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