Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Population: Age under 18
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Percent
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Age Under 18)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | N/A | 22.0 | 73,517,834 | N/A |
| North Carolina | N/A | 21.8 | 2,334,920 | 25 of 52 |
| Hoke County | Urban | 26.9 | 14,495 | 184 |
| Robeson County | Rural | 25.8 | 30,188 | 280 |
| Union County | Urban | 25.6 | 64,232 | 306 |
| Harnett County | Rural | 25.4 | 35,394 | 340 |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | 25.2 | 59,433 | 385 |
| Cumberland County | Urban | 25.1 | 85,028 | 410 |
| Johnston County | Urban | 24.9 | 58,336 | 456 |
| Onslow County | Urban | 24.8 | 51,514 | 473 |
| Sampson County | Rural | 24.5 | 14,584 | 542 |
| Vance County | Rural | 24.0 | 10,160 | 690 |
| Duplin County | Rural | 23.7 | 11,708 | 778 |
| Lee County | Rural | 23.7 | 15,587 | 778 |
| Wayne County | Urban | 23.6 | 28,014 | 809 |
| Richmond County | Rural | 23.5 | 9,943 | 847 |
| Scotland County | Rural | 23.2 | 7,804 | 962 |
| Camden County | Urban | 23.1 | 2,528 | 1,006 |
| Wake County | Urban | 23.0 | 271,179 | 1,057 |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | 22.9 | 11,152 | 1,096 |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | 22.8 | 263,733 | 1,133 |
| Wilson County | Rural | 22.8 | 18,060 | 1,133 |
| Forsyth County | Urban | 22.7 | 88,343 | 1,174 |
| Lenoir County | Rural | 22.6 | 12,393 | 1,220 |
| Gaston County | Urban | 22.4 | 52,696 | 1,311 |
| Pender County | Urban | 22.4 | 14,710 | 1,311 |
| Cleveland County | Rural | 22.3 | 22,528 | 1,356 |
| Iredell County | Urban | 22.3 | 43,749 | 1,356 |
| Alamance County | Urban | 22.2 | 39,209 | 1,395 |
| Randolph County | Urban | 22.2 | 32,538 | 1,395 |
| Rowan County | Urban | 22.2 | 33,228 | 1,395 |
| Guilford County | Urban | 22.0 | 120,573 | 1,478 |
| Nash County | Urban | 22.0 | 21,210 | 1,478 |
| Currituck County | Urban | 21.9 | 6,704 | 1,525 |
| Franklin County | Urban | 21.8 | 16,194 | 1,576 |
| Davidson County | Urban | 21.7 | 37,476 | 1,613 |
| Moore County | Urban | 21.7 | 22,803 | 1,613 |
| Stanly County | Rural | 21.7 | 14,002 | 1,613 |
| Catawba County | Urban | 21.6 | 35,394 | 1,650 |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | 21.4 | 8,737 | 1,735 |
| Craven County | Rural | 21.3 | 21,819 | 1,775 |
| Halifax County | Rural | 21.2 | 10,113 | 1,816 |
| Surry County | Rural | 21.1 | 15,042 | 1,869 |
| Pitt County | Urban | 21.0 | 37,244 | 1,910 |
| Davie County | Urban | 20.9 | 9,207 | 1,936 |
| Swain County | Rural | 20.8 | 2,916 | 1,978 |
| Granville County | Rural | 20.7 | 12,593 | 2,021 |
| Yadkin County | Urban | 20.7 | 7,761 | 2,021 |
| Bladen County | Rural | 20.6 | 6,094 | 2,055 |
| Columbus County | Rural | 20.6 | 10,334 | 2,055 |
| Lincoln County | Urban | 20.6 | 19,131 | 2,055 |
| Person County | Urban | 20.6 | 8,159 | 2,055 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 20.4 | 5,308 | 2,129 |
| Martin County | Rural | 20.3 | 4,399 | 2,158 |
| Rockingham County | Urban | 20.3 | 18,711 | 2,158 |
| Rutherford County | Rural | 20.1 | 13,061 | 2,226 |
| Durham County | Urban | 20.0 | 66,603 | 2,262 |
| Wilkes County | Rural | 20.0 | 13,159 | 2,262 |
| Anson County | Urban | 19.9 | 4,426 | 2,294 |
| Caldwell County | Urban | 19.7 | 15,900 | 2,348 |
| Alexander County | Urban | 19.6 | 7,144 | 2,372 |
| Chatham County | Urban | 19.4 | 15,516 | 2,426 |
| McDowell County | Rural | 19.4 | 8,692 | 2,426 |
| Hertford County | Rural | 19.3 | 3,837 | 2,459 |
| Chowan County | Rural | 19.2 | 2,652 | 2,493 |
| Gates County | Urban | 19.2 | 1,994 | 2,493 |
| Beaufort County | Rural | 19.1 | 8,515 | 2,518 |
| Graham County | Rural | 19.1 | 1,544 | 2,518 |
| Washington County | Rural | 19.1 | 2,064 | 2,518 |
| Greene County | Rural | 18.9 | 3,862 | 2,564 |
| Orange County | Urban | 18.9 | 28,235 | 2,564 |
| Henderson County | Urban | 18.7 | 22,143 | 2,601 |
| Stokes County | Urban | 18.6 | 8,398 | 2,620 |
| Jones County | Rural | 18.5 | 1,724 | 2,641 |
| Burke County | Urban | 18.4 | 16,168 | 2,659 |
| Perquimans County | Rural | 18.4 | 2,441 | 2,659 |
| Caswell County | Rural | 18.3 | 4,110 | 2,677 |
| Hyde County | Rural | 18.0 | 826 | 2,719 |
| Yancey County | Rural | 18.0 | 3,379 | 2,719 |
| Dare County | Rural | 17.9 | 6,771 | 2,742 |
| New Hanover County | Urban | 17.9 | 42,122 | 2,742 |
| Buncombe County | Urban | 17.8 | 48,925 | 2,756 |
| Macon County | Rural | 17.7 | 6,723 | 2,775 |
| Northampton County | Rural | 17.7 | 2,998 | 2,775 |
| Warren County | Rural | 17.7 | 3,321 | 2,775 |
| Haywood County | Rural | 17.6 | 11,025 | 2,794 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 17.6 | 2,637 | 2,794 |
| Madison County | Urban | 17.3 | 3,773 | 2,848 |
| Ashe County | Rural | 16.9 | 4,547 | 2,900 |
| Carteret County | Rural | 16.8 | 11,651 | 2,911 |
| Alleghany County | Rural | 16.4 | 1,832 | 2,945 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 16.4 | 7,164 | 2,945 |
| Bertie County | Rural | 16.2 | 2,788 | 2,956 |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | 16.2 | 553 | 2,956 |
| Clay County | Rural | 16.1 | 1,865 | 2,966 |
| Cherokee County | Rural | 16.0 | 4,716 | 2,976 |
| Transylvania County | Rural | 15.7 | 5,273 | 2,995 |
| Polk County | Rural | 15.3 | 3,047 | 3,029 |
| Avery County | Rural | 14.4 | 2,554 | 3,075 |
| Pamlico County | Rural | 14.2 | 1,755 | 3,080 |
| Brunswick County | Urban | 14.0 | 21,421 | 3,088 |
| Watauga County | Rural | 12.1 | 6,676 | 3,119 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/27/2026 5:11 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 Population: Age under 18, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.