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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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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 13.2 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
Anson County Urban 21.2 4,235 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
Catawba County Urban 12.8 20,376 1,452
Chatham County Urban 10.5 8,111 896
Cumberland County Urban 17.2 54,794 2,305
Currituck County Urban 7.6 2,248 290
Davidson County Urban 13.8 23,367 1,681
Davie County Urban 10.0 4,310 772
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
Guilford County Urban 15.2 79,108 1,979
Henderson County Urban 11.7 13,536 1,180
Hoke County Urban 17.4 9,011 2,337
Iredell County Urban 9.1 17,271 581
Johnston County Urban 11.2 25,065 1,065
Lincoln County Urban 9.0 8,097 566
Madison County Urban 11.4 2,378 1,109
Mecklenburg County Urban 10.4 115,896 869
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
Onslow County Urban 11.7 21,794 1,180
Orange County Urban 12.4 16,892 1,348
Pender County Urban 10.7 6,641 937
Person County Urban 18.4 7,182 2,485
Pitt County Urban 19.4 32,225 2,608
Randolph County Urban 14.8 21,205 1,910
Rockingham County Urban 16.8 15,086 2,236
Rowan County Urban 15.8 22,881 2,080
Stokes County Urban 12.0 5,280 1,249
Union County Urban 7.7 18,530 304
Wake County Urban 7.9 89,566 339
Wayne County Urban 16.9 19,436 2,255
Yadkin County Urban 13.6 5,050 1,641
Alleghany County Rural 17.4 1,907 2,337
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
Carteret County Rural 10.0 6,781 772
Caswell County Rural 15.7 3,325 2,066
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
Dare County Rural 7.5 2,817 277
Duplin County Rural 17.9 8,708 2,418
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
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
Hertford County Rural 21.4 3,986 2,782
Hyde County Rural 22.4 898 2,855
Jackson County Rural 19.3 7,575 2,595
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
Macon County Rural 14.4 5,337 1,824
Martin County Rural 19.6 4,186 2,627
McDowell County Rural 14.0 6,057 1,728
Mitchell County Rural 13.0 1,889 1,503
Montgomery County Rural 16.1 4,027 2,126
Northampton County Rural 20.0 3,311 2,654
Pamlico County Rural 12.4 1,414 1,348
Pasquotank County Rural 10.0 3,827 772
Perquimans County Rural 11.4 1,494 1,109
Polk County Rural 13.7 2,643 1,663
Richmond County Rural 25.2 10,478 2,988
Robeson County Rural 28.8 32,642 3,066
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
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
Vance County Rural 19.0 7,936 2,568
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
Wilkes County Rural 16.4 10,623 2,175
Wilson County Rural 21.0 16,226 2,745
Yancey County Rural 14.9 2,763 1,928
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/06/2025 7:07 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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