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Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Education: At least high school
Ages 25+, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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North Carolina N/A 89.7 6,517,229 33 of 52
United States N/A 89.4 204,204,444 N/A
Tyrrell County Rural 80.5 2,067 2,913
Hyde County Rural 86.8 3,190 2,170
Graham County Rural 84.8 4,898 2,468
Jones County Rural 86.5 5,962 2,224
Gates County Urban 89.6 6,769 1,632
Washington County Rural 85.6 6,802 2,357
Camden County Urban 93.0 6,901 702
Alleghany County Rural 83.1 7,163 2,685
Clay County Rural 89.9 7,953 1,560
Perquimans County Rural 86.7 8,466 2,181
Swain County Rural 87.1 8,488 2,120
Pamlico County Rural 90.0 8,841 1,528
Chowan County Rural 87.4 9,172 2,077
Mitchell County Rural 89.7 10,025 1,609
Bertie County Rural 82.0 10,876 2,795
Northampton County Rural 84.5 11,000 2,511
Greene County Rural 77.8 11,331 3,013
Avery County Rural 86.4 11,665 2,234
Hertford County Rural 84.7 12,081 2,479
Warren County Rural 86.7 12,184 2,181
Yancey County Rural 88.1 12,380 1,942
Anson County Urban 82.4 12,883 2,762
Martin County Rural 83.3 13,231 2,656
Caswell County Rural 83.7 13,902 2,618
Polk County Rural 91.9 14,301 1,019
Madison County Urban 90.9 14,305 1,304
Montgomery County Rural 84.0 15,642 2,577
Ashe County Rural 87.5 18,048 2,058
Bladen County Rural 88.6 18,680 1,855
Scotland County Rural 82.4 19,211 2,762
Currituck County Urban 93.9 19,991 461
Cherokee County Rural 91.4 20,826 1,163
Alexander County Urban 85.6 22,590 2,357
Yadkin County Urban 86.5 23,122 2,224
Transylvania County Rural 93.8 23,958 480
Richmond County Rural 84.2 24,469 2,552
Vance County Rural 85.4 24,482 2,386
Person County Urban 89.1 24,944 1,750
Jackson County Rural 89.8 25,157 1,589
Pasquotank County Rural 90.0 25,198 1,528
Macon County Rural 90.0 25,403 1,528
Dare County Rural 95.2 27,143 197
Duplin County Rural 81.9 27,155 2,803
Halifax County Rural 80.9 27,909 2,885
McDowell County Rural 86.1 28,151 2,277
Davie County Urban 90.7 28,209 1,355
Edgecombe County Urban 84.4 28,600 2,522
Watauga County Rural 92.4 28,838 875
Beaufort County Rural 88.1 28,902 1,942
Stokes County Urban 89.9 29,879 1,560
Hoke County Urban 88.9 30,574 1,791
Columbus County Rural 86.5 30,905 2,224
Lenoir County Rural 82.5 31,465 2,748
Sampson County Rural 84.3 33,470 2,540
Lee County Rural 85.1 37,287 2,433
Granville County Rural 86.6 37,935 2,207
Stanly County Rural 87.1 38,903 2,120
Wilkes County Rural 81.9 39,047 2,803
Pender County Urban 90.5 40,404 1,408
Rutherford County Rural 86.6 40,757 2,207
Surry County Rural 82.6 41,910 2,737
Haywood County Rural 91.6 43,291 1,110
Franklin County Urban 87.7 44,116 2,012
Wilson County Rural 84.4 45,691 2,522
Caldwell County Urban 82.8 48,350 2,714
Carteret County Rural 92.7 48,752 788
Chatham County Urban 90.4 52,154 1,440
Burke County Urban 85.1 55,000 2,433
Rockingham County Urban 84.4 55,897 2,522
Nash County Urban 86.4 57,507 2,234
Lincoln County Urban 90.0 58,651 1,528
Robeson County Rural 78.9 59,354 2,979
Cleveland County Rural 87.5 60,499 2,058
Craven County Rural 91.8 63,104 1,044
Wayne County Urban 86.4 67,756 2,234
Moore County Urban 92.7 68,631 788
Harnett County Rural 88.7 79,797 1,834
Henderson County Urban 91.1 79,816 1,248
Randolph County Urban 84.0 84,645 2,577
Orange County Urban 93.2 86,966 638
Rowan County Urban 88.1 90,194 1,942
Pitt County Urban 90.9 96,763 1,304
Catawba County Urban 87.5 98,941 2,058
Alamance County Urban 88.5 103,995 1,873
Onslow County Urban 93.2 105,408 638
Davidson County Urban 87.7 105,880 2,012
Brunswick County Urban 93.3 109,509 610
Iredell County Urban 91.2 121,789 1,224
Johnston County Urban 89.5 135,548 1,662
Cabarrus County Urban 91.8 141,062 1,044
Gaston County Urban 88.1 141,704 1,942
Union County Urban 90.4 143,152 1,440
New Hanover County Urban 93.6 150,757 529
Buncombe County Urban 92.3 186,588 911
Cumberland County Urban 92.6 194,300 816
Durham County Urban 90.7 207,190 1,355
Forsyth County Urban 89.9 233,716 1,560
Guilford County Urban 90.3 324,413 1,462
Mecklenburg County Urban 90.8 696,304 1,328
Wake County Urban 94.0 734,039 432
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/12/2025 6:44 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 high school, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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