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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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United States N/A 89.4 204,204,444 N/A
North Carolina N/A 89.7 6,517,229 33 of 52
Yancey County Rural 88.1 12,380 1,942
Yadkin County Urban 86.5 23,122 2,224
Wilson County Rural 84.4 45,691 2,522
Wilkes County Rural 81.9 39,047 2,803
Wayne County Urban 86.4 67,756 2,234
Watauga County Rural 92.4 28,838 875
Washington County Rural 85.6 6,802 2,357
Warren County Rural 86.7 12,184 2,181
Wake County Urban 94.0 734,039 432
Vance County Rural 85.4 24,482 2,386
Union County Urban 90.4 143,152 1,440
Tyrrell County Rural 80.5 2,067 2,913
Transylvania County Rural 93.8 23,958 480
Swain County Rural 87.1 8,488 2,120
Surry County Rural 82.6 41,910 2,737
Stokes County Urban 89.9 29,879 1,560
Stanly County Rural 87.1 38,903 2,120
Scotland County Rural 82.4 19,211 2,762
Sampson County Rural 84.3 33,470 2,540
Rutherford County Rural 86.6 40,757 2,207
Rowan County Urban 88.1 90,194 1,942
Rockingham County Urban 84.4 55,897 2,522
Robeson County Rural 78.9 59,354 2,979
Richmond County Rural 84.2 24,469 2,552
Randolph County Urban 84.0 84,645 2,577
Polk County Rural 91.9 14,301 1,019
Pitt County Urban 90.9 96,763 1,304
Person County Urban 89.1 24,944 1,750
Perquimans County Rural 86.7 8,466 2,181
Pender County Urban 90.5 40,404 1,408
Pasquotank County Rural 90.0 25,198 1,528
Pamlico County Rural 90.0 8,841 1,528
Orange County Urban 93.2 86,966 638
Onslow County Urban 93.2 105,408 638
Northampton County Rural 84.5 11,000 2,511
New Hanover County Urban 93.6 150,757 529
Nash County Urban 86.4 57,507 2,234
Moore County Urban 92.7 68,631 788
Montgomery County Rural 84.0 15,642 2,577
Mitchell County Rural 89.7 10,025 1,609
Mecklenburg County Urban 90.8 696,304 1,328
McDowell County Rural 86.1 28,151 2,277
Martin County Rural 83.3 13,231 2,656
Madison County Urban 90.9 14,305 1,304
Macon County Rural 90.0 25,403 1,528
Lincoln County Urban 90.0 58,651 1,528
Lenoir County Rural 82.5 31,465 2,748
Lee County Rural 85.1 37,287 2,433
Jones County Rural 86.5 5,962 2,224
Johnston County Urban 89.5 135,548 1,662
Jackson County Rural 89.8 25,157 1,589
Iredell County Urban 91.2 121,789 1,224
Hyde County Rural 86.8 3,190 2,170
Hoke County Urban 88.9 30,574 1,791
Hertford County Rural 84.7 12,081 2,479
Henderson County Urban 91.1 79,816 1,248
Haywood County Rural 91.6 43,291 1,110
Harnett County Rural 88.7 79,797 1,834
Halifax County Rural 80.9 27,909 2,885
Guilford County Urban 90.3 324,413 1,462
Greene County Rural 77.8 11,331 3,013
Granville County Rural 86.6 37,935 2,207
Graham County Rural 84.8 4,898 2,468
Gates County Urban 89.6 6,769 1,632
Gaston County Urban 88.1 141,704 1,942
Franklin County Urban 87.7 44,116 2,012
Forsyth County Urban 89.9 233,716 1,560
Edgecombe County Urban 84.4 28,600 2,522
Durham County Urban 90.7 207,190 1,355
Duplin County Rural 81.9 27,155 2,803
Davie County Urban 90.7 28,209 1,355
Davidson County Urban 87.7 105,880 2,012
Dare County Rural 95.2 27,143 197
Currituck County Urban 93.9 19,991 461
Cumberland County Urban 92.6 194,300 816
Craven County Rural 91.8 63,104 1,044
Columbus County Rural 86.5 30,905 2,224
Cleveland County Rural 87.5 60,499 2,058
Clay County Rural 89.9 7,953 1,560
Chowan County Rural 87.4 9,172 2,077
Cherokee County Rural 91.4 20,826 1,163
Chatham County Urban 90.4 52,154 1,440
Catawba County Urban 87.5 98,941 2,058
Caswell County Rural 83.7 13,902 2,618
Carteret County Rural 92.7 48,752 788
Camden County Urban 93.0 6,901 702
Caldwell County Urban 82.8 48,350 2,714
Cabarrus County Urban 91.8 141,062 1,044
Burke County Urban 85.1 55,000 2,433
Buncombe County Urban 92.3 186,588 911
Brunswick County Urban 93.3 109,509 610
Bladen County Rural 88.6 18,680 1,855
Bertie County Rural 82.0 10,876 2,795
Beaufort County Rural 88.1 28,902 1,942
Avery County Rural 86.4 11,665 2,234
Ashe County Rural 87.5 18,048 2,058
Anson County Urban 82.4 12,883 2,762
Alleghany County Rural 83.1 7,163 2,685
Alexander County Urban 85.6 22,590 2,357
Alamance County Urban 88.5 103,995 1,873
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/09/2025 10:49 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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