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Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Poverty: Persons 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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Value (Percent)
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People (Below Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
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North Carolina 13.7 1,379,672 38 of 52
United States 12.6 40,661,636 N/A
Alamance County 14.4 23,671 1,777
Alexander County 11.5 4,056 1,106
Alleghany County 21.5 2,321 2,761
Anson County 18.3 3,822 2,461
Ashe County 14.0 3,675 1,691
Avery County 13.3 1,947 1,535
Beaufort County 18.7 8,290 2,505
Bertie County 24.0 4,035 2,920
Bladen County 24.6 7,300 2,938
Brunswick County 10.2 13,576 804
Buncombe County 10.9 28,397 966
Burke County 18.1 15,490 2,435
Cabarrus County 9.4 20,594 615
Caldwell County 13.4 10,658 1,558
Camden County 6.2 646 152
Carteret County 9.7 6,493 697
Caswell County 17.1 3,698 2,279
Catawba County 12.8 20,118 1,424
Chatham County 10.5 7,810 871
Cherokee County 16.9 4,757 2,249
Chowan County 22.0 2,975 2,797
Clay County 14.2 1,549 1,737
Cleveland County 18.3 17,794 2,467
Columbus County 21.0 10,245 2,721
Craven County 14.2 13,598 1,732
Cumberland County 18.0 57,149 2,418
Currituck County 8.3 2,274 430
Dare County 6.8 2,483 209
Davidson County 14.5 24,111 1,804
Davie County 12.6 5,317 1,369
Duplin County 18.2 8,958 2,440
Durham County 13.2 40,371 1,507
Edgecombe County 22.8 11,164 2,853
Forsyth County 15.6 57,871 2,032
Franklin County 11.3 7,480 1,051
Gaston County 13.1 29,172 1,492
Gates County 13.9 1,457 1,681
Graham County 13.4 1,067 1,553
Granville County 14.4 8,327 1,781
Greene County 21.4 3,884 2,754
Guilford County 14.5 75,142 1,809
Halifax County 26.2 12,615 3,010
Harnett County 14.9 19,394 1,892
Haywood County 12.4 7,541 1,315
Henderson County 10.4 11,856 849
Hertford County 20.8 4,114 2,700
Hoke County 17.9 9,060 2,398
Hyde County 24.2 1,023 2,924
Iredell County 9.8 17,801 708
Jackson County 19.2 7,551 2,570
Johnston County 12.5 26,252 1,364
Jones County 20.8 1,929 2,708
Lee County 15.1 9,290 1,935
Lenoir County 23.3 12,650 2,884
Lincoln County 10.7 9,082 919
Macon County 16.3 5,925 2,153
Madison County 13.8 2,811 1,661
Martin County 19.8 4,326 2,620
McDowell County 13.8 6,011 1,664
Mecklenburg County 10.6 114,598 888
Mitchell County 13.0 1,889 1,450
Montgomery County 15.6 3,877 2,022
Moore County 9.7 9,398 681
Nash County 14.7 13,630 1,841
New Hanover County 13.6 29,750 1,619
Northampton County 20.8 3,575 2,702
Onslow County 13.3 23,993 1,541
Orange County 12.6 17,024 1,367
Pamlico County 14.3 1,653 1,756
Pasquotank County 13.1 4,926 1,484
Pender County 12.5 7,354 1,351
Perquimans County 13.1 1,688 1,481
Person County 18.3 7,078 2,464
Pitt County 20.7 33,838 2,693
Polk County 9.5 1,824 642
Randolph County 15.1 21,467 1,924
Richmond County 25.0 10,484 2,953
Robeson County 27.3 31,458 3,033
Rockingham County 18.2 16,265 2,451
Rowan County 16.8 23,768 2,224
Rutherford County 18.2 11,572 2,453
Sampson County 21.4 12,543 2,755
Scotland County 26.1 8,429 3,000
Stanly County 13.3 8,037 1,546
Stokes County 14.8 6,486 1,857
Surry County 16.6 11,691 2,196
Swain County 18.7 2,614 2,504
Transylvania County 13.1 4,187 1,482
Tyrrell County 16.7 449 2,215
Union County 7.2 16,712 258
Vance County 19.4 8,208 2,592
Wake County 8.5 93,182 455
Warren County 19.4 3,511 2,580
Washington County 24.2 2,675 2,927
Watauga County 23.2 11,203 2,877
Wayne County 18.6 21,389 2,496
Wilkes County 17.3 11,293 2,318
Wilson County 18.9 14,610 2,530
Yadkin County 15.4 5,685 1,998
Yancey County 14.7 2,686 1,846
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/04/2024 4:17 pm.
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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