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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
2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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(of 3143 counties)
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United States 88.9 200,101,961 N/A
North Carolina 89.0 6,308,190 18 of 52
Wake County 93.7 700,185 2,707
Mecklenburg County 90.8 675,881 1,972
Guilford County 90.2 323,434 1,812
Forsyth County 89.3 228,263 1,584
Durham County 89.9 199,410 1,754
Cumberland County 92.0 190,343 2,267
Buncombe County 91.9 181,370 2,242
New Hanover County 93.8 145,728 2,746
Union County 90.1 136,301 1,799
Gaston County 86.7 135,976 1,100
Cabarrus County 90.7 133,086 1,937
Johnston County 88.7 125,084 1,459
Iredell County 91.1 115,890 2,031
Davidson County 85.8 101,470 929
Onslow County 91.8 99,809 2,217
Alamance County 87.7 99,606 1,253
Brunswick County 92.8 98,754 2,484
Catawba County 86.5 96,111 1,059
Pitt County 89.9 93,946 1,749
Rowan County 86.9 87,490 1,123
Orange County 93.7 86,207 2,723
Randolph County 83.9 83,697 691
Henderson County 91.6 79,065 2,181
Harnett County 88.4 76,924 1,412
Wayne County 85.8 67,097 937
Moore County 92.3 65,413 2,346
Craven County 89.7 60,448 1,703
Robeson County 77.9 59,838 194
Cleveland County 86.3 58,857 1,029
Nash County 87.4 57,122 1,200
Rockingham County 83.8 55,072 676
Lincoln County 88.9 54,847 1,499
Burke County 83.3 53,474 617
Chatham County 89.5 49,456 1,640
Carteret County 92.1 47,597 2,290
Caldwell County 81.5 47,364 447
Wilson County 82.2 44,246 518
Haywood County 89.7 41,653 1,710
Surry County 81.0 40,979 389
Franklin County 86.5 40,803 1,061
Rutherford County 85.5 39,869 892
Wilkes County 81.2 38,907 410
Pender County 89.4 37,774 1,611
Stanly County 86.1 37,545 973
Granville County 86.1 37,153 976
Lee County 85.6 36,372 907
Sampson County 81.8 32,617 482
Lenoir County 81.0 31,158 388
Columbus County 84.0 30,557 703
Hoke County 87.7 29,530 1,257
Watauga County 93.1 29,483 2,571
Edgecombe County 84.6 29,235 772
Beaufort County 87.7 28,668 1,251
Stokes County 86.3 28,316 1,020
Halifax County 79.9 28,011 292
McDowell County 85.4 27,820 881
Davie County 90.2 27,350 1,815
Duplin County 79.7 26,907 274
Dare County 95.3 26,241 2,997
Jackson County 89.2 24,729 1,556
Pasquotank County 89.2 24,595 1,573
Person County 87.8 24,481 1,273
Macon County 88.8 24,420 1,485
Vance County 84.4 24,385 748
Richmond County 82.7 24,317 563
Transylvania County 92.0 23,205 2,269
Yadkin County 85.6 22,704 908
Alexander County 85.0 22,261 830
Cherokee County 89.8 19,806 1,734
Scotland County 81.3 18,841 433
Bladen County 85.0 18,275 825
Currituck County 92.3 18,245 2,337
Ashe County 87.0 17,689 1,148
Montgomery County 82.3 14,861 529
Polk County 92.7 14,035 2,448
Madison County 89.6 13,783 1,664
Caswell County 82.5 13,748 544
Martin County 82.5 13,266 552
Anson County 82.5 13,199 546
Hertford County 83.8 12,934 674
Yancey County 88.0 12,085 1,307
Warren County 85.7 11,952 920
Avery County 86.1 11,725 985
Greene County 77.6 11,305 179
Northampton County 80.9 11,013 380
Bertie County 80.2 10,854 312
Mitchell County 88.3 9,826 1,379
Chowan County 84.5 8,857 762
Pamlico County 89.6 8,722 1,669
Perquimans County 86.3 8,446 1,015
Swain County 85.1 8,216 835
Clay County 88.8 7,480 1,486
Gates County 89.4 6,897 1,607
Alleghany County 79.5 6,661 258
Washington County 83.5 6,658 650
Camden County 89.9 6,477 1,759
Jones County 83.4 5,770 632
Graham County 82.5 4,798 556
Hyde County 78.7 2,848 223
Tyrrell County 76.2 2,012 127
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/19/2024 9:16 pm.
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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