# Counties in North Carolina by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

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

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, 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 B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Robeson County | 27.2 |
| 2 | Scotland County | 25.8 |
| 3 | Watauga County | 25.5 |
| 4 | Richmond County | 25.2 |
| 5 | Washington County | 24.1 |
| 6 | Hertford County | 22.9 |
| 7 | Halifax County | 22.8 |
| 8 | Hyde County | 22.2 |
| 9 | Bladen County | 22 |
| 10 | Lenoir County | 22 |
| 11 | Sampson County | 21.8 |
| 12 | Anson County | 21.7 |
| 12 | Edgecombe County | 21.7 |
| 14 | Northampton County | 21.1 |
| 15 | Warren County | 21.1 |
| 16 | Greene County | 21.1 |
| 17 | Duplin County | 20.5 |
| 18 | Martin County | 20.4 |
| 19 | Pitt County | 19.8 |
| 20 | Wilson County | 19.8 |
| 21 | Vance County | 19.8 |
| 22 | Swain County | 19.1 |
| 23 | Chowan County | 19.1 |
| 24 | Tyrrell County | 18.7 |
| 25 | Caswell County | 18.6 |
| 26 | Jones County | 18.4 |
| 27 | Columbus County | 18.2 |
| 28 | Jackson County | 18 |
| 29 | Beaufort County | 17.8 |
| 30 | Person County | 17.5 |
| 31 | Wayne County | 17.3 |
| 32 | Hoke County | 17.1 |
| 33 | Surry County | 16.8 |
| 34 | Rutherford County | 16.8 |
| 35 | Wilkes County | 16.7 |
| 36 | Cumberland County | 16.7 |
| 37 | Cleveland County | 16.6 |
| 38 | Lee County | 16.5 |
| 39 | Rockingham County | 16.3 |
| 40 | Bertie County | 16.1 |
| 41 | Rowan County | 16 |
| 42 | Alleghany County | 16 |
| 43 | Burke County | 15.6 |
| 44 | Montgomery County | 15.4 |
| 45 | Stanly County | 15.3 |
| 46 | Granville County | 15.2 |
| 47 | Yancey County | 15.2 |
| 48 | Pamlico County | 15.2 |
| 49 | McDowell County | 14.8 |
| 50 | Guilford County | 14.6 |
| 51 | Forsyth County | 14.5 |
| 52 | Randolph County | 14.5 |
| 53 | Polk County | 14 |
| 54 | Yadkin County | 14 |
| 55 | Harnett County | 13.8 |
| 56 | Craven County | 13.7 |
| 57 | Gaston County | 13.5 |
| 58 | Ashe County | 13.5 |
| 59 | Caldwell County | 13.4 |
| 60 | Alamance County | 13.4 |
| 61 | Transylvania County | 13.2 |
| 62 | Haywood County | 13.1 |
| 63 | Mitchell County | 12.9 |
| 64 | Clay County | 12.9 |
| 65 | Davidson County | 12.9 |
| 66 | Catawba County | 12.7 |
| 67 | Alexander County | 12.6 |
| 68 | Orange County | 12.5 |
| 69 | Cherokee County | 12.4 |
| 70 | New Hanover County | 12.3 |
| 71 | Madison County | 12.1 |
| 72 | Buncombe County | 11.8 |
| 72 | Nash County | 11.8 |
| 74 | Macon County | 11.6 |
| 75 | Onslow County | 11.6 |
| 76 | Henderson County | 11.6 |
| 77 | Durham County | 11.5 |
| 78 | Lincoln County | 11.3 |
| 79 | Stokes County | 11.2 |
| 80 | Franklin County | 11.1 |
| 81 | Chatham County | 11.1 |
| 82 | Pasquotank County | 11 |
| 83 | Johnston County | 10.6 |
| 84 | Mecklenburg County | 10.4 |
| 85 | Avery County | 10.2 |
| 86 | Carteret County | 10.1 |
| 86 | Moore County | 10.1 |
| 88 | Iredell County | 10 |
| 89 | Perquimans County | 9.8 |
| 90 | Pender County | 9.7 |
| 91 | Gates County | 9.4 |
| 92 | Davie County | 9.4 |
| 93 | Cabarrus County | 9.3 |
| 94 | Brunswick County | 9.2 |
| 95 | Wake County | 8.1 |
| 96 | Union County | 7.7 |
| 97 | Currituck County | 7.5 |
| 98 | Graham County | 6.7 |
| 99 | Dare County | 6.6 |
| 100 | Camden County | 6.1 |