<page_title> List of counties in North Carolina </page_title> <section_title> List </section_title> <table> <cell> Mecklenburg County <col_header> County </col_header> <col_header> Alamance County </col_header> <col_header> Alexander County </col_header> <col_header> Alleghany County </col_header> <col_header> Anson County </col_header> <col_header> Ashe County </col_header> <col_header> Avery County </col_header> <col_header> Beaufort County </col_header> <col_header> Bertie County </col_header> <col_header> Bladen County </col_header> <col_header> Brunswick County </col_header> <col_header> Buncombe County </col_header> <col_header> Burke County </col_header> <col_header> Cabarrus County </col_header> <col_header> Caldwell County </col_header> <col_header> Camden County </col_header> <col_header> Carteret County </col_header> <col_header> Caswell County </col_header> <col_header> Catawba County </col_header> <col_header> Chatham County </col_header> <col_header> Cherokee County </col_header> <col_header> Chowan County </col_header> <col_header> Clay County </col_header> <col_header> Cleveland County </col_header> <col_header> Columbus County </col_header> <col_header> Craven County </col_header> <col_header> Cumberland County </col_header> <col_header> Currituck County </col_header> <col_header> Dare County </col_header> <col_header> Davidson County </col_header> <col_header> Davie County </col_header> <col_header> Duplin County </col_header> <col_header> Durham County </col_header> <col_header> Edgecombe County </col_header> <col_header> Forsyth County </col_header> <col_header> Franklin County </col_header> <col_header> Gaston County </col_header> <col_header> Gates County </col_header> <col_header> Graham County </col_header> <col_header> Granville County </col_header> <col_header> Greene County </col_header> <col_header> Guilford County </col_header> <col_header> Halifax County </col_header> <col_header> Harnett County </col_header> <col_header> Haywood County </col_header> <col_header> Henderson County </col_header> <col_header> Hertford County </col_header> <col_header> Hoke County </col_header> <col_header> Hyde County </col_header> <col_header> Iredell County </col_header> <col_header> Jackson County </col_header> <col_header> Johnston County </col_header> <col_header> Jones County </col_header> <col_header> Lee County </col_header> <col_header> Lenoir County </col_header> <col_header> Lincoln County </col_header> <col_header> McDowell County </col_header> <col_header> Macon County </col_header> <col_header> Madison County </col_header> <col_header> Martin County </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1,034,290 <col_header> Population (2017 estimate) </col_header> <row_header> Mecklenburg County </row_header> </cell> </table>
Mecklenburg County is the most populous county in North Carolina.