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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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County
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Families (Below Poverty)
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Rank within US
(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
Alamance County 11.0 4,717 2,013
Alexander County 8.0 787 1,219
Alleghany County 14.7 467 2,623
Anson County 15.0 737 2,648
Ashe County 8.8 693 1,447
Avery County 9.4 411 1,618
Beaufort County 13.9 1,722 2,536
Bertie County 19.9 843 2,973
Bladen County 19.7 1,390 2,966
Brunswick County 6.5 2,626 790
Buncombe County 6.1 3,692 648
Burke County 12.4 2,857 2,288
Cabarrus County 6.6 3,645 823
Caldwell County 10.6 2,264 1,896
Camden County 4.5 135 293
Carteret County 6.7 1,289 840
Caswell County 13.5 793 2,479
Catawba County 9.0 3,836 1,500
Chatham County 7.9 1,656 1,168
Cherokee County 11.0 867 2,001
Chowan County 19.0 743 2,934
Clay County 7.9 262 1,179
Cleveland County 14.6 3,547 2,609
Columbus County 17.9 2,245 2,881
Craven County 10.4 2,778 1,876
Cumberland County 14.4 11,125 2,588
Currituck County 5.7 452 545
Dare County 3.8 393 184
Davidson County 10.9 5,061 1,975
Davie County 9.8 1,092 1,716
Duplin County 12.8 1,703 2,384
Durham County 8.7 6,626 1,424
Edgecombe County 19.4 2,543 2,954
Forsyth County 10.8 10,006 1,954
Franklin County 8.2 1,561 1,290
Gaston County 9.5 5,491 1,631
Gates County 10.4 277 1,868
Graham County 10.4 210 1,875
Granville County 11.5 1,719 2,114
Greene County 14.1 583 2,553
Guilford County 10.6 13,854 1,900
Halifax County 22.1 2,819 3,040
Harnett County 11.1 3,572 2,036
Haywood County 10.0 1,683 1,758
Henderson County 7.7 2,498 1,115
Hertford County 14.7 734 2,622
Hoke County 14.3 1,662 2,575
Hyde County 25.0 363 3,087
Iredell County 7.9 4,013 1,175
Jackson County 12.1 1,202 2,235
Johnston County 8.7 4,844 1,421
Jones County 15.3 365 2,678
Lee County 12.2 2,056 2,250
Lenoir County 18.8 2,578 2,925
Lincoln County 8.5 2,055 1,360
Macon County 11.2 1,180 2,057
Madison County 7.0 373 930
Martin County 17.1 1,027 2,835
McDowell County 8.8 1,157 1,460
Mecklenburg County 7.7 20,180 1,112
Mitchell County 8.1 333 1,247
Montgomery County 9.8 612 1,719
Moore County 5.7 1,503 541
Nash County 10.9 2,666 1,980
New Hanover County 7.4 3,998 1,037
Northampton County 15.6 709 2,711
Onslow County 11.7 5,768 2,150
Orange County 4.8 1,600 351
Pamlico County 8.8 280 1,456
Pasquotank County 9.3 941 1,590
Pender County 8.1 1,213 1,241
Perquimans County 10.8 433 1,962
Person County 13.8 1,455 2,516
Pitt County 12.9 5,333 2,401
Polk County 6.2 324 680
Randolph County 11.5 4,383 2,104
Richmond County 19.4 1,981 2,957
Robeson County 20.8 5,732 3,005
Rockingham County 13.7 3,389 2,502
Rowan County 13.2 4,990 2,445
Rutherford County 12.4 2,077 2,292
Sampson County 13.7 2,039 2,505
Scotland County 21.6 1,663 3,028
Stanly County 9.2 1,519 1,571
Stokes County 12.1 1,480 2,233
Surry County 11.6 2,252 2,136
Swain County 12.6 485 2,352
Transylvania County 8.7 827 1,417
Tyrrell County 13.5 130 2,477
Union County 5.3 3,319 459
Vance County 13.9 1,444 2,529
Wake County 5.3 14,738 471
Warren County 15.2 730 2,666
Washington County 16.7 425 2,809
Watauga County 7.7 828 1,098
Wayne County 14.2 4,379 2,571
Wilkes County 12.7 2,325 2,357
Wilson County 13.4 2,753 2,462
Yadkin County 10.0 1,016 1,764
Yancey County 9.3 478 1,596
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 10:01 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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