Demographics Table
County
|
Value (Percent)
|
Families (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3146 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9.5 | 7,541,196 | N/A |
| North Carolina | 10.6 | 274,254 | 37 of 52 |
| Orange County | 5.2 | 1,660 | 367 |
| Union County | 5.8 | 3,576 | 505 |
| Wake County | 5.9 | 15,728 | 510 |
| Dare County | 6.6 | 680 | 688 |
| Camden County | 6.6 | 209 | 694 |
| Currituck County | 6.8 | 508 | 744 |
| Chatham County | 7.0 | 1,408 | 788 |
| Cabarrus County | 7.1 | 3,748 | 809 |
| Carteret County | 7.3 | 1,403 | 880 |
| Henderson County | 7.3 | 2,349 | 888 |
| Moore County | 7.4 | 1,907 | 902 |
| Buncombe County | 7.5 | 4,720 | 957 |
| Polk County | 7.7 | 430 | 1,014 |
| Brunswick County | 7.7 | 2,967 | 1,015 |
| Madison County | 8.0 | 436 | 1,083 |
| Pamlico County | 8.3 | 299 | 1,164 |
| Mecklenburg County | 8.4 | 20,998 | 1,168 |
| Iredell County | 8.4 | 3,966 | 1,171 |
| Mitchell County | 8.4 | 340 | 1,202 |
| Stanly County | 8.7 | 1,437 | 1,267 |
| Lincoln County | 8.9 | 2,112 | 1,329 |
| Clay County | 9.0 | 308 | 1,352 |
| New Hanover County | 9.0 | 4,879 | 1,367 |
| Johnston County | 9.2 | 4,645 | 1,414 |
| Pender County | 9.2 | 1,351 | 1,416 |
| Watauga County | 9.3 | 1,068 | 1,440 |
| Catawba County | 9.3 | 3,927 | 1,443 |
| Franklin County | 9.4 | 1,730 | 1,466 |
| Alexander County | 10.1 | 1,033 | 1,649 |
| Haywood County | 10.3 | 1,769 | 1,700 |
| Ashe County | 10.4 | 818 | 1,716 |
| Transylvania County | 10.4 | 1,036 | 1,723 |
| Davie County | 10.4 | 1,208 | 1,732 |
| Onslow County | 10.5 | 4,796 | 1,745 |
| Macon County | 10.5 | 1,079 | 1,755 |
| Gaston County | 10.6 | 6,004 | 1,785 |
| Pasquotank County | 10.8 | 1,059 | 1,809 |
| Gates County | 10.8 | 346 | 1,817 |
| Randolph County | 10.8 | 4,176 | 1,832 |
| Yancey County | 10.9 | 555 | 1,854 |
| Surry County | 10.9 | 2,174 | 1,862 |
| Durham County | 11.1 | 8,099 | 1,900 |
| Granville County | 11.1 | 1,690 | 1,904 |
| Person County | 11.2 | 1,200 | 1,929 |
| Nash County | 11.3 | 2,794 | 1,943 |
| Stokes County | 11.3 | 1,512 | 1,951 |
| Craven County | 11.3 | 3,153 | 1,957 |
| Avery County | 11.4 | 492 | 1,966 |
| Caldwell County | 11.4 | 2,576 | 1,971 |
| Swain County | 11.5 | 414 | 1,980 |
| Montgomery County | 11.5 | 782 | 1,985 |
| Graham County | 11.5 | 251 | 1,986 |
| Cherokee County | 11.5 | 976 | 1,988 |
| Harnett County | 11.6 | 3,706 | 2,012 |
| Davidson County | 11.7 | 5,392 | 2,022 |
| Perquimans County | 11.8 | 474 | 2,046 |
| Rutherford County | 11.8 | 2,002 | 2,053 |
| Yadkin County | 11.8 | 1,275 | 2,061 |
| Guilford County | 11.9 | 15,388 | 2,079 |
| Lee County | 11.9 | 1,813 | 2,082 |
| Jackson County | 11.9 | 1,187 | 2,085 |
| Forsyth County | 12.2 | 11,117 | 2,138 |
| Rowan County | 12.3 | 4,419 | 2,170 |
| McDowell County | 12.3 | 1,611 | 2,172 |
| Alamance County | 12.4 | 5,170 | 2,183 |
| Caswell County | 12.7 | 833 | 2,242 |
| Burke County | 12.8 | 3,014 | 2,264 |
| Wilkes County | 12.8 | 2,417 | 2,265 |
| Martin County | 13.8 | 852 | 2,416 |
| Pitt County | 14.0 | 5,759 | 2,445 |
| Beaufort County | 14.1 | 1,782 | 2,454 |
| Rockingham County | 14.7 | 3,650 | 2,532 |
| Wilson County | 14.8 | 3,020 | 2,539 |
| Warren County | 14.8 | 681 | 2,542 |
| Cumberland County | 14.9 | 11,648 | 2,549 |
| Duplin County | 15.2 | 2,202 | 2,577 |
| Chowan County | 15.3 | 608 | 2,583 |
| Greene County | 15.3 | 725 | 2,584 |
| Sampson County | 15.6 | 2,455 | 2,621 |
| Vance County | 15.8 | 1,761 | 2,634 |
| Hoke County | 16.2 | 1,988 | 2,673 |
| Cleveland County | 16.2 | 3,918 | 2,680 |
| Wayne County | 16.3 | 5,246 | 2,688 |
| Washington County | 16.4 | 435 | 2,694 |
| Tyrrell County | 16.5 | 171 | 2,712 |
| Alleghany County | 16.6 | 564 | 2,724 |
| Hertford County | 16.7 | 906 | 2,732 |
| Anson County | 16.7 | 972 | 2,735 |
| Northampton County | 17.0 | 954 | 2,759 |
| Bertie County | 17.1 | 810 | 2,771 |
| Columbus County | 17.2 | 2,451 | 2,785 |
| Lenoir County | 17.8 | 2,645 | 2,826 |
| Bladen County | 18.8 | 1,632 | 2,891 |
| Jones County | 19.1 | 506 | 2,901 |
| Edgecombe County | 20.3 | 2,923 | 2,966 |
| Richmond County | 20.9 | 2,457 | 2,982 |
| Halifax County | 20.9 | 2,862 | 2,984 |
| Robeson County | 21.7 | 6,677 | 3,004 |
| Scotland County | 24.0 | 2,059 | 3,047 |
| Hyde County | 24.4 | 336 | 3,056 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/30/2023 10:29 am.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/30/2023 10:29 am.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.
Health Service Areas are a single county or cluster of contiguous counties which are relatively self-contained with respect to hospital care. For more detailed information, please see Health Service Area information page. Puerto Rico is being treated as a Health Service Area for this data presentation.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.