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Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Poverty: Persons below 150% of 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 (<150% Of Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
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North Carolina N/A 22.0 2,267,562 39 of 52
United States N/A 20.2 65,652,285 N/A
Alamance County Urban 22.8 38,506 1,569
Alexander County Urban 21.6 7,526 1,372
Alleghany County Rural 33.0 3,615 2,709
Anson County Urban 35.7 7,122 2,882
Ashe County Rural 25.3 6,711 1,949
Avery County Rural 24.9 3,732 1,896
Beaufort County Rural 27.5 12,124 2,226
Bertie County Rural 33.6 5,351 2,752
Bladen County Rural 32.4 9,463 2,667
Brunswick County Urban 17.0 24,583 680
Buncombe County Urban 21.2 56,224 1,307
Burke County Urban 27.8 23,756 2,263
Cabarrus County Urban 16.2 37,203 565
Caldwell County Urban 25.0 19,879 1,906
Camden County Urban 10.4 1,111 88
Carteret County Rural 17.0 11,448 680
Caswell County Rural 24.6 5,196 1,862
Catawba County Urban 21.1 33,552 1,287
Chatham County Urban 19.2 14,853 1,005
Cherokee County Rural 28.1 8,102 2,297
Chowan County Rural 31.5 4,275 2,602
Clay County Rural 23.1 2,598 1,629
Cleveland County Rural 27.8 27,251 2,263
Columbus County Rural 31.8 15,254 2,628
Craven County Rural 22.7 21,865 1,554
Cumberland County Urban 27.5 87,638 2,226
Currituck County Urban 11.9 3,506 154
Dare County Rural 14.8 5,530 383
Davidson County Urban 24.0 40,631 1,764
Davie County Urban 16.6 7,159 615
Duplin County Rural 30.0 14,613 2,496
Durham County Urban 19.8 62,685 1,092
Edgecombe County Urban 33.1 15,890 2,712
Forsyth County Urban 24.1 90,576 1,777
Franklin County Urban 20.5 14,437 1,198
Gaston County Urban 22.8 51,826 1,569
Gates County Urban 23.6 2,420 1,710
Graham County Rural 17.8 1,400 796
Granville County Rural 23.1 13,173 1,629
Greene County Rural 33.3 5,903 2,732
Guilford County Urban 23.9 124,344 1,753
Halifax County Rural 38.0 17,866 2,975
Harnett County Rural 23.5 31,358 1,696
Haywood County Rural 22.0 13,563 1,435
Henderson County Urban 20.7 23,977 1,230
Hertford County Rural 36.1 6,723 2,899
Hoke County Urban 27.2 14,114 2,185
Hyde County Rural 34.6 1,386 2,835
Iredell County Urban 15.3 29,062 453
Jackson County Rural 28.9 11,321 2,386
Johnston County Urban 18.9 42,409 961
Jones County Rural 33.8 3,086 2,776
Lee County Rural 25.0 15,843 1,906
Lenoir County Rural 37.3 20,069 2,949
Lincoln County Urban 17.0 15,206 680
Macon County Rural 26.6 9,864 2,112
Madison County Urban 21.4 4,444 1,342
Martin County Rural 29.7 6,326 2,470
McDowell County Rural 25.5 11,035 1,980
Mecklenburg County Urban 18.1 201,308 834
Mitchell County Rural 20.5 2,989 1,198
Montgomery County Rural 28.4 7,102 2,332
Moore County Urban 16.1 16,279 551
Nash County Urban 24.2 22,574 1,792
New Hanover County Urban 21.3 48,016 1,325
Northampton County Rural 32.2 5,340 2,657
Onslow County Urban 23.6 43,876 1,710
Orange County Urban 18.2 24,734 848
Pamlico County Rural 22.2 2,534 1,469
Pasquotank County Rural 21.2 8,089 1,307
Pender County Urban 18.4 11,411 878
Perquimans County Rural 21.8 2,865 1,399
Person County Urban 25.7 9,990 2,010
Pitt County Urban 29.3 48,710 2,426
Polk County Rural 21.8 4,221 1,399
Randolph County Urban 25.6 36,817 1,989
Richmond County Rural 38.4 15,987 2,983
Robeson County Rural 43.3 49,091 3,075
Rockingham County Urban 26.4 23,629 2,087
Rowan County Urban 25.2 36,471 1,929
Rutherford County Rural 30.3 19,248 2,527
Sampson County Rural 30.8 17,829 2,558
Scotland County Rural 40.4 12,977 3,032
Stanly County Rural 23.7 14,580 1,729
Stokes County Urban 22.8 10,076 1,569
Surry County Rural 28.8 20,259 2,379
Swain County Rural 31.7 4,349 2,622
Transylvania County Rural 21.1 6,796 1,287
Tyrrell County Rural 31.8 893 2,628
Union County Urban 13.1 31,613 236
Vance County Rural 32.0 13,388 2,646
Wake County Urban 13.5 152,085 275
Warren County Rural 37.0 6,658 2,937
Washington County Rural 38.4 4,091 2,983
Watauga County Rural 34.8 16,908 2,848
Wayne County Urban 29.5 33,870 2,447
Wilkes County Rural 27.4 17,738 2,210
Wilson County Rural 35.5 27,433 2,875
Yadkin County Urban 25.2 9,317 1,929
Yancey County Rural 25.6 4,738 1,989
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/05/2025 6:37 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 150% of poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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