# Counties in North Carolina by population under 18, 2025

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

- Indicator id: `population_0_17_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Residents aged 0 to 17 as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by age; states and the nation are sums of their counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: residents aged 0 to 17 as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: residents aged 0 to 17 as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-under-18/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Hoke County | 26.7 |
| 2 | Robeson County | 26.4 |
| 3 | Harnett County | 25.1 |
| 4 | Duplin County | 25 |
| 5 | Sampson County | 24.8 |
| 6 | Cumberland County | 24.7 |
| 7 | Union County | 24.6 |
| 8 | Cabarrus County | 24.2 |
| 9 | Onslow County | 23.8 |
| 10 | Wayne County | 23.8 |
| 11 | Johnston County | 23.8 |
| 12 | Vance County | 23.2 |
| 13 | Richmond County | 23.1 |
| 14 | Lee County | 22.7 |
| 15 | Scotland County | 22.6 |
| 16 | Camden County | 22.5 |
| 17 | Pender County | 22.4 |
| 18 | Lenoir County | 22.4 |
| 19 | Edgecombe County | 22.3 |
| 20 | Mecklenburg County | 22.1 |
| 21 | Wake County | 22 |
| 22 | Cleveland County | 21.9 |
| 23 | Franklin County | 21.8 |
| 24 | Wilson County | 21.8 |
| 25 | Gaston County | 21.8 |
| 26 | Swain County | 21.8 |
| 27 | Moore County | 21.7 |
| 28 | Currituck County | 21.6 |
| 29 | Bladen County | 21.5 |
| 30 | Randolph County | 21.5 |
| 31 | Forsyth County | 21.5 |
| 32 | Iredell County | 21.4 |
| 33 | Stanly County | 21.3 |
| 34 | Guilford County | 21.2 |
| 35 | Davidson County | 21.2 |
| 36 | Nash County | 21.2 |
| 37 | Columbus County | 21.2 |
| 38 | Alamance County | 21.1 |
| 39 | Pitt County | 21 |
| 40 | Anson County | 21 |
| 41 | Surry County | 20.9 |
| 42 | Rowan County | 20.9 |
| 43 | Yadkin County | 20.7 |
| 44 | Person County | 20.5 |
| 45 | Catawba County | 20.4 |
| 46 | Lincoln County | 20.3 |
| 47 | Montgomery County | 20.2 |
| 48 | Martin County | 20.2 |
| 49 | Halifax County | 20.2 |
| 50 | Craven County | 20.2 |
| 51 | Pasquotank County | 20.1 |
| 52 | Rockingham County | 19.8 |
| 53 | Davie County | 19.8 |
| 54 | Granville County | 19.7 |
| 55 | Rutherford County | 19.7 |
| 56 | Graham County | 19.7 |
| 57 | Wilkes County | 19.5 |
| 58 | Caldwell County | 19.5 |
| 59 | Washington County | 19.4 |
| 60 | Hertford County | 19.3 |
| 61 | Durham County | 19.2 |
| 62 | Burke County | 19.1 |
| 63 | Jones County | 19.1 |
| 64 | Alexander County | 19.1 |
| 65 | Gates County | 19 |
| 66 | Greene County | 18.7 |
| 67 | Stokes County | 18.6 |
| 68 | Chowan County | 18.6 |
| 69 | Beaufort County | 18.5 |
| 70 | Tyrrell County | 18.5 |
| 71 | McDowell County | 18.4 |
| 72 | Chatham County | 18.3 |
| 73 | Caswell County | 18.3 |
| 74 | Northampton County | 18.2 |
| 75 | Perquimans County | 17.9 |
| 76 | Orange County | 17.8 |
| 77 | Henderson County | 17.4 |
| 78 | Mitchell County | 17.3 |
| 79 | Warren County | 17.2 |
| 80 | Yancey County | 17.1 |
| 81 | Macon County | 17 |
| 82 | Buncombe County | 16.9 |
| 83 | Alleghany County | 16.9 |
| 84 | New Hanover County | 16.8 |
| 85 | Haywood County | 16.7 |
| 86 | Dare County | 16.6 |
| 87 | Madison County | 16.4 |
| 88 | Cherokee County | 16.4 |
| 89 | Carteret County | 16.1 |
| 90 | Transylvania County | 16 |
| 91 | Ashe County | 15.9 |
| 92 | Bertie County | 15.8 |
| 93 | Jackson County | 15.8 |
| 94 | Polk County | 15.4 |
| 95 | Clay County | 15.2 |
| 96 | Avery County | 14.7 |
| 97 | Hyde County | 14.5 |
| 98 | Pamlico County | 13.7 |
| 99 | Brunswick County | 13.6 |
| 100 | Watauga County | 11 |