Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Population: Age under 18
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Rank
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Age Under 18)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | N/A | 22.2 | 73,645,238 | N/A |
| North Carolina | N/A | 21.9 | 2,322,823 | 28 of 52 |
| Hoke County | Urban | 27.2 | 14,432 | 183 |
| Union County | Urban | 26.0 | 63,709 | 281 |
| Harnett County | Rural | 25.6 | 34,991 | 338 |
| Robeson County | Rural | 25.5 | 29,838 | 355 |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | 25.4 | 58,685 | 378 |
| Cumberland County | Urban | 25.1 | 84,616 | 443 |
| Johnston County | Urban | 25.1 | 56,952 | 443 |
| Sampson County | Rural | 24.5 | 14,490 | 572 |
| Camden County | Urban | 24.3 | 2,608 | 619 |
| Onslow County | Urban | 24.3 | 50,771 | 619 |
| Vance County | Rural | 24.1 | 10,188 | 687 |
| Lee County | Rural | 23.9 | 15,422 | 750 |
| Duplin County | Rural | 23.7 | 11,634 | 823 |
| Wayne County | Urban | 23.7 | 27,905 | 823 |
| Richmond County | Rural | 23.6 | 10,111 | 866 |
| Wake County | Urban | 23.4 | 269,263 | 947 |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | 23.1 | 260,863 | 1,087 |
| Wilson County | Rural | 23.0 | 18,106 | 1,127 |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | 22.9 | 11,184 | 1,173 |
| Forsyth County | Urban | 22.8 | 88,214 | 1,209 |
| Lenoir County | Rural | 22.7 | 12,460 | 1,250 |
| Gaston County | Urban | 22.6 | 52,227 | 1,288 |
| Iredell County | Urban | 22.5 | 43,148 | 1,340 |
| Pender County | Urban | 22.5 | 14,269 | 1,340 |
| Scotland County | Rural | 22.5 | 7,734 | 1,340 |
| Randolph County | Urban | 22.4 | 32,564 | 1,385 |
| Alamance County | Urban | 22.3 | 38,781 | 1,429 |
| Cleveland County | Rural | 22.3 | 22,366 | 1,429 |
| Rowan County | Urban | 22.3 | 33,100 | 1,429 |
| Guilford County | Urban | 22.2 | 120,325 | 1,469 |
| Currituck County | Urban | 22.1 | 6,554 | 1,518 |
| Nash County | Urban | 22.1 | 21,089 | 1,518 |
| Swain County | Rural | 22.0 | 3,100 | 1,567 |
| Catawba County | Urban | 21.9 | 35,431 | 1,606 |
| Franklin County | Urban | 21.9 | 15,744 | 1,606 |
| Davidson County | Urban | 21.8 | 37,280 | 1,646 |
| Moore County | Urban | 21.8 | 22,375 | 1,646 |
| Craven County | Rural | 21.7 | 21,898 | 1,683 |
| Stanly County | Rural | 21.7 | 13,803 | 1,683 |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | 21.6 | 8,822 | 1,725 |
| Pitt County | Urban | 21.5 | 37,050 | 1,784 |
| Halifax County | Rural | 21.3 | 10,251 | 1,876 |
| Surry County | Rural | 21.1 | 15,101 | 1,936 |
| Davie County | Urban | 21.0 | 9,150 | 1,977 |
| Lincoln County | Urban | 20.8 | 18,769 | 2,044 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 20.8 | 5,393 | 2,044 |
| Columbus County | Rural | 20.7 | 10,442 | 2,085 |
| Person County | Urban | 20.7 | 8,133 | 2,085 |
| Yadkin County | Urban | 20.7 | 7,754 | 2,085 |
| Bladen County | Rural | 20.6 | 6,106 | 2,123 |
| Granville County | Rural | 20.6 | 12,647 | 2,123 |
| Rockingham County | Urban | 20.5 | 18,732 | 2,151 |
| Anson County | Urban | 20.3 | 4,437 | 2,213 |
| Martin County | Rural | 20.3 | 4,422 | 2,213 |
| Rutherford County | Rural | 20.3 | 13,138 | 2,213 |
| Durham County | Urban | 20.1 | 66,350 | 2,274 |
| Wilkes County | Rural | 20.0 | 13,203 | 2,300 |
| Caldwell County | Urban | 19.9 | 16,039 | 2,329 |
| Chatham County | Urban | 19.7 | 15,414 | 2,378 |
| McDowell County | Rural | 19.7 | 8,818 | 2,378 |
| Alexander County | Urban | 19.6 | 7,139 | 2,404 |
| Chowan County | Rural | 19.5 | 2,695 | 2,445 |
| Gates County | Urban | 19.5 | 2,035 | 2,445 |
| Beaufort County | Rural | 19.4 | 8,649 | 2,470 |
| Orange County | Urban | 19.4 | 28,511 | 2,470 |
| Henderson County | Urban | 19.0 | 22,278 | 2,557 |
| Greene County | Rural | 18.9 | 3,864 | 2,581 |
| Hertford County | Rural | 18.9 | 3,878 | 2,581 |
| Perquimans County | Rural | 18.8 | 2,469 | 2,608 |
| Burke County | Urban | 18.6 | 16,305 | 2,650 |
| Stokes County | Urban | 18.6 | 8,367 | 2,650 |
| Washington County | Rural | 18.5 | 2,018 | 2,670 |
| Graham County | Rural | 18.4 | 1,479 | 2,684 |
| Jones County | Rural | 18.4 | 1,700 | 2,684 |
| Yancey County | Rural | 18.4 | 3,444 | 2,684 |
| Caswell County | Rural | 18.3 | 4,156 | 2,702 |
| Hyde County | Rural | 18.3 | 845 | 2,702 |
| New Hanover County | Urban | 18.2 | 42,172 | 2,731 |
| Buncombe County | Urban | 18.1 | 49,139 | 2,747 |
| Dare County | Rural | 18.1 | 6,802 | 2,747 |
| Macon County | Rural | 18.1 | 6,777 | 2,747 |
| Warren County | Rural | 18.1 | 3,391 | 2,747 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 17.9 | 2,678 | 2,778 |
| Northampton County | Rural | 17.9 | 3,085 | 2,778 |
| Haywood County | Rural | 17.8 | 11,135 | 2,803 |
| Madison County | Urban | 17.5 | 3,794 | 2,844 |
| Carteret County | Rural | 17.1 | 11,707 | 2,892 |
| Ashe County | Rural | 17.0 | 4,552 | 2,908 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 16.7 | 7,186 | 2,936 |
| Alleghany County | Rural | 16.6 | 1,838 | 2,939 |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | 16.6 | 560 | 2,939 |
| Bertie County | Rural | 16.4 | 2,863 | 2,956 |
| Clay County | Rural | 16.2 | 1,848 | 2,976 |
| Cherokee County | Rural | 16.1 | 4,699 | 2,984 |
| Transylvania County | Rural | 15.8 | 5,260 | 3,008 |
| Polk County | Rural | 15.6 | 3,066 | 3,026 |
| Avery County | Rural | 14.6 | 2,570 | 3,075 |
| Brunswick County | Urban | 14.4 | 20,947 | 3,081 |
| Pamlico County | Rural | 14.2 | 1,752 | 3,086 |
| Watauga County | Rural | 12.4 | 6,769 | 3,118 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/08/2025 2:28 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 Population: Age under 18, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/08/2025 2:28 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 Population: Age under 18, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.