# Counties in North Carolina by school enrolment, children aged 3 and 4, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `preschool_enrolment_rate_3_4`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school, including nursery school and preschool, at any time in the three months before the interview, as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4. 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 B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b14003.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B14003: children aged 3 and 4 enrolled in public or private school as a percentage of all children aged 3 and 4, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b14003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/preschool-enrollment-ages-3-4/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Alexander County | 68.3 |
| 2 | Pasquotank County | 61.4 |
| 3 | Bertie County | 60.5 |
| 4 | Currituck County | 59.2 |
| 5 | Clay County | 57.9 |
| 6 | Martin County | 56.3 |
| 7 | Transylvania County | 53.5 |
| 8 | McDowell County | 52.2 |
| 9 | Perquimans County | 52 |
| 10 | Pamlico County | 50.5 |
| 11 | Graham County | 50.3 |
| 11 | Wake County | 50.3 |
| 13 | Orange County | 50 |
| 14 | Swain County | 49.6 |
| 15 | Cabarrus County | 49.5 |
| 16 | Pender County | 49 |
| 17 | Pitt County | 48.8 |
| 18 | Henderson County | 48.7 |
| 19 | Carteret County | 48.1 |
| 20 | Hoke County | 48 |
| 21 | Anson County | 47.4 |
| 22 | Ashe County | 47.2 |
| 23 | Davie County | 45.9 |
| 24 | New Hanover County | 45.6 |
| 25 | Mecklenburg County | 45.2 |
| 26 | Warren County | 44.8 |
| 27 | Beaufort County | 44.2 |
| 28 | Watauga County | 43.9 |
| 29 | Duplin County | 43.9 |
| 30 | Lincoln County | 43.9 |
| 31 | Haywood County | 43.6 |
| 32 | Cherokee County | 43.5 |
| 33 | Nash County | 42.6 |
| 34 | Moore County | 42.5 |
| 35 | Yadkin County | 41.8 |
| 36 | Macon County | 41.4 |
| 37 | Chowan County | 41.3 |
| 38 | Guilford County | 41.2 |
| 39 | Iredell County | 40.8 |
| 40 | Mitchell County | 40.8 |
| 41 | Surry County | 40.5 |
| 42 | Dare County | 40.3 |
| 43 | Durham County | 40.2 |
| 44 | Brunswick County | 39.5 |
| 45 | Lenoir County | 39.1 |
| 46 | Gates County | 39 |
| 47 | Lee County | 38.7 |
| 48 | Caswell County | 37.9 |
| 49 | Union County | 37.6 |
| 50 | Alamance County | 37.4 |
| 51 | Forsyth County | 36.1 |
| 52 | Granville County | 36.1 |
| 53 | Person County | 35.8 |
| 54 | Chatham County | 35.5 |
| 55 | Randolph County | 35.5 |
| 56 | Halifax County | 35.4 |
| 57 | Buncombe County | 35.3 |
| 58 | Craven County | 35 |
| 59 | Wayne County | 35 |
| 60 | Scotland County | 34.7 |
| 61 | Montgomery County | 34.6 |
| 62 | Edgecombe County | 34.5 |
| 63 | Gaston County | 34.3 |
| 64 | Rockingham County | 33.8 |
| 65 | Polk County | 33.6 |
| 66 | Harnett County | 33.5 |
| 67 | Catawba County | 33.5 |
| 68 | Stokes County | 33.4 |
| 69 | Johnston County | 33.1 |
| 70 | Madison County | 32.7 |
| 71 | Sampson County | 32.4 |
| 72 | Wilkes County | 32.1 |
| 73 | Jones County | 31.9 |
| 74 | Burke County | 31.9 |
| 75 | Stanly County | 31.8 |
| 76 | Rowan County | 31.6 |
| 77 | Davidson County | 31.2 |
| 78 | Rutherford County | 31 |
| 79 | Cumberland County | 30.5 |
| 80 | Caldwell County | 30.2 |
| 80 | Yancey County | 30.2 |
| 82 | Richmond County | 29.5 |
| 83 | Jackson County | 27.9 |
| 84 | Cleveland County | 27.7 |
| 85 | Camden County | 27.6 |
| 86 | Northampton County | 26.6 |
| 87 | Robeson County | 25.3 |
| 88 | Onslow County | 25.2 |
| 89 | Alleghany County | 24.8 |
| 90 | Vance County | 24.4 |
| 91 | Hertford County | 24 |
| 92 | Franklin County | 23.9 |
| 93 | Bladen County | 23.7 |
| 94 | Wilson County | 22.4 |
| 95 | Greene County | 21.2 |
| 96 | Columbus County | 20.7 |
| 97 | Tyrrell County | 16.4 |
| 98 | Avery County | 16 |
| 99 | Hyde County | 0 |
| 99 | Washington County | 0 |