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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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(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
Alamance County Urban 10.4 4,572 1,894
Alexander County Urban 8.3 798 1,320
Alleghany County Rural 9.8 322 1,777
Anson County Urban 16.4 818 2,784
Ashe County Rural 9.4 757 1,665
Avery County Rural 7.1 304 964
Beaufort County Rural 12.8 1,655 2,374
Bertie County Rural 12.9 572 2,386
Bladen County Rural 17.4 1,201 2,871
Brunswick County Urban 6.2 2,780 691
Buncombe County Urban 6.7 4,160 833
Burke County Urban 12.9 3,188 2,386
Cabarrus County Urban 6.3 3,694 721
Caldwell County Urban 10.1 2,189 1,830
Camden County Urban 5.0 149 384
Carteret County Rural 6.8 1,348 865
Caswell County Rural 11.5 671 2,148
Catawba County Urban 8.6 3,792 1,424
Chatham County Urban 8.8 2,011 1,489
Cherokee County Rural 9.3 781 1,646
Chowan County Rural 17.5 711 2,882
Clay County Rural 6.6 196 807
Cleveland County Rural 13.2 3,354 2,441
Columbus County Rural 15.9 1,974 2,740
Craven County Rural 10.4 2,825 1,894
Cumberland County Urban 13.7 10,944 2,510
Currituck County Urban 5.8 489 589
Dare County Rural 4.8 518 332
Davidson County Urban 10.6 5,001 1,933
Davie County Urban 7.6 898 1,110
Duplin County Rural 12.5 1,657 2,318
Durham County Urban 8.1 6,253 1,265
Edgecombe County Urban 19.0 2,441 2,952
Forsyth County Urban 9.9 9,508 1,792
Franklin County Urban 7.1 1,417 964
Gaston County Urban 9.4 5,732 1,665
Gates County Urban 7.2 190 988
Graham County Rural 6.4 130 755
Granville County Rural 11.1 1,721 2,047
Greene County Rural 16.4 683 2,784
Guilford County Urban 10.8 14,476 1,985
Halifax County Rural 20.7 2,641 3,005
Harnett County Rural 11.0 3,698 2,031
Haywood County Rural 7.9 1,360 1,205
Henderson County Urban 9.1 3,104 1,580
Hertford County Rural 14.1 729 2,551
Hoke County Urban 13.1 1,593 2,423
Hyde County Rural 17.3 220 2,862
Iredell County Urban 7.3 3,840 1,022
Jackson County Rural 10.3 1,045 1,873
Johnston County Urban 8.1 4,882 1,265
Jones County Rural 16.9 427 2,831
Lee County Rural 13.1 2,267 2,423
Lenoir County Rural 17.4 2,367 2,871
Lincoln County Urban 6.8 1,762 865
Macon County Rural 8.7 983 1,453
Madison County Urban 7.6 417 1,110
Martin County Rural 14.9 867 2,637
McDowell County Rural 9.2 1,179 1,613
Mecklenburg County Urban 7.5 20,009 1,082
Mitchell County Rural 8.7 354 1,453
Montgomery County Rural 12.8 927 2,374
Moore County Urban 5.8 1,636 589
Nash County Urban 10.4 2,589 1,894
New Hanover County Urban 7.0 4,011 929
Northampton County Rural 15.2 703 2,664
Onslow County Urban 9.9 5,129 1,792
Orange County Urban 5.4 1,835 476
Pamlico County Rural 8.0 262 1,231
Pasquotank County Rural 6.5 688 777
Pender County Urban 7.0 1,131 929
Perquimans County Rural 7.7 289 1,144
Person County Urban 13.8 1,497 2,525
Pitt County Urban 11.6 4,789 2,163
Polk County Rural 9.7 528 1,757
Randolph County Urban 11.2 4,283 2,077
Richmond County Rural 21.0 2,254 3,014
Robeson County Rural 22.4 6,223 3,056
Rockingham County Urban 13.2 3,342 2,441
Rowan County Urban 12.2 4,728 2,277
Rutherford County Rural 13.3 2,268 2,455
Sampson County Rural 13.6 1,996 2,494
Scotland County Rural 23.2 1,820 3,069
Stanly County Rural 10.4 1,690 1,894
Stokes County Urban 9.2 1,133 1,613
Surry County Rural 13.3 2,599 2,455
Swain County Rural 14.3 560 2,574
Transylvania County Rural 8.7 819 1,453
Tyrrell County Rural 12.5 126 2,318
Union County Urban 5.7 3,743 561
Vance County Rural 14.2 1,432 2,563
Wake County Urban 4.9 14,125 358
Warren County Rural 17.0 851 2,836
Washington County Rural 18.5 498 2,928
Watauga County Rural 7.9 852 1,205
Wayne County Urban 12.2 3,780 2,277
Wilkes County Rural 12.4 2,277 2,298
Wilson County Rural 15.5 3,185 2,700
Yadkin County Urban 8.1 817 1,265
Yancey County Rural 8.5 474 1,400
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/14/2025 7:38 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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