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Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Poverty: Families below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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Families (Below Poverty)
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(of 3143 counties)
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North Carolina 9.7 254,609 37 of 52
United States 8.9 7,181,779 N/A
Tyrrell County 13.5 130 2,477
Camden County 4.5 135 293
Graham County 10.4 210 1,875
Clay County 7.9 262 1,179
Gates County 10.4 277 1,868
Pamlico County 8.8 280 1,456
Polk County 6.2 324 680
Mitchell County 8.1 333 1,247
Hyde County 25.0 363 3,087
Jones County 15.3 365 2,678
Madison County 7.0 373 930
Dare County 3.8 393 184
Avery County 9.4 411 1,618
Washington County 16.7 425 2,809
Perquimans County 10.8 433 1,962
Currituck County 5.7 452 545
Alleghany County 14.7 467 2,623
Yancey County 9.3 478 1,596
Swain County 12.6 485 2,352
Greene County 14.1 583 2,553
Montgomery County 9.8 612 1,719
Ashe County 8.8 693 1,447
Northampton County 15.6 709 2,711
Warren County 15.2 730 2,666
Hertford County 14.7 734 2,622
Anson County 15.0 737 2,648
Chowan County 19.0 743 2,934
Alexander County 8.0 787 1,219
Caswell County 13.5 793 2,479
Transylvania County 8.7 827 1,417
Watauga County 7.7 828 1,098
Bertie County 19.9 843 2,973
Cherokee County 11.0 867 2,001
Pasquotank County 9.3 941 1,590
Yadkin County 10.0 1,016 1,764
Martin County 17.1 1,027 2,835
Davie County 9.8 1,092 1,716
McDowell County 8.8 1,157 1,460
Macon County 11.2 1,180 2,057
Jackson County 12.1 1,202 2,235
Pender County 8.1 1,213 1,241
Carteret County 6.7 1,289 840
Bladen County 19.7 1,390 2,966
Vance County 13.9 1,444 2,529
Person County 13.8 1,455 2,516
Stokes County 12.1 1,480 2,233
Moore County 5.7 1,503 541
Stanly County 9.2 1,519 1,571
Franklin County 8.2 1,561 1,290
Orange County 4.8 1,600 351
Chatham County 7.9 1,656 1,168
Hoke County 14.3 1,662 2,575
Scotland County 21.6 1,663 3,028
Haywood County 10.0 1,683 1,758
Duplin County 12.8 1,703 2,384
Granville County 11.5 1,719 2,114
Beaufort County 13.9 1,722 2,536
Richmond County 19.4 1,981 2,957
Sampson County 13.7 2,039 2,505
Lincoln County 8.5 2,055 1,360
Lee County 12.2 2,056 2,250
Rutherford County 12.4 2,077 2,292
Columbus County 17.9 2,245 2,881
Surry County 11.6 2,252 2,136
Caldwell County 10.6 2,264 1,896
Wilkes County 12.7 2,325 2,357
Henderson County 7.7 2,498 1,115
Edgecombe County 19.4 2,543 2,954
Lenoir County 18.8 2,578 2,925
Brunswick County 6.5 2,626 790
Nash County 10.9 2,666 1,980
Wilson County 13.4 2,753 2,462
Craven County 10.4 2,778 1,876
Halifax County 22.1 2,819 3,040
Burke County 12.4 2,857 2,288
Union County 5.3 3,319 459
Rockingham County 13.7 3,389 2,502
Cleveland County 14.6 3,547 2,609
Harnett County 11.1 3,572 2,036
Cabarrus County 6.6 3,645 823
Buncombe County 6.1 3,692 648
Catawba County 9.0 3,836 1,500
New Hanover County 7.4 3,998 1,037
Iredell County 7.9 4,013 1,175
Wayne County 14.2 4,379 2,571
Randolph County 11.5 4,383 2,104
Alamance County 11.0 4,717 2,013
Johnston County 8.7 4,844 1,421
Rowan County 13.2 4,990 2,445
Davidson County 10.9 5,061 1,975
Pitt County 12.9 5,333 2,401
Gaston County 9.5 5,491 1,631
Robeson County 20.8 5,732 3,005
Onslow County 11.7 5,768 2,150
Durham County 8.7 6,626 1,424
Forsyth County 10.8 10,006 1,954
Cumberland County 14.4 11,125 2,588
Guilford County 10.6 13,854 1,900
Wake County 5.3 14,738 471
Mecklenburg County 7.7 20,180 1,112
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/23/2024 8:56 pm.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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