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