# Counties in North Carolina by share of population aged 65 and over, 2025

All 100 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population_65_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Residents aged 65 or over as a percentage of total population. Spain: 1 January, INE annual census. United States: 1 July, Census Bureau population estimates. World Bank figures for other countries and the World refer to mid-year.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex (cc-est agesex): residents aged 65 and over as a percentage of the total, 1 July; states and the nation summed from counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/counties/asrh/cc-est2025-agesex-all.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex (cc-est agesex): residents aged 65 and over as a percentage of the total, 1 July; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/counties/asrh/cc-est2025-agesex-all.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-65-plus/north-carolina-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population-65-plus/north-carolina-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Clay County | 37.4 |
| 2 | Brunswick County | 36.6 |
| 3 | Pamlico County | 34.9 |
| 4 | Polk County | 34.3 |
| 5 | Cherokee County | 33.7 |
| 6 | Transylvania County | 31.7 |
| 7 | Macon County | 31.7 |
| 8 | Northampton County | 31.5 |
| 9 | Alleghany County | 31.4 |
| 10 | Carteret County | 30.1 |
| 11 | Ashe County | 29.9 |
| 12 | Perquimans County | 29.8 |
| 13 | Washington County | 29.6 |
| 14 | Warren County | 29.5 |
| 15 | Chowan County | 29.4 |
| 16 | Dare County | 29.3 |
| 17 | Beaufort County | 29.1 |
| 18 | Henderson County | 29.1 |
| 19 | Yancey County | 29 |
| 20 | Hyde County | 28.5 |
| 21 | Haywood County | 28.2 |
| 22 | Chatham County | 28 |
| 23 | Mitchell County | 27.6 |
| 24 | Graham County | 27.4 |
| 25 | Hertford County | 27.1 |
| 26 | Bertie County | 26.9 |
| 27 | Martin County | 26.9 |
| 28 | Avery County | 26.9 |
| 29 | Jones County | 26.8 |
| 30 | Caswell County | 25.4 |
| 31 | Moore County | 25.4 |
| 32 | Madison County | 25.3 |
| 33 | Halifax County | 25.2 |
| 34 | Wilkes County | 24.7 |
| 35 | Stokes County | 24.6 |
| 36 | Montgomery County | 24.5 |
| 37 | Craven County | 24.2 |
| 38 | Davie County | 24.2 |
| 39 | Gates County | 24 |
| 40 | Bladen County | 23.9 |
| 41 | Rutherford County | 23.6 |
| 42 | Rockingham County | 23.5 |
| 43 | Person County | 23.4 |
| 44 | Tyrrell County | 23.3 |
| 45 | Burke County | 23.2 |
| 46 | Buncombe County | 23.2 |
| 47 | Edgecombe County | 23.1 |
| 48 | McDowell County | 23.1 |
| 49 | Surry County | 22.9 |
| 50 | Caldwell County | 22.8 |
| 51 | Lenoir County | 22.4 |
| 52 | Yadkin County | 22.4 |
| 53 | Columbus County | 22.2 |
| 54 | Swain County | 22 |
| 55 | Alexander County | 21.9 |
| 56 | Lincoln County | 21.7 |
| 57 | Nash County | 21.7 |
| 58 | Scotland County | 21.6 |
| 59 | Jackson County | 21.5 |
| 60 | Anson County | 21.4 |
| 61 | Vance County | 21.4 |
| 62 | New Hanover County | 21.3 |
| 63 | Pasquotank County | 21.1 |
| 64 | Wilson County | 21.1 |
| 65 | Davidson County | 20.8 |
| 66 | Randolph County | 20.7 |
| 67 | Currituck County | 20.7 |
| 68 | Catawba County | 20.5 |
| 69 | Stanly County | 20.3 |
| 70 | Richmond County | 20.3 |
| 71 | Cleveland County | 20.2 |
| 72 | Granville County | 20 |
| 73 | Duplin County | 20 |
| 74 | Rowan County | 19.9 |
| 75 | Pender County | 19.8 |
| 76 | Greene County | 19.7 |
| 77 | Lee County | 19.5 |
| 78 | Forsyth County | 19 |
| 79 | Franklin County | 18.9 |
| 80 | Sampson County | 18.9 |
| 81 | Wayne County | 18.8 |
| 82 | Camden County | 18.8 |
| 83 | Watauga County | 18.7 |
| 84 | Alamance County | 18.7 |
| 85 | Iredell County | 18.3 |
| 86 | Gaston County | 18.1 |
| 87 | Orange County | 18.1 |
| 88 | Guilford County | 18 |
| 89 | Robeson County | 17.2 |
| 90 | Pitt County | 16.2 |
| 91 | Durham County | 15.9 |
| 92 | Johnston County | 15.2 |
| 92 | Union County | 15.2 |
| 94 | Cumberland County | 15 |
| 95 | Cabarrus County | 14.7 |
| 96 | Harnett County | 14.7 |
| 97 | Wake County | 14.4 |
| 98 | Hoke County | 13.1 |
| 99 | Mecklenburg County | 13 |
| 100 | Onslow County | 12.8 |