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Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Education: At least bachelor's degree
Population Ages 25+
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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North Carolina N/A 34.7 2,521,353 22 of 52
United States N/A 35.0 79,954,302 N/A
Alamance County Urban 27.7 32,545 855
Alexander County Urban 15.4 4,067 2,613
Alleghany County Rural 22.8 1,967 1,387
Anson County Urban 10.9 1,701 3,064
Ashe County Rural 22.4 4,622 1,430
Avery County Rural 21.9 2,954 1,502
Beaufort County Rural 20.6 6,755 1,707
Bertie County Rural 17.8 2,368 2,228
Bladen County Rural 20.6 4,339 1,707
Brunswick County Urban 33.2 38,981 515
Buncombe County Urban 44.6 90,206 166
Burke County Urban 20.2 13,033 1,791
Cabarrus County Urban 37.7 57,865 320
Caldwell County Urban 18.6 10,855 2,086
Camden County Urban 25.8 1,912 1,022
Carteret County Rural 32.3 17,006 568
Caswell County Rural 16.0 2,667 2,505
Catawba County Urban 24.9 28,194 1,125
Chatham County Urban 48.0 27,697 112
Cherokee County Rural 24.2 5,514 1,222
Chowan County Rural 24.5 2,574 1,171
Clay County Rural 31.4 2,778 623
Cleveland County Rural 21.1 14,575 1,628
Columbus County Rural 15.1 5,382 2,665
Craven County Rural 26.0 17,897 999
Cumberland County Urban 27.2 57,051 897
Currituck County Urban 29.3 6,235 746
Dare County Rural 42.8 12,202 193
Davidson County Urban 20.7 25,018 1,686
Davie County Urban 26.8 8,323 941
Duplin County Rural 17.5 5,801 2,276
Durham County Urban 53.5 122,294 56
Edgecombe County Urban 16.7 5,669 2,392
Forsyth County Urban 36.9 95,835 345
Franklin County Urban 24.4 12,276 1,182
Gaston County Urban 26.0 41,791 999
Gates County Urban 10.8 815 3,073
Graham County Rural 16.8 968 2,375
Granville County Rural 24.0 10,526 1,252
Greene County Rural 12.2 1,779 2,976
Guilford County Urban 38.1 136,918 305
Halifax County Rural 15.5 5,332 2,592
Harnett County Rural 23.9 21,531 1,265
Haywood County Rural 29.4 13,895 740
Henderson County Urban 35.1 30,713 423
Hertford County Rural 16.7 2,388 2,392
Hoke County Urban 21.3 7,334 1,588
Hyde County Rural 13.7 504 2,830
Iredell County Urban 33.3 44,504 509
Jackson County Rural 30.0 8,408 710
Johnston County Urban 27.6 41,857 863
Jones County Rural 17.9 1,231 2,211
Lee County Rural 21.6 9,466 1,536
Lenoir County Rural 15.8 6,032 2,537
Lincoln County Urban 27.0 17,614 922
Macon County Rural 24.6 6,930 1,156
Madison County Urban 31.5 4,955 615
Martin County Rural 15.1 2,406 2,665
McDowell County Rural 17.6 5,739 2,257
Mecklenburg County Urban 48.6 372,777 101
Mitchell County Rural 23.1 2,581 1,342
Montgomery County Rural 19.3 3,597 1,953
Moore County Urban 40.9 30,279 233
Nash County Urban 21.7 14,459 1,525
New Hanover County Urban 44.8 72,131 160
Northampton County Rural 19.0 2,478 1,995
Onslow County Urban 26.1 29,462 996
Orange County Urban 61.8 57,674 14
Pamlico County Rural 25.4 2,492 1,066
Pasquotank County Rural 26.9 7,519 929
Pender County Urban 29.8 13,311 719
Perquimans County Rural 20.4 1,992 1,749
Person County Urban 19.8 5,553 1,871
Pitt County Urban 33.9 36,045 478
Polk County Rural 32.9 5,122 530
Randolph County Urban 17.6 17,774 2,257
Richmond County Rural 16.2 4,705 2,476
Robeson County Rural 14.6 10,955 2,729
Rockingham County Urban 16.1 10,683 2,490
Rowan County Urban 21.5 22,042 1,553
Rutherford County Rural 20.7 9,735 1,686
Sampson County Rural 15.8 6,282 2,537
Scotland County Rural 14.8 3,455 2,710
Stanly County Rural 19.7 8,795 1,884
Stokes County Urban 18.5 6,145 2,103
Surry County Rural 19.4 9,838 1,932
Swain County Rural 21.3 2,072 1,588
Transylvania County Rural 38.6 9,866 293
Tyrrell County Rural 14.7 378 2,722
Union County Urban 39.0 61,773 282
Vance County Rural 18.5 5,294 2,103
Wake County Urban 56.3 439,696 41
Warren County Rural 19.0 2,676 1,995
Washington County Rural 12.2 968 2,976
Watauga County Rural 47.7 14,869 117
Wayne County Urban 21.3 16,729 1,588
Wilkes County Rural 16.7 7,949 2,392
Wilson County Rural 20.3 10,967 1,769
Yadkin County Urban 15.8 4,210 2,537
Yancey County Rural 23.0 3,231 1,354
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/09/2025 10:40 am.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.

Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Education: At least bachelor's degree, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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