# Counties in North Carolina by per capita personal income, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `per_capita_personal_income`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Personal income of the residents of a place divided by its resident population at mid-year, in current US dollars. Personal income is income from work, own businesses, property and government benefits, before income taxes. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, tables SAINC1 for the nation and states and CAINC1 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC1: county annual personal income summary, per capita personal income, current dollars, individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC1.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/per-capita-personal-income/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Chatham County | 91,638 |
| 2 | Orange County | 87,778 |
| 3 | Mecklenburg County | 86,098 |
| 4 | Wake County | 85,573 |
| 5 | Dare County | 83,613 |
| 6 | Union County | 76,528 |
| 7 | Carteret County | 74,177 |
| 8 | Moore County | 72,920 |
| 9 | Polk County | 72,236 |
| 10 | Buncombe County | 70,623 |
| 11 | Iredell County | 70,112 |
| 12 | New Hanover County | 69,666 |
| 13 | Durham County | 69,077 |
| 14 | Davie County | 67,760 |
| 15 | Currituck County | 65,005 |
| 16 | Lincoln County | 64,836 |
| 17 | Transylvania County | 64,641 |
| 18 | Brunswick County | 64,262 |
| 19 | Forsyth County | 63,989 |
| 20 | Henderson County | 63,668 |
| 21 | Guilford County | 63,665 |
| 22 | Camden County | 62,549 |
| 23 | Beaufort County | 62,010 |
| 24 | Craven County | 61,929 |
| 25 | Cabarrus County | 61,113 |
| 26 | Catawba County | 60,366 |
| 27 | Swain County | 59,665 |
| 28 | Pamlico County | 59,634 |
| 29 | Perquimans County | 58,932 |
| 30 | Pitt County | 58,766 |
| 31 | Haywood County | 58,464 |
| 32 | Duplin County | 58,319 |
| 33 | Chowan County | 57,700 |
| 34 | Onslow County | 57,450 |
| 35 | Lee County | 57,393 |
| 36 | Lenoir County | 56,998 |
| 37 | Hyde County | 56,767 |
| 38 | Pender County | 56,586 |
| 39 | Watauga County | 56,442 |
| 40 | Nash County | 56,141 |
| 41 | Macon County | 55,969 |
| 42 | Gates County | 55,934 |
| 43 | Anson County | 55,451 |
| 44 | Gaston County | 55,398 |
| 45 | Johnston County | 55,335 |
| 46 | Wilson County | 54,929 |
| 47 | Granville County | 54,829 |
| 48 | Bladen County | 54,352 |
| 49 | Surry County | 54,267 |
| 50 | Stanly County | 54,224 |
| 51 | Alamance County | 54,218 |
| 52 | Davidson County | 53,998 |
| 53 | Jones County | 53,974 |
| 54 | Wayne County | 53,955 |
| 55 | Pasquotank County | 53,928 |
| 56 | Avery County | 53,895 |
| 57 | Yadkin County | 53,881 |
| 58 | Bertie County | 53,853 |
| 59 | Alexander County | 53,459 |
| 60 | Wilkes County | 52,892 |
| 61 | Northampton County | 52,819 |
| 62 | Person County | 52,765 |
| 63 | Cumberland County | 52,382 |
| 64 | Stokes County | 52,304 |
| 65 | Franklin County | 52,112 |
| 66 | Randolph County | 51,934 |
| 67 | Alleghany County | 51,809 |
| 68 | Rowan County | 51,712 |
| 69 | Richmond County | 51,502 |
| 70 | Ashe County | 51,489 |
| 71 | Cleveland County | 51,181 |
| 72 | Burke County | 51,046 |
| 73 | Sampson County | 50,934 |
| 74 | Madison County | 50,927 |
| 75 | Rockingham County | 50,840 |
| 76 | Washington County | 50,780 |
| 77 | Mitchell County | 50,776 |
| 78 | Caldwell County | 50,611 |
| 79 | Halifax County | 50,594 |
| 80 | Clay County | 50,528 |
| 81 | McDowell County | 50,502 |
| 82 | Montgomery County | 50,197 |
| 83 | Harnett County | 50,128 |
| 84 | Edgecombe County | 50,111 |
| 85 | Jackson County | 49,869 |
| 86 | Hertford County | 49,820 |
| 87 | Vance County | 49,403 |
| 88 | Columbus County | 48,989 |
| 89 | Yancey County | 48,908 |
| 90 | Caswell County | 48,203 |
| 91 | Scotland County | 47,747 |
| 92 | Graham County | 47,641 |
| 93 | Rutherford County | 47,500 |
| 94 | Tyrrell County | 46,999 |
| 95 | Martin County | 46,890 |
| 96 | Robeson County | 46,550 |
| 97 | Hoke County | 46,122 |
| 98 | Cherokee County | 45,135 |
| 99 | Greene County | 42,879 |
| 100 | Warren County | 40,932 |