# Counties in North Carolina by average household size, 2024

All 100 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_household_size`
- Unit: persons per household
- Definition: Average number of persons per private household. EU countries: EU-SILC. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate of people in households divided by occupied housing units, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-household-size/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | persons per household |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Union County | 3 |
| 2 | Cabarrus County | 2.8 |
| 3 | Hoke County | 2.8 |
| 4 | Harnett County | 2.7 |
| 5 | Camden County | 2.7 |
| 5 | Johnston County | 2.7 |
| 7 | Sampson County | 2.7 |
| 8 | Robeson County | 2.6 |
| 9 | Buncombe County | 2.6 |
| 10 | Greene County | 2.6 |
| 11 | Currituck County | 2.6 |
| 11 | Lee County | 2.6 |
| 11 | Vance County | 2.6 |
| 14 | Franklin County | 2.6 |
| 15 | Cleveland County | 2.6 |
| 15 | Iredell County | 2.6 |
| 17 | Pender County | 2.5 |
| 18 | Davie County | 2.5 |
| 19 | Granville County | 2.5 |
| 20 | Randolph County | 2.5 |
| 20 | Wake County | 2.5 |
| 22 | Lincoln County | 2.5 |
| 22 | Madison County | 2.5 |
| 24 | Scotland County | 2.5 |
| 24 | Stanly County | 2.5 |
| 26 | Cumberland County | 2.5 |
| 26 | Gaston County | 2.5 |
| 26 | Onslow County | 2.5 |
| 26 | Rowan County | 2.5 |
| 26 | Yadkin County | 2.5 |
| 31 | Alexander County | 2.5 |
| 32 | Bladen County | 2.5 |
| 32 | Gates County | 2.5 |
| 34 | Davidson County | 2.5 |
| 35 | Alamance County | 2.4 |
| 35 | Edgecombe County | 2.4 |
| 35 | Mecklenburg County | 2.4 |
| 35 | Pasquotank County | 2.4 |
| 35 | Wayne County | 2.4 |
| 40 | Catawba County | 2.4 |
| 40 | Nash County | 2.4 |
| 40 | Person County | 2.4 |
| 40 | Richmond County | 2.4 |
| 44 | Caldwell County | 2.4 |
| 45 | Anson County | 2.4 |
| 45 | Chatham County | 2.4 |
| 47 | Caswell County | 2.4 |
| 47 | Orange County | 2.4 |
| 47 | Wilkes County | 2.4 |
| 50 | Columbus County | 2.4 |
| 50 | Rutherford County | 2.4 |
| 52 | Guilford County | 2.4 |
| 53 | Forsyth County | 2.4 |
| 53 | Montgomery County | 2.4 |
| 55 | Moore County | 2.4 |
| 55 | Surry County | 2.4 |
| 55 | Wilson County | 2.4 |
| 58 | Duplin County | 2.4 |
| 59 | Burke County | 2.3 |
| 59 | Perquimans County | 2.3 |
| 61 | McDowell County | 2.3 |
| 62 | Lenoir County | 2.3 |
| 62 | Pitt County | 2.3 |
| 62 | Rockingham County | 2.3 |
| 65 | Craven County | 2.3 |
| 65 | Haywood County | 2.3 |
| 65 | Henderson County | 2.3 |
| 65 | Watauga County | 2.3 |
| 65 | Yancey County | 2.3 |
| 70 | Halifax County | 2.3 |
| 70 | Stokes County | 2.3 |
| 70 | Swain County | 2.3 |
| 73 | Beaufort County | 2.3 |
| 74 | Clay County | 2.3 |
| 74 | Martin County | 2.3 |
| 76 | Durham County | 2.3 |
| 76 | Washington County | 2.3 |
| 78 | Avery County | 2.2 |
| 78 | Dare County | 2.2 |
| 78 | Graham County | 2.2 |
| 81 | Transylvania County | 2.2 |
| 82 | Jones County | 2.2 |
| 82 | Warren County | 2.2 |
| 84 | Chowan County | 2.2 |
| 84 | Mitchell County | 2.2 |
| 86 | Cherokee County | 2.2 |
| 86 | Hertford County | 2.2 |
| 88 | Bertie County | 2.2 |
| 88 | Brunswick County | 2.2 |
| 88 | New Hanover County | 2.2 |
| 91 | Polk County | 2.2 |
| 92 | Ashe County | 2.2 |
| 93 | Jackson County | 2.2 |
| 94 | Carteret County | 2.1 |
| 95 | Pamlico County | 2.1 |
| 96 | Alleghany County | 2.1 |
| 97 | Northampton County | 2.1 |
| 98 | Macon County | 2 |
| 99 | Hyde County | 2 |
| 100 | Tyrrell County | 1.9 |