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