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Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Poverty: Persons 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 13.2 1,355,827 36 of 52
United States N/A 12.4 40,390,045 N/A
Camden County Urban 5.0 537 41
Tyrrell County Rural 20.8 585 2,723
Graham County Rural 8.7 686 501
Hyde County Rural 22.4 898 2,855
Gates County Urban 11.8 1,212 1,213
Pamlico County Rural 12.4 1,414 1,348
Perquimans County Rural 11.4 1,494 1,109
Clay County Rural 13.5 1,516 1,622
Avery County Rural 11.0 1,641 1,010
Mitchell County Rural 13.0 1,889 1,503
Alleghany County Rural 17.4 1,907 2,337
Jones County Rural 21.3 1,942 2,774
Currituck County Urban 7.6 2,248 290
Madison County Urban 11.4 2,378 1,109
Washington County Rural 24.7 2,631 2,965
Polk County Rural 13.7 2,643 1,663
Yancey County Rural 14.9 2,763 1,928
Chowan County Rural 20.5 2,790 2,697
Dare County Rural 7.5 2,817 277
Swain County Rural 21.1 2,890 2,753
Bertie County Rural 19.8 3,152 2,642
Northampton County Rural 20.0 3,311 2,654
Caswell County Rural 15.7 3,325 2,066
Ashe County Rural 14.1 3,724 1,752
Pasquotank County Rural 10.0 3,827 772
Greene County Rural 22.4 3,968 2,855
Hertford County Rural 21.4 3,986 2,782
Warren County Rural 22.2 4,004 2,841
Montgomery County Rural 16.1 4,027 2,126
Martin County Rural 19.6 4,186 2,627
Alexander County Urban 12.1 4,204 1,275
Cherokee County Rural 14.6 4,218 1,867
Anson County Urban 21.2 4,235 2,764
Davie County Urban 10.0 4,310 772
Transylvania County Rural 14.2 4,576 1,779
Yadkin County Urban 13.6 5,050 1,641
Stokes County Urban 12.0 5,280 1,249
Macon County Rural 14.4 5,337 1,824
McDowell County Rural 14.0 6,057 1,728
Bladen County Rural 21.2 6,207 2,764
Pender County Urban 10.7 6,641 937
Carteret County Rural 10.0 6,781 772
Haywood County Rural 11.3 6,960 1,088
Franklin County Urban 10.1 7,118 807
Person County Urban 18.4 7,182 2,485
Jackson County Rural 19.3 7,575 2,595
Beaufort County Rural 18.0 7,931 2,433
Vance County Rural 19.0 7,936 2,568
Granville County Rural 14.1 8,020 1,752
Lincoln County Urban 9.0 8,097 566
Chatham County Urban 10.5 8,111 896
Scotland County Rural 26.6 8,544 3,020
Duplin County Rural 17.9 8,708 2,418
Stanly County Rural 14.2 8,765 1,779
Columbus County Rural 18.8 9,006 2,536
Hoke County Urban 17.4 9,011 2,337
Lee County Rural 15.5 9,787 2,037
Moore County Urban 10.0 10,077 772
Caldwell County Urban 12.7 10,087 1,435
Richmond County Rural 25.2 10,478 2,988
Edgecombe County Urban 21.9 10,516 2,815
Wilkes County Rural 16.4 10,623 2,175
Rutherford County Rural 17.6 11,196 2,369
Surry County Rural 16.7 11,724 2,219
Sampson County Rural 20.2 11,727 2,669
Halifax County Rural 25.2 11,826 2,988
Watauga County Rural 24.7 12,005 2,965
Lenoir County Rural 22.5 12,100 2,864
Nash County Urban 14.0 13,116 1,728
Craven County Rural 13.9 13,368 1,708
Henderson County Urban 11.7 13,536 1,180
Brunswick County Urban 9.4 13,570 645
Rockingham County Urban 16.8 15,086 2,236
Burke County Urban 17.9 15,326 2,418
Wilson County Rural 21.0 16,226 2,745
Orange County Urban 12.4 16,892 1,348
Cleveland County Rural 17.2 16,925 2,305
Iredell County Urban 9.1 17,271 581
Union County Urban 7.7 18,530 304
Harnett County Rural 14.5 19,368 1,844
Wayne County Urban 16.9 19,436 2,255
Catawba County Urban 12.8 20,376 1,452
Cabarrus County Urban 8.9 20,450 550
Randolph County Urban 14.8 21,205 1,910
Onslow County Urban 11.7 21,794 1,180
Rowan County Urban 15.8 22,881 2,080
Davidson County Urban 13.8 23,367 1,681
Alamance County Urban 14.1 23,943 1,752
Johnston County Urban 11.2 25,065 1,065
New Hanover County Urban 12.4 27,891 1,348
Gaston County Urban 12.8 29,054 1,452
Buncombe County Urban 11.8 31,202 1,213
Pitt County Urban 19.4 32,225 2,608
Robeson County Rural 28.8 32,642 3,066
Durham County Urban 12.0 38,013 1,249
Cumberland County Urban 17.2 54,794 2,305
Forsyth County Urban 14.7 55,308 1,887
Guilford County Urban 15.2 79,108 1,979
Wake County Urban 7.9 89,566 339
Mecklenburg County Urban 10.4 115,896 869
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/09/2025 10:12 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: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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