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Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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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 N/A 13.3 1,357,418 37 of 52
United States N/A 12.5 40,521,584 N/A
Alamance County Urban 14.2 23,763 1,757
Alexander County Urban 12.2 4,295 1,299
Alleghany County Rural 19.5 2,127 2,598
Anson County Urban 19.3 3,913 2,579
Ashe County Rural 14.1 3,734 1,728
Avery County Rural 11.2 1,653 1,045
Beaufort County Rural 17.1 7,524 2,302
Bertie County Rural 21.4 3,500 2,763
Bladen County Rural 24.4 7,188 2,951
Brunswick County Urban 9.1 12,578 575
Buncombe County Urban 11.2 29,543 1,051
Burke County Urban 17.0 14,453 2,282
Cabarrus County Urban 8.4 18,865 452
Caldwell County Urban 13.3 10,551 1,531
Camden County Urban 5.9 619 98
Carteret County Rural 9.7 6,489 707
Caswell County Rural 15.4 3,288 1,992
Catawba County Urban 13.0 20,605 1,491
Chatham County Urban 10.4 7,877 853
Cherokee County Rural 16.7 4,770 2,240
Chowan County Rural 20.9 2,837 2,715
Clay County Rural 13.5 1,493 1,595
Cleveland County Rural 18.4 17,926 2,471
Columbus County Rural 21.1 10,149 2,740
Craven County Rural 14.0 13,507 1,718
Cumberland County Urban 17.6 55,872 2,367
Currituck County Urban 8.5 2,409 463
Dare County Rural 6.5 2,398 148
Davidson County Urban 13.9 23,343 1,693
Davie County Urban 11.6 4,958 1,142
Duplin County Rural 18.5 9,024 2,488
Durham County Urban 12.3 38,202 1,303
Edgecombe County Urban 22.0 10,652 2,811
Forsyth County Urban 15.2 56,760 1,952
Franklin County Urban 9.7 6,614 720
Gaston County Urban 12.4 27,965 1,354
Gates County Urban 14.3 1,482 1,779
Graham County Rural 11.3 894 1,063
Granville County Rural 14.4 8,245 1,784
Greene County Rural 22.6 4,016 2,851
Guilford County Urban 15.1 78,085 1,925
Halifax County Rural 23.9 11,347 2,930
Harnett County Rural 14.4 18,893 1,788
Haywood County Rural 12.1 7,440 1,266
Henderson County Urban 11.4 13,087 1,083
Hertford County Rural 20.3 3,959 2,663
Hoke County Urban 17.3 8,840 2,334
Hyde County Rural 29.9 1,209 3,084
Iredell County Urban 9.4 17,505 648
Jackson County Rural 19.3 7,476 2,578
Johnston County Urban 10.7 23,185 915
Jones County Rural 17.7 1,622 2,386
Lee County Rural 16.0 9,934 2,090
Lenoir County Rural 22.4 12,093 2,838
Lincoln County Urban 9.3 8,062 616
Macon County Rural 15.4 5,661 1,988
Madison County Urban 12.5 2,566 1,377
Martin County Rural 20.5 4,425 2,684
McDowell County Rural 14.9 6,463 1,899
Mecklenburg County Urban 10.5 115,796 889
Mitchell County Rural 13.4 1,959 1,570
Montgomery County Rural 16.2 4,035 2,132
Moore County Urban 9.5 9,380 661
Nash County Urban 14.5 13,523 1,822
New Hanover County Urban 12.7 28,197 1,409
Northampton County Rural 18.7 3,132 2,499
Onslow County Urban 12.8 23,314 1,418
Orange County Urban 12.3 16,503 1,306
Pamlico County Rural 13.8 1,588 1,674
Pasquotank County Rural 11.6 4,370 1,135
Pender County Urban 11.7 7,050 1,162
Perquimans County Rural 13.3 1,724 1,547
Person County Urban 17.2 6,665 2,328
Pitt County Urban 20.0 32,978 2,638
Polk County Rural 11.0 2,116 993
Randolph County Urban 14.7 21,016 1,857
Richmond County Rural 23.0 9,631 2,883
Robeson County Rural 27.1 30,923 3,028
Rockingham County Urban 18.8 16,806 2,520
Rowan County Urban 16.4 23,443 2,171
Rutherford County Rural 18.4 11,655 2,470
Sampson County Rural 22.3 12,959 2,828
Scotland County Rural 26.1 8,360 3,002
Stanly County Rural 13.8 8,369 1,665
Stokes County Urban 12.0 5,281 1,247
Surry County Rural 17.9 12,615 2,418
Swain County Rural 19.8 2,747 2,622
Transylvania County Rural 13.4 4,305 1,567
Tyrrell County Rural 16.0 430 2,089
Union County Urban 6.8 16,125 196
Vance County Rural 18.7 7,862 2,507
Wake County Urban 8.2 90,909 410
Warren County Rural 21.2 3,819 2,752
Washington County Rural 21.6 2,354 2,775
Watauga County Rural 24.9 12,190 2,970
Wayne County Urban 17.9 20,581 2,417
Wilkes County Rural 17.1 11,148 2,318
Wilson County Rural 20.4 15,714 2,673
Yadkin County Urban 13.8 5,102 1,673
Yancey County Rural 15.3 2,811 1,962
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 02/19/2025 10:59 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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