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