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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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United States N/A 8.7 7,176,933 N/A
North Carolina N/A 9.4 252,513 37 of 52
Mecklenburg County Urban 7.5 20,009 1,082
Guilford County Urban 10.8 14,476 1,985
Wake County Urban 4.9 14,125 358
Cumberland County Urban 13.7 10,944 2,510
Forsyth County Urban 9.9 9,508 1,792
Durham County Urban 8.1 6,253 1,265
Robeson County Rural 22.4 6,223 3,056
Gaston County Urban 9.4 5,732 1,665
Onslow County Urban 9.9 5,129 1,792
Davidson County Urban 10.6 5,001 1,933
Johnston County Urban 8.1 4,882 1,265
Pitt County Urban 11.6 4,789 2,163
Rowan County Urban 12.2 4,728 2,277
Alamance County Urban 10.4 4,572 1,894
Randolph County Urban 11.2 4,283 2,077
Buncombe County Urban 6.7 4,160 833
New Hanover County Urban 7.0 4,011 929
Iredell County Urban 7.3 3,840 1,022
Catawba County Urban 8.6 3,792 1,424
Wayne County Urban 12.2 3,780 2,277
Union County Urban 5.7 3,743 561
Harnett County Rural 11.0 3,698 2,031
Cabarrus County Urban 6.3 3,694 721
Cleveland County Rural 13.2 3,354 2,441
Rockingham County Urban 13.2 3,342 2,441
Burke County Urban 12.9 3,188 2,386
Wilson County Rural 15.5 3,185 2,700
Henderson County Urban 9.1 3,104 1,580
Craven County Rural 10.4 2,825 1,894
Brunswick County Urban 6.2 2,780 691
Halifax County Rural 20.7 2,641 3,005
Surry County Rural 13.3 2,599 2,455
Nash County Urban 10.4 2,589 1,894
Edgecombe County Urban 19.0 2,441 2,952
Lenoir County Rural 17.4 2,367 2,871
Wilkes County Rural 12.4 2,277 2,298
Rutherford County Rural 13.3 2,268 2,455
Lee County Rural 13.1 2,267 2,423
Richmond County Rural 21.0 2,254 3,014
Caldwell County Urban 10.1 2,189 1,830
Chatham County Urban 8.8 2,011 1,489
Sampson County Rural 13.6 1,996 2,494
Columbus County Rural 15.9 1,974 2,740
Orange County Urban 5.4 1,835 476
Scotland County Rural 23.2 1,820 3,069
Lincoln County Urban 6.8 1,762 865
Granville County Rural 11.1 1,721 2,047
Stanly County Rural 10.4 1,690 1,894
Duplin County Rural 12.5 1,657 2,318
Beaufort County Rural 12.8 1,655 2,374
Moore County Urban 5.8 1,636 589
Hoke County Urban 13.1 1,593 2,423
Person County Urban 13.8 1,497 2,525
Vance County Rural 14.2 1,432 2,563
Franklin County Urban 7.1 1,417 964
Haywood County Rural 7.9 1,360 1,205
Carteret County Rural 6.8 1,348 865
Bladen County Rural 17.4 1,201 2,871
McDowell County Rural 9.2 1,179 1,613
Stokes County Urban 9.2 1,133 1,613
Pender County Urban 7.0 1,131 929
Jackson County Rural 10.3 1,045 1,873
Macon County Rural 8.7 983 1,453
Montgomery County Rural 12.8 927 2,374
Davie County Urban 7.6 898 1,110
Martin County Rural 14.9 867 2,637
Watauga County Rural 7.9 852 1,205
Warren County Rural 17.0 851 2,836
Transylvania County Rural 8.7 819 1,453
Anson County Urban 16.4 818 2,784
Yadkin County Urban 8.1 817 1,265
Alexander County Urban 8.3 798 1,320
Cherokee County Rural 9.3 781 1,646
Ashe County Rural 9.4 757 1,665
Hertford County Rural 14.1 729 2,551
Chowan County Rural 17.5 711 2,882
Northampton County Rural 15.2 703 2,664
Pasquotank County Rural 6.5 688 777
Greene County Rural 16.4 683 2,784
Caswell County Rural 11.5 671 2,148
Bertie County Rural 12.9 572 2,386
Swain County Rural 14.3 560 2,574
Polk County Rural 9.7 528 1,757
Dare County Rural 4.8 518 332
Washington County Rural 18.5 498 2,928
Currituck County Urban 5.8 489 589
Yancey County Rural 8.5 474 1,400
Jones County Rural 16.9 427 2,831
Madison County Urban 7.6 417 1,110
Mitchell County Rural 8.7 354 1,453
Alleghany County Rural 9.8 322 1,777
Avery County Rural 7.1 304 964
Perquimans County Rural 7.7 289 1,144
Pamlico County Rural 8.0 262 1,231
Hyde County Rural 17.3 220 2,862
Clay County Rural 6.6 196 807
Gates County Urban 7.2 190 988
Camden County Urban 5.0 149 384
Graham County Rural 6.4 130 755
Tyrrell County Rural 12.5 126 2,318
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/13/2025 8:07 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 Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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