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Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Poverty: Families below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Families (Below Poverty)
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(of 3143 counties)
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North Carolina N/A 9.4 252,513 37 of 52
United States N/A 8.7 7,176,933 N/A
Tyrrell County Rural 12.5 126 2,318
Graham County Rural 6.4 130 755
Camden County Urban 5.0 149 384
Gates County Urban 7.2 190 988
Clay County Rural 6.6 196 807
Hyde County Rural 17.3 220 2,862
Pamlico County Rural 8.0 262 1,231
Perquimans County Rural 7.7 289 1,144
Avery County Rural 7.1 304 964
Alleghany County Rural 9.8 322 1,777
Mitchell County Rural 8.7 354 1,453
Madison County Urban 7.6 417 1,110
Jones County Rural 16.9 427 2,831
Yancey County Rural 8.5 474 1,400
Currituck County Urban 5.8 489 589
Washington County Rural 18.5 498 2,928
Dare County Rural 4.8 518 332
Polk County Rural 9.7 528 1,757
Swain County Rural 14.3 560 2,574
Bertie County Rural 12.9 572 2,386
Caswell County Rural 11.5 671 2,148
Greene County Rural 16.4 683 2,784
Pasquotank County Rural 6.5 688 777
Northampton County Rural 15.2 703 2,664
Chowan County Rural 17.5 711 2,882
Hertford County Rural 14.1 729 2,551
Ashe County Rural 9.4 757 1,665
Cherokee County Rural 9.3 781 1,646
Alexander County Urban 8.3 798 1,320
Yadkin County Urban 8.1 817 1,265
Anson County Urban 16.4 818 2,784
Transylvania County Rural 8.7 819 1,453
Warren County Rural 17.0 851 2,836
Watauga County Rural 7.9 852 1,205
Martin County Rural 14.9 867 2,637
Davie County Urban 7.6 898 1,110
Montgomery County Rural 12.8 927 2,374
Macon County Rural 8.7 983 1,453
Jackson County Rural 10.3 1,045 1,873
Pender County Urban 7.0 1,131 929
Stokes County Urban 9.2 1,133 1,613
McDowell County Rural 9.2 1,179 1,613
Bladen County Rural 17.4 1,201 2,871
Carteret County Rural 6.8 1,348 865
Haywood County Rural 7.9 1,360 1,205
Franklin County Urban 7.1 1,417 964
Vance County Rural 14.2 1,432 2,563
Person County Urban 13.8 1,497 2,525
Hoke County Urban 13.1 1,593 2,423
Moore County Urban 5.8 1,636 589
Beaufort County Rural 12.8 1,655 2,374
Duplin County Rural 12.5 1,657 2,318
Stanly County Rural 10.4 1,690 1,894
Granville County Rural 11.1 1,721 2,047
Lincoln County Urban 6.8 1,762 865
Scotland County Rural 23.2 1,820 3,069
Orange County Urban 5.4 1,835 476
Columbus County Rural 15.9 1,974 2,740
Sampson County Rural 13.6 1,996 2,494
Chatham County Urban 8.8 2,011 1,489
Caldwell County Urban 10.1 2,189 1,830
Richmond County Rural 21.0 2,254 3,014
Lee County Rural 13.1 2,267 2,423
Rutherford County Rural 13.3 2,268 2,455
Wilkes County Rural 12.4 2,277 2,298
Lenoir County Rural 17.4 2,367 2,871
Edgecombe County Urban 19.0 2,441 2,952
Nash County Urban 10.4 2,589 1,894
Surry County Rural 13.3 2,599 2,455
Halifax County Rural 20.7 2,641 3,005
Brunswick County Urban 6.2 2,780 691
Craven County Rural 10.4 2,825 1,894
Henderson County Urban 9.1 3,104 1,580
Wilson County Rural 15.5 3,185 2,700
Burke County Urban 12.9 3,188 2,386
Rockingham County Urban 13.2 3,342 2,441
Cleveland County Rural 13.2 3,354 2,441
Cabarrus County Urban 6.3 3,694 721
Harnett County Rural 11.0 3,698 2,031
Union County Urban 5.7 3,743 561
Wayne County Urban 12.2 3,780 2,277
Catawba County Urban 8.6 3,792 1,424
Iredell County Urban 7.3 3,840 1,022
New Hanover County Urban 7.0 4,011 929
Buncombe County Urban 6.7 4,160 833
Randolph County Urban 11.2 4,283 2,077
Alamance County Urban 10.4 4,572 1,894
Rowan County Urban 12.2 4,728 2,277
Pitt County Urban 11.6 4,789 2,163
Johnston County Urban 8.1 4,882 1,265
Davidson County Urban 10.6 5,001 1,933
Onslow County Urban 9.9 5,129 1,792
Gaston County Urban 9.4 5,732 1,665
Robeson County Rural 22.4 6,223 3,056
Durham County Urban 8.1 6,253 1,265
Forsyth County Urban 9.9 9,508 1,792
Cumberland County Urban 13.7 10,944 2,510
Wake County Urban 4.9 14,125 358
Guilford County Urban 10.8 14,476 1,985
Mecklenburg County Urban 7.5 20,009 1,082
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/01/2025 9:45 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 Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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