Demographics Table
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
Sorted by Rank
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Value (Percent)
|
People (Education: At Least High School)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | N/A | 89.1 | 202,001,294 | N/A |
| North Carolina | N/A | 89.4 | 6,413,973 | 20 of 52 |
| Greene County | Rural | 76.1 | 11,107 | 104 |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | 77.3 | 1,966 | 139 |
| Robeson County | Rural | 78.4 | 59,456 | 176 |
| Duplin County | Rural | 80.3 | 26,815 | 275 |
| Bertie County | Rural | 80.5 | 10,812 | 294 |
| Hyde County | Rural | 81.0 | 3,003 | 326 |
| Halifax County | Rural | 81.1 | 28,187 | 336 |
| Wilkes County | Rural | 81.5 | 38,910 | 371 |
| Caldwell County | Urban | 81.9 | 47,700 | 404 |
| Martin County | Rural | 82.0 | 13,132 | 418 |
| Surry County | Rural | 82.0 | 41,535 | 426 |
| Lenoir County | Rural | 82.1 | 31,394 | 431 |
| Scotland County | Rural | 82.2 | 19,070 | 453 |
| Alleghany County | Rural | 82.3 | 7,002 | 460 |
| Anson County | Urban | 82.5 | 13,025 | 476 |
| Sampson County | Rural | 82.6 | 32,864 | 491 |
| Richmond County | Rural | 82.7 | 24,262 | 503 |
| Wilson County | Rural | 83.4 | 45,117 | 566 |
| Northampton County | Rural | 83.5 | 11,073 | 577 |
| Rockingham County | Urban | 83.6 | 55,231 | 587 |
| Caswell County | Rural | 83.7 | 13,960 | 593 |
| Hertford County | Rural | 83.9 | 12,698 | 613 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 83.9 | 15,360 | 618 |
| Randolph County | Urban | 84.0 | 84,242 | 622 |
| Graham County | Rural | 84.1 | 4,885 | 631 |
| Vance County | Rural | 84.7 | 24,384 | 708 |
| Burke County | Urban | 84.8 | 54,726 | 724 |
| Swain County | Rural | 85.1 | 8,226 | 767 |
| Lee County | Rural | 85.1 | 36,802 | 770 |
| Warren County | Rural | 85.4 | 12,003 | 809 |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | 85.6 | 29,193 | 831 |
| Columbus County | Rural | 85.6 | 30,729 | 839 |
| Wayne County | Urban | 85.7 | 67,110 | 860 |
| Washington County | Rural | 85.8 | 6,798 | 865 |
| Jones County | Rural | 85.8 | 5,874 | 870 |
| Granville County | Rural | 85.8 | 37,235 | 882 |
| Rutherford County | Rural | 85.9 | 40,166 | 897 |
| Stanly County | Rural | 86.0 | 37,917 | 904 |
| Alexander County | Urban | 86.0 | 22,671 | 905 |
| McDowell County | Rural | 86.2 | 28,099 | 930 |
| Perquimans County | Rural | 86.4 | 8,490 | 964 |
| Yadkin County | Urban | 86.5 | 22,934 | 984 |
| Davidson County | Urban | 86.5 | 103,320 | 996 |
| Nash County | Urban | 86.6 | 57,278 | 1,001 |
| Chowan County | Rural | 86.6 | 9,185 | 1,010 |
| Cleveland County | Rural | 86.8 | 59,561 | 1,033 |
| Beaufort County | Rural | 86.8 | 28,377 | 1,036 |
| Franklin County | Urban | 86.9 | 42,230 | 1,057 |
| Avery County | Rural | 86.9 | 11,826 | 1,061 |
| Ashe County | Rural | 87.0 | 17,871 | 1,077 |
| Catawba County | Urban | 87.4 | 97,967 | 1,136 |
| Rowan County | Urban | 87.4 | 88,846 | 1,139 |
| Stokes County | Urban | 87.5 | 28,866 | 1,146 |
| Gaston County | Urban | 87.6 | 139,329 | 1,179 |
| Bladen County | Rural | 88.2 | 18,822 | 1,279 |
| Harnett County | Rural | 88.2 | 78,106 | 1,292 |
| Alamance County | Urban | 88.3 | 102,206 | 1,304 |
| Clay County | Rural | 88.3 | 7,554 | 1,308 |
| Person County | Urban | 88.4 | 24,735 | 1,329 |
| Yancey County | Rural | 88.5 | 12,260 | 1,346 |
| Hoke County | Urban | 88.9 | 30,222 | 1,431 |
| Madison County | Urban | 88.9 | 13,883 | 1,443 |
| Forsyth County | Urban | 89.2 | 229,984 | 1,490 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 89.3 | 24,654 | 1,512 |
| Chatham County | Urban | 89.4 | 50,738 | 1,541 |
| Macon County | Rural | 89.5 | 24,991 | 1,555 |
| Johnston County | Urban | 89.5 | 131,077 | 1,564 |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | 89.7 | 24,963 | 1,606 |
| Lincoln County | Urban | 89.8 | 56,655 | 1,630 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 89.8 | 10,013 | 1,631 |
| Davie County | Urban | 89.8 | 27,627 | 1,638 |
| Pamlico County | Rural | 90.0 | 8,796 | 1,694 |
| Guilford County | Urban | 90.1 | 322,133 | 1,702 |
| Pitt County | Urban | 90.2 | 95,045 | 1,729 |
| Pender County | Urban | 90.2 | 39,285 | 1,735 |
| Haywood County | Rural | 90.4 | 42,333 | 1,792 |
| Union County | Urban | 90.4 | 139,867 | 1,801 |
| Gates County | Urban | 90.5 | 7,019 | 1,813 |
| Durham County | Urban | 90.7 | 204,726 | 1,869 |
| Iredell County | Urban | 90.9 | 118,435 | 1,907 |
| Craven County | Rural | 90.9 | 61,804 | 1,914 |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | 90.9 | 686,252 | 1,917 |
| Cherokee County | Rural | 91.2 | 20,439 | 1,972 |
| Henderson County | Urban | 91.6 | 79,829 | 2,087 |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | 92.0 | 138,174 | 2,183 |
| Onslow County | Urban | 92.0 | 101,414 | 2,208 |
| Carteret County | Rural | 92.1 | 48,052 | 2,237 |
| Buncombe County | Urban | 92.1 | 184,328 | 2,239 |
| Camden County | Urban | 92.3 | 6,726 | 2,281 |
| Cumberland County | Urban | 92.3 | 192,261 | 2,290 |
| Watauga County | Rural | 92.5 | 28,849 | 2,339 |
| Polk County | Rural | 92.8 | 14,211 | 2,422 |
| Moore County | Urban | 92.8 | 67,094 | 2,439 |
| Currituck County | Urban | 92.8 | 18,983 | 2,445 |
| Orange County | Urban | 93.4 | 86,397 | 2,606 |
| New Hanover County | Urban | 93.5 | 148,344 | 2,641 |
| Brunswick County | Urban | 93.5 | 104,601 | 2,643 |
| Transylvania County | Rural | 93.8 | 23,938 | 2,696 |
| Wake County | Urban | 94.0 | 718,805 | 2,742 |
| Dare County | Rural | 94.9 | 26,524 | 2,923 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/19/2025 9:09 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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/19/2025 9:09 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.