Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Education: Less than High School
Population Ages 25+
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Percent
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People(Education: Less Than High School)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | N/A | 9.9 | 727,037 | 33 of 52 |
| United States | N/A | 10.4 | 23,992,410 | N/A |
| Dare County | Rural | 5.3 | 1,529 | 322 |
| New Hanover County | Urban | 6.0 | 9,785 | 490 |
| Wake County | Urban | 6.0 | 47,859 | 490 |
| Transylvania County | Rural | 6.1 | 1,578 | 514 |
| Carteret County | Rural | 6.3 | 3,329 | 572 |
| Moore County | Urban | 6.3 | 4,744 | 572 |
| Brunswick County | Urban | 6.5 | 8,051 | 630 |
| Orange County | Urban | 6.6 | 6,276 | 658 |
| Polk County | Rural | 6.6 | 1,038 | 658 |
| Onslow County | Urban | 6.7 | 7,692 | 681 |
| Currituck County | Urban | 6.8 | 1,502 | 704 |
| Camden County | Urban | 6.9 | 520 | 734 |
| Cumberland County | Urban | 7.1 | 14,984 | 793 |
| Buncombe County | Urban | 7.4 | 15,125 | 877 |
| Watauga County | Rural | 7.4 | 2,292 | 877 |
| Clay County | Rural | 7.5 | 679 | 915 |
| Craven County | Rural | 7.7 | 5,334 | 983 |
| Cherokee County | Rural | 7.8 | 1,796 | 1,011 |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | 7.9 | 12,495 | 1,041 |
| Henderson County | Urban | 8.4 | 7,479 | 1,181 |
| Durham County | Urban | 8.5 | 19,838 | 1,198 |
| Iredell County | Urban | 8.5 | 11,607 | 1,198 |
| Davie County | Urban | 8.6 | 2,720 | 1,233 |
| Stokes County | Urban | 8.6 | 2,888 | 1,233 |
| Haywood County | Rural | 8.7 | 4,161 | 1,268 |
| Chatham County | Urban | 9.1 | 5,391 | 1,369 |
| Union County | Urban | 9.1 | 14,810 | 1,369 |
| Guilford County | Urban | 9.2 | 33,531 | 1,401 |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | 9.2 | 72,559 | 1,401 |
| Pender County | Urban | 9.2 | 4,248 | 1,401 |
| Pitt County | Urban | 9.2 | 9,868 | 1,401 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 9.3 | 1,039 | 1,440 |
| Yancey County | Rural | 9.3 | 1,333 | 1,440 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 9.4 | 2,669 | 1,469 |
| Johnston County | Urban | 9.5 | 14,991 | 1,501 |
| Madison County | Urban | 9.5 | 1,510 | 1,501 |
| Forsyth County | Urban | 9.6 | 25,205 | 1,531 |
| Chowan County | Rural | 9.8 | 1,026 | 1,573 |
| Gates County | Urban | 9.9 | 753 | 1,602 |
| Pamlico County | Rural | 9.9 | 992 | 1,602 |
| Macon County | Rural | 10.2 | 2,923 | 1,661 |
| Lincoln County | Urban | 10.4 | 6,939 | 1,712 |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | 10.6 | 2,981 | 1,759 |
| Beaufort County | Rural | 10.7 | 3,521 | 1,780 |
| Jones County | Rural | 10.9 | 766 | 1,824 |
| Alamance County | Urban | 11.0 | 13,218 | 1,838 |
| Person County | Urban | 11.1 | 3,128 | 1,859 |
| Rowan County | Urban | 11.1 | 11,490 | 1,859 |
| Ashe County | Rural | 11.3 | 2,327 | 1,890 |
| Hoke County | Urban | 11.3 | 3,968 | 1,890 |
| Bladen County | Rural | 11.4 | 2,429 | 1,913 |
| Harnett County | Rural | 11.4 | 10,460 | 1,913 |
| Davidson County | Urban | 11.5 | 14,093 | 1,940 |
| Hyde County | Rural | 11.5 | 419 | 1,940 |
| Stanly County | Rural | 11.5 | 5,192 | 1,940 |
| Cleveland County | Rural | 11.6 | 8,060 | 1,960 |
| Franklin County | Urban | 11.6 | 6,027 | 1,960 |
| Gaston County | Urban | 11.7 | 19,144 | 1,982 |
| Granville County | Rural | 11.7 | 5,079 | 1,982 |
| Catawba County | Urban | 11.8 | 13,540 | 2,001 |
| Perquimans County | Rural | 11.8 | 1,172 | 2,001 |
| Avery County | Rural | 12.2 | 1,649 | 2,063 |
| Rutherford County | Rural | 12.8 | 6,028 | 2,175 |
| Nash County | Urban | 12.9 | 8,668 | 2,192 |
| Columbus County | Rural | 13.2 | 4,702 | 2,244 |
| Swain County | Rural | 13.3 | 1,322 | 2,264 |
| Yadkin County | Urban | 13.4 | 3,601 | 2,284 |
| Wayne County | Urban | 13.6 | 10,793 | 2,318 |
| Washington County | Rural | 13.9 | 1,100 | 2,366 |
| Burke County | Urban | 14.0 | 9,126 | 2,378 |
| Alexander County | Urban | 14.2 | 3,808 | 2,416 |
| Graham County | Rural | 14.3 | 859 | 2,427 |
| Rockingham County | Urban | 14.5 | 9,657 | 2,452 |
| McDowell County | Rural | 14.7 | 4,831 | 2,485 |
| Wilson County | Rural | 14.7 | 7,964 | 2,485 |
| Vance County | Rural | 14.8 | 4,233 | 2,502 |
| Northampton County | Rural | 14.9 | 1,918 | 2,514 |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | 15.0 | 5,064 | 2,524 |
| Caldwell County | Urban | 15.1 | 8,866 | 2,537 |
| Lee County | Rural | 15.1 | 6,744 | 2,537 |
| Martin County | Rural | 15.6 | 2,474 | 2,601 |
| Randolph County | Urban | 15.6 | 15,891 | 2,601 |
| Caswell County | Rural | 15.7 | 2,588 | 2,610 |
| Warren County | Rural | 15.8 | 2,242 | 2,630 |
| Hertford County | Rural | 15.9 | 2,211 | 2,640 |
| Sampson County | Rural | 15.9 | 6,324 | 2,640 |
| Surry County | Rural | 16.3 | 8,256 | 2,682 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 16.5 | 3,125 | 2,703 |
| Richmond County | Rural | 16.5 | 4,758 | 2,703 |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | 16.5 | 451 | 2,703 |
| Alleghany County | Rural | 16.8 | 1,458 | 2,733 |
| Scotland County | Rural | 16.8 | 3,809 | 2,733 |
| Anson County | Urban | 16.9 | 2,728 | 2,752 |
| Lenoir County | Rural | 17.1 | 6,528 | 2,767 |
| Duplin County | Rural | 17.6 | 5,868 | 2,812 |
| Halifax County | Rural | 17.8 | 6,061 | 2,828 |
| Bertie County | Rural | 18.2 | 2,376 | 2,853 |
| Wilkes County | Rural | 18.3 | 8,760 | 2,860 |
| Robeson County | Rural | 20.0 | 15,006 | 2,961 |
| Greene County | Rural | 21.0 | 3,088 | 2,993 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/19/2026 10:28 pm.
Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Education: Less than High School, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.