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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
2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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North Carolina N/A 89.4 6,413,973 20 of 52
United States N/A 89.1 202,001,294 N/A
Alamance County Urban 88.3 102,206 1,304
Alexander County Urban 86.0 22,671 905
Alleghany County Rural 82.3 7,002 460
Anson County Urban 82.5 13,025 476
Ashe County Rural 87.0 17,871 1,077
Avery County Rural 86.9 11,826 1,061
Beaufort County Rural 86.8 28,377 1,036
Bertie County Rural 80.5 10,812 294
Bladen County Rural 88.2 18,822 1,279
Brunswick County Urban 93.5 104,601 2,643
Buncombe County Urban 92.1 184,328 2,239
Burke County Urban 84.8 54,726 724
Cabarrus County Urban 92.0 138,174 2,183
Caldwell County Urban 81.9 47,700 404
Camden County Urban 92.3 6,726 2,281
Carteret County Rural 92.1 48,052 2,237
Caswell County Rural 83.7 13,960 593
Catawba County Urban 87.4 97,967 1,136
Chatham County Urban 89.4 50,738 1,541
Cherokee County Rural 91.2 20,439 1,972
Chowan County Rural 86.6 9,185 1,010
Clay County Rural 88.3 7,554 1,308
Cleveland County Rural 86.8 59,561 1,033
Columbus County Rural 85.6 30,729 839
Craven County Rural 90.9 61,804 1,914
Cumberland County Urban 92.3 192,261 2,290
Currituck County Urban 92.8 18,983 2,445
Dare County Rural 94.9 26,524 2,923
Davidson County Urban 86.5 103,320 996
Davie County Urban 89.8 27,627 1,638
Duplin County Rural 80.3 26,815 275
Durham County Urban 90.7 204,726 1,869
Edgecombe County Urban 85.6 29,193 831
Forsyth County Urban 89.2 229,984 1,490
Franklin County Urban 86.9 42,230 1,057
Gaston County Urban 87.6 139,329 1,179
Gates County Urban 90.5 7,019 1,813
Graham County Rural 84.1 4,885 631
Granville County Rural 85.8 37,235 882
Greene County Rural 76.1 11,107 104
Guilford County Urban 90.1 322,133 1,702
Halifax County Rural 81.1 28,187 336
Harnett County Rural 88.2 78,106 1,292
Haywood County Rural 90.4 42,333 1,792
Henderson County Urban 91.6 79,829 2,087
Hertford County Rural 83.9 12,698 613
Hoke County Urban 88.9 30,222 1,431
Hyde County Rural 81.0 3,003 326
Iredell County Urban 90.9 118,435 1,907
Jackson County Rural 89.3 24,654 1,512
Johnston County Urban 89.5 131,077 1,564
Jones County Rural 85.8 5,874 870
Lee County Rural 85.1 36,802 770
Lenoir County Rural 82.1 31,394 431
Lincoln County Urban 89.8 56,655 1,630
Macon County Rural 89.5 24,991 1,555
Madison County Urban 88.9 13,883 1,443
Martin County Rural 82.0 13,132 418
McDowell County Rural 86.2 28,099 930
Mecklenburg County Urban 90.9 686,252 1,917
Mitchell County Rural 89.8 10,013 1,631
Montgomery County Rural 83.9 15,360 618
Moore County Urban 92.8 67,094 2,439
Nash County Urban 86.6 57,278 1,001
New Hanover County Urban 93.5 148,344 2,641
Northampton County Rural 83.5 11,073 577
Onslow County Urban 92.0 101,414 2,208
Orange County Urban 93.4 86,397 2,606
Pamlico County Rural 90.0 8,796 1,694
Pasquotank County Rural 89.7 24,963 1,606
Pender County Urban 90.2 39,285 1,735
Perquimans County Rural 86.4 8,490 964
Person County Urban 88.4 24,735 1,329
Pitt County Urban 90.2 95,045 1,729
Polk County Rural 92.8 14,211 2,422
Randolph County Urban 84.0 84,242 622
Richmond County Rural 82.7 24,262 503
Robeson County Rural 78.4 59,456 176
Rockingham County Urban 83.6 55,231 587
Rowan County Urban 87.4 88,846 1,139
Rutherford County Rural 85.9 40,166 897
Sampson County Rural 82.6 32,864 491
Scotland County Rural 82.2 19,070 453
Stanly County Rural 86.0 37,917 904
Stokes County Urban 87.5 28,866 1,146
Surry County Rural 82.0 41,535 426
Swain County Rural 85.1 8,226 767
Transylvania County Rural 93.8 23,938 2,696
Tyrrell County Rural 77.3 1,966 139
Union County Urban 90.4 139,867 1,801
Vance County Rural 84.7 24,384 708
Wake County Urban 94.0 718,805 2,742
Warren County Rural 85.4 12,003 809
Washington County Rural 85.8 6,798 865
Watauga County Rural 92.5 28,849 2,339
Wayne County Urban 85.7 67,110 860
Wilkes County Rural 81.5 38,910 371
Wilson County Rural 83.4 45,117 566
Yadkin County Urban 86.5 22,934 984
Yancey County Rural 88.5 12,260 1,346
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 02/17/2025 9:43 pm.

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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