Demographics Table
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
Sorted by Rank
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Below Poverty)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | N/A | 12.5 | 40,521,584 | N/A |
| North Carolina | N/A | 13.3 | 1,357,418 | 37 of 52 |
| Camden County | Urban | 5.9 | 619 | 98 |
| Dare County | Rural | 6.5 | 2,398 | 148 |
| Union County | Urban | 6.8 | 16,125 | 196 |
| Wake County | Urban | 8.2 | 90,909 | 410 |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | 8.4 | 18,865 | 452 |
| Currituck County | Urban | 8.5 | 2,409 | 463 |
| Brunswick County | Urban | 9.1 | 12,578 | 575 |
| Lincoln County | Urban | 9.3 | 8,062 | 616 |
| Iredell County | Urban | 9.4 | 17,505 | 648 |
| Moore County | Urban | 9.5 | 9,380 | 661 |
| Carteret County | Rural | 9.7 | 6,489 | 707 |
| Franklin County | Urban | 9.7 | 6,614 | 720 |
| Chatham County | Urban | 10.4 | 7,877 | 853 |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | 10.5 | 115,796 | 889 |
| Johnston County | Urban | 10.7 | 23,185 | 915 |
| Polk County | Rural | 11.0 | 2,116 | 993 |
| Avery County | Rural | 11.2 | 1,653 | 1,045 |
| Buncombe County | Urban | 11.2 | 29,543 | 1,051 |
| Graham County | Rural | 11.3 | 894 | 1,063 |
| Henderson County | Urban | 11.4 | 13,087 | 1,083 |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | 11.6 | 4,370 | 1,135 |
| Davie County | Urban | 11.6 | 4,958 | 1,142 |
| Pender County | Urban | 11.7 | 7,050 | 1,162 |
| Stokes County | Urban | 12.0 | 5,281 | 1,247 |
| Haywood County | Rural | 12.1 | 7,440 | 1,266 |
| Alexander County | Urban | 12.2 | 4,295 | 1,299 |
| Durham County | Urban | 12.3 | 38,202 | 1,303 |
| Orange County | Urban | 12.3 | 16,503 | 1,306 |
| Gaston County | Urban | 12.4 | 27,965 | 1,354 |
| Madison County | Urban | 12.5 | 2,566 | 1,377 |
| New Hanover County | Urban | 12.7 | 28,197 | 1,409 |
| Onslow County | Urban | 12.8 | 23,314 | 1,418 |
| Catawba County | Urban | 13.0 | 20,605 | 1,491 |
| Caldwell County | Urban | 13.3 | 10,551 | 1,531 |
| Perquimans County | Rural | 13.3 | 1,724 | 1,547 |
| Transylvania County | Rural | 13.4 | 4,305 | 1,567 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 13.4 | 1,959 | 1,570 |
| Clay County | Rural | 13.5 | 1,493 | 1,595 |
| Stanly County | Rural | 13.8 | 8,369 | 1,665 |
| Yadkin County | Urban | 13.8 | 5,102 | 1,673 |
| Pamlico County | Rural | 13.8 | 1,588 | 1,674 |
| Davidson County | Urban | 13.9 | 23,343 | 1,693 |
| Craven County | Rural | 14.0 | 13,507 | 1,718 |
| Ashe County | Rural | 14.1 | 3,734 | 1,728 |
| Alamance County | Urban | 14.2 | 23,763 | 1,757 |
| Gates County | Urban | 14.3 | 1,482 | 1,779 |
| Granville County | Rural | 14.4 | 8,245 | 1,784 |
| Harnett County | Rural | 14.4 | 18,893 | 1,788 |
| Nash County | Urban | 14.5 | 13,523 | 1,822 |
| Randolph County | Urban | 14.7 | 21,016 | 1,857 |
| McDowell County | Rural | 14.9 | 6,463 | 1,899 |
| Guilford County | Urban | 15.1 | 78,085 | 1,925 |
| Forsyth County | Urban | 15.2 | 56,760 | 1,952 |
| Yancey County | Rural | 15.3 | 2,811 | 1,962 |
| Macon County | Rural | 15.4 | 5,661 | 1,988 |
| Caswell County | Rural | 15.4 | 3,288 | 1,992 |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | 16.0 | 430 | 2,089 |
| Lee County | Rural | 16.0 | 9,934 | 2,090 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 16.2 | 4,035 | 2,132 |
| Rowan County | Urban | 16.4 | 23,443 | 2,171 |
| Cherokee County | Rural | 16.7 | 4,770 | 2,240 |
| Burke County | Urban | 17.0 | 14,453 | 2,282 |
| Beaufort County | Rural | 17.1 | 7,524 | 2,302 |
| Wilkes County | Rural | 17.1 | 11,148 | 2,318 |
| Person County | Urban | 17.2 | 6,665 | 2,328 |
| Hoke County | Urban | 17.3 | 8,840 | 2,334 |
| Cumberland County | Urban | 17.6 | 55,872 | 2,367 |
| Jones County | Rural | 17.7 | 1,622 | 2,386 |
| Wayne County | Urban | 17.9 | 20,581 | 2,417 |
| Surry County | Rural | 17.9 | 12,615 | 2,418 |
| Rutherford County | Rural | 18.4 | 11,655 | 2,470 |
| Cleveland County | Rural | 18.4 | 17,926 | 2,471 |
| Duplin County | Rural | 18.5 | 9,024 | 2,488 |
| Northampton County | Rural | 18.7 | 3,132 | 2,499 |
| Vance County | Rural | 18.7 | 7,862 | 2,507 |
| Rockingham County | Urban | 18.8 | 16,806 | 2,520 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 19.3 | 7,476 | 2,578 |
| Anson County | Urban | 19.3 | 3,913 | 2,579 |
| Alleghany County | Rural | 19.5 | 2,127 | 2,598 |
| Swain County | Rural | 19.8 | 2,747 | 2,622 |
| Pitt County | Urban | 20.0 | 32,978 | 2,638 |
| Hertford County | Rural | 20.3 | 3,959 | 2,663 |
| Wilson County | Rural | 20.4 | 15,714 | 2,673 |
| Martin County | Rural | 20.5 | 4,425 | 2,684 |
| Chowan County | Rural | 20.9 | 2,837 | 2,715 |
| Columbus County | Rural | 21.1 | 10,149 | 2,740 |
| Warren County | Rural | 21.2 | 3,819 | 2,752 |
| Bertie County | Rural | 21.4 | 3,500 | 2,763 |
| Washington County | Rural | 21.6 | 2,354 | 2,775 |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | 22.0 | 10,652 | 2,811 |
| Sampson County | Rural | 22.3 | 12,959 | 2,828 |
| Lenoir County | Rural | 22.4 | 12,093 | 2,838 |
| Greene County | Rural | 22.6 | 4,016 | 2,851 |
| Richmond County | Rural | 23.0 | 9,631 | 2,883 |
| Halifax County | Rural | 23.9 | 11,347 | 2,930 |
| Bladen County | Rural | 24.4 | 7,188 | 2,951 |
| Watauga County | Rural | 24.9 | 12,190 | 2,970 |
| Scotland County | Rural | 26.1 | 8,360 | 3,002 |
| Robeson County | Rural | 27.1 | 30,923 | 3,028 |
| Hyde County | Rural | 29.9 | 1,209 | 3,084 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/19/2025 6:59 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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/19/2025 6:59 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.