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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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North Carolina N/A 13.2 1,355,827 36 of 52
United States N/A 12.4 40,390,045 N/A
Robeson County Rural 28.8 32,642 3,066
Scotland County Rural 26.6 8,544 3,020
Halifax County Rural 25.2 11,826 2,988
Richmond County Rural 25.2 10,478 2,988
Washington County Rural 24.7 2,631 2,965
Watauga County Rural 24.7 12,005 2,965
Lenoir County Rural 22.5 12,100 2,864
Greene County Rural 22.4 3,968 2,855
Hyde County Rural 22.4 898 2,855
Warren County Rural 22.2 4,004 2,841
Edgecombe County Urban 21.9 10,516 2,815
Hertford County Rural 21.4 3,986 2,782
Jones County Rural 21.3 1,942 2,774
Anson County Urban 21.2 4,235 2,764
Bladen County Rural 21.2 6,207 2,764
Swain County Rural 21.1 2,890 2,753
Wilson County Rural 21.0 16,226 2,745
Tyrrell County Rural 20.8 585 2,723
Chowan County Rural 20.5 2,790 2,697
Sampson County Rural 20.2 11,727 2,669
Northampton County Rural 20.0 3,311 2,654
Bertie County Rural 19.8 3,152 2,642
Martin County Rural 19.6 4,186 2,627
Pitt County Urban 19.4 32,225 2,608
Jackson County Rural 19.3 7,575 2,595
Vance County Rural 19.0 7,936 2,568
Columbus County Rural 18.8 9,006 2,536
Person County Urban 18.4 7,182 2,485
Beaufort County Rural 18.0 7,931 2,433
Burke County Urban 17.9 15,326 2,418
Duplin County Rural 17.9 8,708 2,418
Rutherford County Rural 17.6 11,196 2,369
Alleghany County Rural 17.4 1,907 2,337
Hoke County Urban 17.4 9,011 2,337
Cleveland County Rural 17.2 16,925 2,305
Cumberland County Urban 17.2 54,794 2,305
Wayne County Urban 16.9 19,436 2,255
Rockingham County Urban 16.8 15,086 2,236
Surry County Rural 16.7 11,724 2,219
Wilkes County Rural 16.4 10,623 2,175
Montgomery County Rural 16.1 4,027 2,126
Rowan County Urban 15.8 22,881 2,080
Caswell County Rural 15.7 3,325 2,066
Lee County Rural 15.5 9,787 2,037
Guilford County Urban 15.2 79,108 1,979
Yancey County Rural 14.9 2,763 1,928
Randolph County Urban 14.8 21,205 1,910
Forsyth County Urban 14.7 55,308 1,887
Cherokee County Rural 14.6 4,218 1,867
Harnett County Rural 14.5 19,368 1,844
Macon County Rural 14.4 5,337 1,824
Stanly County Rural 14.2 8,765 1,779
Transylvania County Rural 14.2 4,576 1,779
Alamance County Urban 14.1 23,943 1,752
Ashe County Rural 14.1 3,724 1,752
Granville County Rural 14.1 8,020 1,752
McDowell County Rural 14.0 6,057 1,728
Nash County Urban 14.0 13,116 1,728
Craven County Rural 13.9 13,368 1,708
Davidson County Urban 13.8 23,367 1,681
Polk County Rural 13.7 2,643 1,663
Yadkin County Urban 13.6 5,050 1,641
Clay County Rural 13.5 1,516 1,622
Mitchell County Rural 13.0 1,889 1,503
Catawba County Urban 12.8 20,376 1,452
Gaston County Urban 12.8 29,054 1,452
Caldwell County Urban 12.7 10,087 1,435
New Hanover County Urban 12.4 27,891 1,348
Orange County Urban 12.4 16,892 1,348
Pamlico County Rural 12.4 1,414 1,348
Alexander County Urban 12.1 4,204 1,275
Durham County Urban 12.0 38,013 1,249
Stokes County Urban 12.0 5,280 1,249
Buncombe County Urban 11.8 31,202 1,213
Gates County Urban 11.8 1,212 1,213
Henderson County Urban 11.7 13,536 1,180
Onslow County Urban 11.7 21,794 1,180
Madison County Urban 11.4 2,378 1,109
Perquimans County Rural 11.4 1,494 1,109
Haywood County Rural 11.3 6,960 1,088
Johnston County Urban 11.2 25,065 1,065
Avery County Rural 11.0 1,641 1,010
Pender County Urban 10.7 6,641 937
Chatham County Urban 10.5 8,111 896
Mecklenburg County Urban 10.4 115,896 869
Franklin County Urban 10.1 7,118 807
Carteret County Rural 10.0 6,781 772
Davie County Urban 10.0 4,310 772
Moore County Urban 10.0 10,077 772
Pasquotank County Rural 10.0 3,827 772
Brunswick County Urban 9.4 13,570 645
Iredell County Urban 9.1 17,271 581
Lincoln County Urban 9.0 8,097 566
Cabarrus County Urban 8.9 20,450 550
Graham County Rural 8.7 686 501
Wake County Urban 7.9 89,566 339
Union County Urban 7.7 18,530 304
Currituck County Urban 7.6 2,248 290
Dare County Rural 7.5 2,817 277
Camden County Urban 5.0 537 41
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/06/2025 10:08 pm.

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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