County Profiles

North Carolina county community profiles (ACS 2020–2024)

100 counties or county equivalents. Select a county for all 18 indicators, margins of error, citations and free CSV. Estimates cover 2020–2024.

North Carolina counties and county equivalents
CountyTotal populationPoverty rateUninsuredMedian household incomeBroadband subscription
Alamance County176,893Official controlled total (no MOE)13.4%10.2%$65,65190.2%
Alexander County36,412Official controlled total (no MOE)12.6%8.1%$65,35485.1%
Alleghany County11,174Official controlled total (no MOE)16.0%13.8%$47,17280.5%
Anson County22,289Official controlled total (no MOE)21.7%13.3%$47,30285.4%
Ashe County26,950Official controlled total (no MOE)13.5%9.8%$56,86685.2%
Avery County17,680Official controlled total (no MOE)10.2%12.5%$61,42885.2%
Beaufort County44,499Official controlled total (no MOE)17.8%9.0%$58,35787.5%
Bertie County17,170Official controlled total (no MOE)16.1%9.9%Interpret with caution: large relative MOE.$48,75071.6%
Bladen County29,566Official controlled total (no MOE)22.0%10.2%$42,42285.1%
Brunswick County152,568Official controlled total (no MOE)9.2%7.5%$77,02493.3%
Buncombe County274,360Official controlled total (no MOE)11.8%10.9%$74,43690.3%
Burke County87,795Official controlled total (no MOE)15.6%11.0%$58,59284.7%
Cabarrus County236,133Official controlled total (no MOE)9.3%7.9%$89,00593.0%
Caldwell County80,536Official controlled total (no MOE)13.4%10.5%$56,42586.4%
Camden County10,927Official controlled total (no MOE)6.1%Interpret with caution: large relative MOE.4.5%Interpret with caution: large relative MOE.$91,07893.1%
Carteret County69,148Official controlled total (no MOE)10.1%8.1%$72,32293.4%
Caswell County22,404Official controlled total (no MOE)18.6%9.8%$59,75583.3%
Catawba County163,573Official controlled total (no MOE)12.7%10.6%$67,86488.5%
Chatham County80,151Official controlled total (no MOE)11.0%9.4%$94,31789.1%
Cherokee County29,562Official controlled total (no MOE)12.4%12.5%$53,62883.6%
Chowan County13,836Official controlled total (no MOE)19.1%8.2%$53,86488.9%
Clay County11,610Official controlled total (no MOE)12.9%15.9%$56,97183.3%
Cleveland County100,991Official controlled total (no MOE)16.6%9.3%$58,53485.0%
Columbus County50,140Official controlled total (no MOE)18.2%12.7%$49,44283.1%
Craven County102,612Official controlled total (no MOE)13.7%7.8%$65,87385.6%
Cumberland County338,545Official controlled total (no MOE)16.7%9.5%$61,29191.1%
Currituck County30,601Official controlled total (no MOE)7.5%8.8%$93,51191.4%
Dare County37,875Official controlled total (no MOE)6.6%8.6%$88,99491.7%
Davidson County172,954Official controlled total (no MOE)12.8%9.4%$64,17288.4%
Davie County44,122Official controlled total (no MOE)9.4%8.8%$75,05791.7%
Duplin County49,335Official controlled total (no MOE)20.5%15.0%$55,14882.8%
Durham County332,353Official controlled total (no MOE)11.5%10.8%$82,31693.5%
Edgecombe County48,736Official controlled total (no MOE)21.7%11.0%$51,26580.0%
Forsyth County389,977Official controlled total (no MOE)14.5%9.8%$67,16590.2%
Franklin County74,386Official controlled total (no MOE)11.1%9.2%$74,24089.0%
Gaston County234,881Official controlled total (no MOE)13.5%10.7%$67,47889.0%
Gates County10,376Official controlled total (no MOE)9.4%Interpret with caution: large relative MOE.6.2%Interpret with caution: large relative MOE.$66,33376.8%
Graham County8,072Official controlled total (no MOE)6.7%Interpret with caution: large relative MOE.12.5%$49,68483.4%
Granville County60,877Official controlled total (no MOE)15.2%9.3%$71,11188.1%
Greene County20,486Official controlled total (no MOE)21.0%16.6%$53,24482.3%
Guilford County547,940Official controlled total (no MOE)14.6%8.4%$68,64291.2%
Halifax County47,675Official controlled total (no MOE)22.8%9.1%$45,59075.4%
Harnett County139,150Official controlled total (no MOE)13.7%9.7%$71,28785.2%
Haywood County62,662Official controlled total (no MOE)13.1%11.4%$61,91284.4%
Henderson County118,484Official controlled total (no MOE)11.6%12.4%$68,18790.0%
Hertford County19,908Official controlled total (no MOE)22.9%8.6%$45,53782.8%
Hoke County53,835Official controlled total (no MOE)17.1%10.3%$64,91290.0%
Hyde County4,592Official controlled total (no MOE)22.2%Interpret with caution: large relative MOE.15.6%Interpret with caution: large relative MOE.$53,71372.0%
Iredell County196,544Official controlled total (no MOE)10.0%9.0%$81,41993.6%
Jackson County43,771Official controlled total (no MOE)18.0%15.8%$55,81578.9%
Johnston County234,263Official controlled total (no MOE)10.6%10.4%$83,38489.4%
Jones County9,302Official controlled total (no MOE)18.4%9.2%$59,64179.7%
Lee County65,816Official controlled total (no MOE)16.5%12.2%$65,38778.1%
Lenoir County54,919Official controlled total (no MOE)22.0%10.1%$45,14381.3%
Lincoln County92,716Official controlled total (no MOE)11.2%8.7%$80,01691.1%
Macon County37,941Official controlled total (no MOE)11.6%13.7%$59,06183.3%
Madison County21,867Official controlled total (no MOE)12.1%8.4%$58,53183.3%
Martin County21,644Official controlled total (no MOE)20.4%7.1%$48,57883.5%
McDowell County44,817Official controlled total (no MOE)14.8%11.5%$57,16883.6%
Mecklenburg County1,154,681Official controlled total (no MOE)10.4%11.5%$87,00594.1%
Mitchell County14,992Official controlled total (no MOE)12.9%9.3%$57,60282.4%
Montgomery County26,007Official controlled total (no MOE)15.4%12.5%$57,76682.7%
Moore County104,876Official controlled total (no MOE)10.1%7.6%$86,08090.9%
Nash County96,216Official controlled total (no MOE)11.8%11.4%$62,42684.7%
New Hanover County235,229Official controlled total (no MOE)12.3%9.6%$75,16693.3%
Northampton County16,931Official controlled total (no MOE)21.1%8.6%$50,08674.3%
Onslow County207,906Official controlled total (no MOE)11.6%9.5%$68,14892.8%
Orange County149,678Official controlled total (no MOE)12.5%6.5%$90,08994.0%
Pamlico County12,390Official controlled total (no MOE)15.2%8.4%$59,71787.4%
Pasquotank County40,834Official controlled total (no MOE)11.0%11.0%$66,58991.7%
Pender County65,550Official controlled total (no MOE)9.7%8.8%$80,39688.6%
Perquimans County13,244Official controlled total (no MOE)9.8%9.7%$67,91785.1%
Person County39,542Official controlled total (no MOE)17.5%9.4%$63,30088.6%
Pitt County177,193Official controlled total (no MOE)19.8%10.0%$58,18888.5%
Polk County19,891Official controlled total (no MOE)14.0%9.9%$67,75884.8%
Randolph County146,348Official controlled total (no MOE)14.5%11.1%$61,02287.1%
Richmond County42,344Official controlled total (no MOE)25.2%11.6%$44,88387.4%
Robeson County116,902Official controlled total (no MOE)27.2%14.2%$41,97877.6%
Rockingham County92,131Official controlled total (no MOE)16.3%9.1%$57,05385.0%
Rowan County149,875Official controlled total (no MOE)16.0%9.3%$65,72590.2%
Rutherford County64,930Official controlled total (no MOE)16.8%12.0%$51,41082.9%
Sampson County59,470Official controlled total (no MOE)21.8%15.6%$52,43284.7%
Scotland County33,590Official controlled total (no MOE)25.8%9.9%$45,73087.3%
Stanly County64,651Official controlled total (no MOE)15.2%9.0%$60,70488.4%
Stokes County45,139Official controlled total (no MOE)11.2%7.6%$62,96986.7%
Surry County71,425Official controlled total (no MOE)16.8%10.8%$55,65686.0%
Swain County14,013Official controlled total (no MOE)19.1%23.8%$52,34977.3%
Transylvania County33,691Official controlled total (no MOE)13.2%11.3%$66,18486.9%
Tyrrell County3,423Official controlled total (no MOE)18.7%Interpret with caution: large relative MOE.13.9%Interpret with caution: large relative MOE.$41,68580.9%
Union County250,958Official controlled total (no MOE)7.7%7.7%$102,90094.1%
Vance County42,322Official controlled total (no MOE)19.8%13.2%$50,46585.3%
Wake County1,178,653Official controlled total (no MOE)8.1%7.5%$105,76895.3%
Warren County18,795Official controlled total (no MOE)21.1%10.8%$50,63882.5%
Washington County10,812Official controlled total (no MOE)24.1%9.2%Interpret with caution: large relative MOE.$41,81378.2%
Watauga County55,123Official controlled total (no MOE)25.5%9.3%$51,69390.7%
Wayne County118,652Official controlled total (no MOE)17.3%12.1%$59,73390.0%
Wilkes County65,935Official controlled total (no MOE)16.7%10.5%$51,72188.1%
Wilson County79,290Official controlled total (no MOE)19.8%12.2%$56,42385.7%
Yadkin County37,574Official controlled total (no MOE)14.0%12.0%$62,93287.9%
Yancey County18,797Official controlled total (no MOE)15.2%7.2%$58,70981.4%