Counties · North Carolina
North Carolina
100 counties, A–Z. American Community Survey 2020-2024, read from the Census Bureau on 2026-09-26. The ± after a figure is the margin of error the Bureau publishes with it.
| County | People | Median household income | Unemployed | Homes with broadband | Farmers markets USDA lists | School districts based here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance County | 176,893 | $65,651 ±1,854 | 5.1% 4,544 of 89,737 | 90.2% 63,189 of 70,062 | 3 | 5 |
| Alexander County | 36,412 | $65,354 ±4,962 | 5.0% 857 of 17,031 | 85.1% 12,023 of 14,126 | 0 | 1 |
| Alleghany County | 11,174 | $47,172 ±4,894 | 3.7% 169 of 4,551 | 80.5% 4,170 of 5,177 | 1 | 1 |
| Anson County | 22,289 | $47,302 ±5,753 | 5.5% 524 of 9,526 | 85.4% 7,296 of 8,548 | 1 | 1 |
| Ashe County | 26,950 | $56,866 ±4,577 | 4.8% 585 of 12,199 | 85.2% 10,399 of 12,201 | 0 | 1 |
| Avery County | 17,680 | $61,428 ±7,429 | 4.8% 352 of 7,260 | 85.2% 5,784 of 6,791 | 1 | 2 |
| Beaufort County | 44,499 | $58,357 ±3,205 | 3.9% 803 of 20,400 | 87.5% 16,954 of 19,385 | 1 | 2 |
| Bertie County | 17,170 | $48,750 ±8,791 | 5.1% 344 of 6,774 | 71.6% 5,115 of 7,143 | 0 | 1 |
| Bladen County | 29,566 | $42,422 ±6,049 | 5.4% 648 of 11,903 | 85.1% 10,065 of 11,824 | 1 | 3 |
| Brunswick County | 152,568 | $77,024 ±2,734 | 4.7% 3,049 of 65,528 | 93.3% 64,463 of 69,124 | 4 | 3 |
| Buncombe County | 274,360 | $74,436 ±2,206 | 4.3% 5,851 of 136,517 | 90.3% 91,949 of 101,855 | 9 | 9 |
| Burke County | 87,795 | $58,592 ±3,527 | 4.4% 1,865 of 42,542 | 84.7% 30,764 of 36,306 | 4 | 2 |
| Cabarrus County | 236,133 | $89,005 ±3,534 | 4.6% 5,807 of 125,285 | 93.0% 78,313 of 84,246 | 3 | 6 |
| Caldwell County | 80,536 | $56,425 ±2,209 | 5.0% 1,958 of 38,882 | 86.4% 28,435 of 32,919 | 1 | 2 |
| Camden County | 10,927 | $91,078 ±14,321 | 5.5% 316 of 5,759 | 93.1% 3,736 of 4,011 | 0 | 1 |
| Carteret County | 69,148 | $72,322 ±2,766 | 4.0% 1,284 of 31,878 | 93.4% 29,868 of 31,977 | 4 | 2 |
| Caswell County | 22,404 | $59,755 ±4,753 | 5.2% 494 of 9,569 | 83.3% 7,356 of 8,830 | 1 | 1 |
| Catawba County | 163,573 | $67,864 ±2,779 | 3.7% 2,938 of 80,216 | 88.5% 58,612 of 66,227 | 5 | 3 |
| Chatham County | 80,151 | $94,317 ±4,141 | 2.9% 1,140 of 38,899 | 89.1% 29,401 of 33,004 | 3 | 4 |
| Cherokee County | 29,562 | $53,628 ±3,764 | 4.1% 510 of 12,546 | 83.6% 11,068 of 13,241 | 1 | 1 |
| Chowan County | 13,836 | $53,864 ±6,862 | 4.1% 263 of 6,392 | 88.9% 5,452 of 6,134 | 1 | 1 |
| Clay County | 11,610 | $56,971 ±8,915 | 2.6% 121 of 4,567 | 83.3% 4,233 of 5,081 | 1 | 1 |
| Cleveland County | 100,991 | $58,534 ±2,730 | 5.2% 2,463 of 47,468 | 85.0% 33,022 of 38,850 | 3 | 2 |
| Columbus County | 50,140 | $49,442 ±4,924 | 4.4% 908 of 20,699 | 83.1% 16,654 of 20,048 | 0 | 4 |
| Craven County | 102,612 | $65,873 ±3,115 | 4.2% 1,822 of 43,245 | 85.6% 36,696 of 42,871 | 2 | 2 |
| Cumberland County | 338,545 | $61,291 ±990 | 7.6% 10,368 of 135,672 | 91.1% 118,210 of 129,758 | 5 | 3 |
| Currituck County | 30,601 | $93,511 ±8,425 | 3.0% 471 of 15,787 | 91.4% 10,825 of 11,845 | 0 | 2 |
| Dare County | 37,875 | $88,994 ±5,211 | 5.9% 1,216 of 20,470 | 91.7% 15,440 of 16,836 | 2 | 1 |
| Davidson County | 172,954 | $64,172 ±1,806 | 4.1% 3,418 of 83,759 | 88.4% 61,712 of 69,846 | 2 | 4 |
| Davie County | 44,122 | $75,057 ±2,836 | 4.7% 1,016 of 21,467 | 91.7% 15,841 of 17,270 | 3 | 1 |
| Duplin County | 49,335 | $55,148 ±3,396 | 5.3% 1,225 of 23,029 | 82.8% 17,204 of 20,787 | 2 | 1 |
| Durham County | 332,353 | $82,316 ±1,930 | 3.9% 7,213 of 184,245 | 93.5% 132,669 of 141,847 | 2 | 17 |
| Edgecombe County | 48,736 | $51,265 ±3,893 | 8.7% 1,979 of 22,646 | 80.0% 15,722 of 19,652 | 1 | 2 |
| Forsyth County | 389,977 | $67,165 ±1,465 | 5.0% 9,761 of 193,477 | 90.2% 144,194 of 159,925 | 5 | 7 |
| Franklin County | 74,386 | $74,240 ±3,647 | 4.6% 1,698 of 36,827 | 89.0% 25,393 of 28,529 | 2 | 4 |
| Gaston County | 234,881 | $67,478 ±1,710 | 4.8% 5,597 of 117,686 | 89.0% 83,303 of 93,576 | 2 | 4 |
| Gates County | 10,376 | $66,333 ±9,431 | 5.9% 278 of 4,751 | 76.8% 3,220 of 4,192 | 1 | 1 |
| Graham County | 8,072 | $49,684 ±4,545 | 7.0% 241 of 3,434 | 83.4% 2,938 of 3,524 | 1 | 1 |
| Granville County | 60,877 | $71,111 ±4,675 | 4.6% 1,228 of 26,889 | 88.1% 19,808 of 22,474 | 1 | 3 |
| Greene County | 20,486 | $53,244 ±3,063 | 5.7% 495 of 8,756 | 82.3% 5,692 of 6,912 | 0 | 1 |
| Guilford County | 547,940 | $68,642 ±1,579 | 4.6% 12,905 of 282,362 | 91.2% 200,337 of 219,718 | 10 | 15 |
| Halifax County | 47,675 | $45,590 ±2,970 | 9.3% 1,874 of 20,219 | 75.4% 15,362 of 20,383 | 0 | 5 |
| Harnett County | 139,150 | $71,287 ±2,853 | 4.7% 2,799 of 59,664 | 85.2% 42,474 of 49,845 | 1 | 3 |
| Haywood County | 62,662 | $61,912 ±2,423 | 3.1% 915 of 29,605 | 84.4% 22,905 of 27,123 | 2 | 2 |
| Henderson County | 118,484 | $68,187 ±3,678 | 3.5% 1,960 of 56,608 | 90.0% 45,940 of 51,067 | 4 | 3 |
| Hertford County | 19,908 | $45,537 ±2,991 | 6.0% 502 of 8,411 | 82.8% 6,857 of 8,285 | 1 | 1 |
| Hoke County | 53,835 | $64,912 ±2,386 | 6.6% 1,412 of 21,376 | 90.0% 17,335 of 19,258 | 0 | 1 |
| Hyde County | 4,592 | $53,713 ±12,155 | 2.5% 45 of 1,808 | 72.0% 1,397 of 1,939 | 0 | 1 |
| Iredell County | 196,544 | $81,419 ±2,620 | 4.2% 4,266 of 102,431 | 93.6% 71,462 of 76,344 | 6 | 7 |
| Jackson County | 43,771 | $55,815 ±5,024 | 4.9% 1,024 of 20,865 | 78.9% 14,542 of 18,430 | 2 | 3 |
| Johnston County | 234,263 | $83,384 ±2,239 | 3.8% 4,600 of 120,797 | 89.4% 76,520 of 85,591 | 4 | 4 |
| Jones County | 9,302 | $59,641 ±6,422 | 4.4% 183 of 4,205 | 79.7% 3,286 of 4,125 | 1 | 1 |
| Lee County | 65,816 | $65,387 ±3,096 | 3.8% 1,207 of 31,422 | 78.1% 19,637 of 25,145 | 0 | 4 |
| Lenoir County | 54,919 | $45,143 ±2,547 | 9.0% 2,233 of 24,727 | 81.3% 18,990 of 23,351 | 1 | 1 |
| Lincoln County | 92,716 | $80,016 ±4,599 | 3.3% 1,543 of 46,238 | 91.1% 33,546 of 36,811 | 1 | 3 |
| Macon County | 37,941 | $59,061 ±6,098 | 2.8% 477 of 17,023 | 83.3% 15,324 of 18,406 | 0 | 1 |
| Madison County | 21,867 | $58,531 ±4,714 | 3.1% 326 of 10,403 | 83.3% 6,949 of 8,342 | 1 | 1 |
| Martin County | 21,644 | $48,578 ±4,615 | 6.1% 617 of 10,067 | 83.5% 7,930 of 9,502 | 0 | 2 |
| McDowell County | 44,817 | $57,168 ±4,181 | 4.1% 823 of 20,208 | 83.6% 15,583 of 18,638 | 2 | 1 |
| Mecklenburg County | 1,154,681 | $87,005 ±1,162 | 4.3% 28,644 of 660,759 | 94.1% 438,782 of 466,527 | 16 | 35 |
| Mitchell County | 14,992 | $57,602 ±5,146 | 6.5% 464 of 7,152 | 82.4% 5,429 of 6,587 | 3 | 1 |
| Montgomery County | 26,007 | $57,766 ±3,070 | 2.8% 324 of 11,387 | 82.7% 8,807 of 10,643 | 2 | 2 |
| Moore County | 104,876 | $86,080 ±3,381 | 4.8% 2,155 of 44,506 | 90.9% 40,002 of 44,013 | 2 | 4 |
| Nash County | 96,216 | $62,426 ±2,990 | 4.9% 2,276 of 46,008 | 84.7% 32,849 of 38,797 | 1 | 2 |
| New Hanover County | 235,229 | $75,166 ±2,054 | 4.5% 5,808 of 129,455 | 93.3% 97,826 of 104,856 | 5 | 9 |
| Northampton County | 16,931 | $50,086 ±3,007 | 8.1% 606 of 7,473 | 74.3% 5,836 of 7,857 | 1 | 2 |
| Onslow County | 207,906 | $68,148 ±2,456 | 5.4% 3,969 of 73,934 | 92.8% 69,855 of 75,265 | 1 | 2 |
| Orange County | 149,678 | $90,089 ±2,394 | 3.6% 2,818 of 77,502 | 94.0% 53,894 of 57,342 | 6 | 4 |
| Pamlico County | 12,390 | $59,717 ±4,799 | 5.1% 238 of 4,660 | 87.4% 4,766 of 5,456 | 1 | 2 |
| Pasquotank County | 40,834 | $66,589 ±7,087 | 5.9% 1,109 of 18,954 | 91.7% 14,477 of 15,785 | 0 | 2 |
| Pender County | 65,550 | $80,396 ±3,889 | 4.8% 1,518 of 31,476 | 88.6% 22,408 of 25,291 | 3 | 1 |
| Perquimans County | 13,244 | $67,917 ±7,998 | 3.6% 205 of 5,758 | 85.1% 4,780 of 5,614 | 0 | 1 |
| Person County | 39,542 | $63,300 ±6,412 | 5.6% 1,095 of 19,614 | 88.6% 14,226 of 16,063 | 0 | 4 |
| Pitt County | 177,193 | $58,188 ±2,075 | 7.8% 7,017 of 89,984 | 88.5% 65,992 of 74,533 | 5 | 3 |
| Polk County | 19,891 | $67,758 ±6,109 | 5.1% 471 of 9,291 | 84.8% 7,615 of 8,976 | 3 | 1 |
| Randolph County | 146,348 | $61,022 ±2,939 | 3.5% 2,485 of 71,351 | 87.1% 50,253 of 57,721 | 3 | 3 |
| Richmond County | 42,344 | $44,883 ±5,326 | 9.8% 1,885 of 19,253 | 87.4% 14,874 of 17,026 | 0 | 1 |
| Robeson County | 116,902 | $41,978 ±1,323 | 6.0% 2,725 of 45,696 | 77.6% 33,471 of 43,134 | 0 | 4 |
| Rockingham County | 92,131 | $57,053 ±2,844 | 5.8% 2,481 of 42,872 | 85.0% 33,680 of 39,606 | 3 | 3 |
| Rowan County | 149,875 | $65,725 ±2,025 | 5.3% 3,826 of 71,927 | 90.2% 53,147 of 58,899 | 5 | 2 |
| Rutherford County | 64,930 | $51,410 ±2,731 | 6.3% 1,863 of 29,343 | 82.9% 22,076 of 26,642 | 1 | 3 |
| Sampson County | 59,470 | $52,432 ±4,188 | 5.3% 1,378 of 26,136 | 84.7% 18,309 of 21,607 | 1 | 2 |
| Scotland County | 33,590 | $45,730 ±3,850 | 10.9% 1,535 of 14,029 | 87.3% 10,984 of 12,580 | 0 | 1 |
| Stanly County | 64,651 | $60,704 ±3,835 | 4.1% 1,235 of 30,460 | 88.4% 22,313 of 25,240 | 2 | 2 |
| Stokes County | 45,139 | $62,969 ±2,276 | 3.1% 650 of 20,776 | 86.7% 16,944 of 19,546 | 2 | 1 |
| Surry County | 71,425 | $55,656 ±3,280 | 4.4% 1,455 of 33,191 | 86.0% 25,678 of 29,869 | 3 | 4 |
| Swain County | 14,013 | $52,349 ±5,811 | 7.6% 499 of 6,560 | 77.3% 4,649 of 6,013 | 0 | 2 |
| Transylvania County | 33,691 | $66,184 ±5,016 | 2.8% 395 of 14,206 | 86.9% 12,679 of 14,584 | 1 | 2 |
| Tyrrell County | 3,423 | $41,685 ±12,236 | 2.8% 35 of 1,241 | 80.9% 1,252 of 1,547 | 0 | 1 |
| Union County | 250,958 | $102,900 ±1,953 | 4.2% 5,551 of 132,592 | 94.1% 79,230 of 84,237 | 3 | 6 |
| Vance County | 42,322 | $50,465 ±4,966 | 8.2% 1,599 of 19,458 | 85.3% 13,779 of 16,147 | 1 | 3 |
| Wake County | 1,178,653 | $105,768 ±1,626 | 4.1% 26,722 of 655,135 | 95.3% 438,569 of 460,175 | 12 | 27 |
| Warren County | 18,795 | $50,638 ±4,322 | 7.2% 571 of 7,928 | 82.5% 6,724 of 8,147 | 0 | 2 |
| Washington County | 10,812 | $41,813 ±7,001 | 13.0% 533 of 4,095 | 78.2% 3,711 of 4,744 | 0 | 2 |
| Watauga County | 55,123 | $51,693 ±3,285 | 7.9% 2,285 of 29,053 | 90.7% 19,218 of 21,198 | 4 | 2 |
| Wayne County | 118,652 | $59,733 ±2,739 | 5.2% 2,810 of 53,930 | 90.0% 42,744 of 47,507 | 1 | 4 |
| Wilkes County | 65,935 | $51,721 ±2,459 | 5.0% 1,516 of 30,176 | 88.1% 23,869 of 27,107 | 2 | 1 |
| Wilson County | 79,290 | $56,423 ±3,380 | 5.6% 2,049 of 36,364 | 85.7% 28,337 of 33,068 | 2 | 3 |
| Yadkin County | 37,574 | $62,932 ±2,830 | 5.3% 950 of 17,904 | 87.9% 13,190 of 15,009 | 1 | 1 |
| Yancey County | 18,797 | $58,709 ±5,720 | 7.3% 625 of 8,567 | 81.4% 6,616 of 8,130 | 0 | 1 |
Unemployed is B23025_005 ÷ B23025_003 (unemployed ÷ civilian labour force, age 16 and over); broadband is B28002_004 ÷ B28002_001 (households with broadband of any type ÷ all households) — both worked out here from the two published counts shown beside them. A dash means the Bureau published no estimate. Population carries no ± because the Bureau controls county totals to its official population estimates and publishes no margin for them. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.