| Rank |
County |
People Below The Poverty Rate |
| 1 |
Robeson County, North Carolina
|
30.6%
|
| 2 |
Scotland County, North Carolina
|
29.7%
|
| 3 |
Vance County, North Carolina
|
27.6%
|
| 4 |
Warren County, North Carolina
|
27.1%
|
| 5 |
Watauga County, North Carolina
|
26.3%
|
| 6 |
Montgomery County, North Carolina
|
25.9%
|
| 7 |
Washington County, North Carolina
|
25.2%
|
| 8 |
Hyde County, North Carolina
|
25.1%
|
| 9 |
Richmond County, North Carolina
|
24.9%
|
| 10 |
Hertford County, North Carolina
|
24.7%
|
| 11 |
Lenoir County, North Carolina
|
24.4%
|
| 12 |
Halifax County, North Carolina
|
24.1%
|
| 13 |
Pitt County, North Carolina
|
24.0%
|
| 14 |
Chowan County, North Carolina
|
23.7%
|
| 15 |
Bladen County, North Carolina
|
23.6%
|
| 16 |
Bertie County, North Carolina
|
23.6%
|
| 17 |
Columbus County, North Carolina
|
23.0%
|
| 18 |
Duplin County, North Carolina
|
22.7%
|
| 19 |
Martin County, North Carolina
|
22.7%
|
| 20 |
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
|
22.6%
|
| 21 |
Alleghany County, North Carolina
|
22.6%
|
| 22 |
Swain County, North Carolina
|
22.5%
|
| 23 |
Wilson County, North Carolina
|
21.9%
|
| 24 |
Northampton County, North Carolina
|
21.9%
|
| 25 |
Clay County, North Carolina
|
21.8%
|
| 26 |
Wilkes County, North Carolina
|
21.7%
|
| 27 |
Anson County, North Carolina
|
21.6%
|
| 28 |
Sampson County, North Carolina
|
21.0%
|
| 29 |
Hoke County, North Carolina
|
20.9%
|
| 30 |
Perquimans County, North Carolina
|
20.6%
|
| 31 |
Caswell County, North Carolina
|
20.5%
|
| 32 |
Tyrrell County, North Carolina
|
20.5%
|
| 33 |
Rutherford County, North Carolina
|
20.5%
|
| 34 |
Wayne County, North Carolina
|
20.2%
|
| 35 |
Pasquotank County, North Carolina
|
19.9%
|
| 36 |
Jackson County, North Carolina
|
19.5%
|
| 37 |
Cleveland County, North Carolina
|
19.4%
|
| 38 |
Beaufort County, North Carolina
|
19.1%
|
| 39 |
McDowell County, North Carolina
|
18.5%
|
| 40 |
Greene County, North Carolina
|
18.4%
|
| 41 |
Macon County, North Carolina
|
18.3%
|
| 42 |
Gates County, North Carolina
|
18.2%
|
| 43 |
Madison County, North Carolina
|
18.1%
|
| 44 |
Avery County, North Carolina
|
18.1%
|
| 45 |
Person County, North Carolina
|
18.1%
|
| 46 |
Surry County, North Carolina
|
18.0%
|
| 47 |
Burke County, North Carolina
|
17.9%
|
| 48 |
Yancey County, North Carolina
|
17.9%
|
| 49 |
Ashe County, North Carolina
|
17.9%
|
| 50 |
Randolph County, North Carolina
|
17.6%
|
| 51 |
Mitchell County, North Carolina
|
17.4%
|
| 52 |
Caldwell County, North Carolina
|
17.4%
|
| 53 |
Graham County, North Carolina
|
17.2%
|
| 54 |
Durham County, North Carolina
|
17.1%
|
| 55 |
Harnett County, North Carolina
|
16.9%
|
| 56 |
Orange County, North Carolina
|
16.9%
|
| 57 |
Rowan County, North Carolina
|
16.9%
|
| 58 |
Alexander County, North Carolina
|
16.8%
|
| 59 |
Lee County, North Carolina
|
16.8%
|
| 60 |
Cumberland County, North Carolina
|
16.6%
|
| 61 |
Gaston County, North Carolina
|
16.6%
|
| 62 |
Yadkin County, North Carolina
|
16.3%
|
| 63 |
Forsyth County, North Carolina
|
16.3%
|
| 64 |
Guilford County, North Carolina
|
16.2%
|
| 65 |
Craven County, North Carolina
|
16.2%
|
| 66 |
Alamance County, North Carolina
|
16.1%
|
| 67 |
Nash County, North Carolina
|
16.0%
|
| 68 |
New Hanover County, North Carolina
|
15.9%
|
| 69 |
Pender County, North Carolina
|
15.9%
|
| 70 |
Rockingham County, North Carolina
|
15.8%
|
| 71 |
Buncombe County, North Carolina
|
15.6%
|
| 72 |
Franklin County, North Carolina
|
15.5%
|
| 73 |
Johnston County, North Carolina
|
15.2%
|
| 74 |
Davidson County, North Carolina
|
15.1%
|
| 75 |
Brunswick County, North Carolina
|
15.0%
|
| 76 |
Jones County, North Carolina
|
14.9%
|
| 77 |
Stokes County, North Carolina
|
14.3%
|
| 78 |
Haywood County, North Carolina
|
14.3%
|
| 79 |
Stanly County, North Carolina
|
14.1%
|
| 80 |
Onslow County, North Carolina
|
13.8%
|
| 81 |
Lincoln County, North Carolina
|
13.7%
|
| 82 |
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
|
13.6%
|
| 83 |
Catawba County, North Carolina
|
13.4%
|
| 84 |
Cherokee County, North Carolina
|
13.4%
|
| 85 |
Transylvania County, North Carolina
|
13.1%
|
| 86 |
Carteret County, North Carolina
|
13.1%
|
| 87 |
Moore County, North Carolina
|
13.0%
|
| 88 |
Henderson County, North Carolina
|
12.6%
|
| 89 |
Davie County, North Carolina
|
12.3%
|
| 90 |
Iredell County, North Carolina
|
12.3%
|
| 91 |
Pamlico County, North Carolina
|
12.2%
|
| 92 |
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
|
11.9%
|
| 93 |
Polk County, North Carolina
|
11.8%
|
| 94 |
Chatham County, North Carolina
|
11.4%
|
| 95 |
Granville County, North Carolina
|
11.3%
|
| 96 |
Dare County, North Carolina
|
11.1%
|
| 97 |
Wake County, North Carolina
|
10.1%
|
| 98 |
Camden County, North Carolina
|
8.8%
|
| 99 |
Union County, North Carolina
|
8.7%
|
| 100 |
Currituck County, North Carolina
|
7.8%
|