85 |
| Warren | 82 |
| Chowan | 74 |
| Martin | 72 |
| Swain | 70 |
| Caswell | 69 |
| Perquimans | 68 |
| Alleghany | 66 |
| Mitchell | 61 |
| Pamlico | 52 |
| Washington | 51 |
| Northampton | 43 |
| Jones | 41 |
| Yancey | 35 |
| Clay | 32 |
| Graham | 26 |
| Gates | 24 |
| Hyde | 17 |