RANKING · 2024 ACS · 100 SHOWN OF 100

Highest employer health coverage, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the share of people with employer-based health insurance, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). This list covers the 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPEMPLOYER-BASED INSURANCEVS 2020

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,23566.5%+1.0 pts

02Orange County, NCNC152,49865.2%−0.2 pts

03Union County, NCNC267,67461.9%−0.5 pts

04Durham County, NCNC347,24059.9%+1.2 pts

05Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72559.5%−2.1 pts

06Camden County, NCNC11,31558.9%+5.8 pts

07Johnston County, NCNC256,44858.0%+2.5 pts

08Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38357.7%−0.3 pts

09Chatham County, NCNC85,11157.6%+0.5 pts

10Currituck County, NCNC33,15856.5%+4.6 pts

11Iredell County, NCNC211,79856.3%+0.2 pts

12Granville County, NCNC61,42154.8%−1.8 pts

13Gates County, NCNC10,23454.0%−5.8 pts

14New Hanover County, NCNC245,95953.9%−0.9 pts

15Guilford County, NCNC562,23453.7%−1.1 pts

16Davie County, NCNC45,85553.1%+0.8 pts

17Alamance County, NCNC186,17753.1%−0.8 pts

18Forsyth County, NCNC401,71852.7%+0.0 pts

19Gaston County, NCNC246,55852.7%−0.9 pts

20Watauga County, NCNC54,78652.7%−2.2 pts

21Franklin County, NCNC82,03752.2%+0.8 pts

22Pender County, NCNC72,11152.0%+1.6 pts

23Davidson County, NCNC180,18251.0%+0.2 pts

24Lincoln County, NCNC98,65450.7%−5.1 pts

25Dare County, NCNC38,24550.6%+3.5 pts

26Stanly County, NCNC68,83050.5%−2.3 pts

27Catawba County, NCNC170,17250.4%−0.8 pts

28Pitt County, NCNC182,93650.3%−2.8 pts

29Stokes County, NCNC46,12650.3%−3.0 pts

30Rowan County, NCNC155,09650.1%+1.7 pts

31Carteret County, NCNC70,46949.8%+1.2 pts

32Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20149.7%+5.1 pts

33Person County, NCNC40,63649.7%−4.1 pts

34Jones County, NCNC9,57549.4%+10.8 pts

35Alexander County, NCNC36,95849.3%+0.8 pts

36Buncombe County, NCNC277,41749.2%−0.6 pts

37Nash County, NCNC99,36549.2%+0.0 pts

38Burke County, NCNC88,65549.0%−0.1 pts

39Craven County, NCNC105,02548.9%+1.1 pts

40Brunswick County, NCNC174,70248.0%−1.0 pts

41Polk County, NCNC20,53347.5%+4.7 pts

42Moore County, NCNC110,61947.4%+2.6 pts

43Martin County, NCNC21,60147.2%−0.3 pts

44Mitchell County, NCNC15,06247.2%−2.2 pts

45Lee County, NCNC70,25846.8%+1.8 pts

46Surry County, NCNC72,28746.6%−0.8 pts

47Madison County, NCNC22,55346.2%+1.3 pts

48Perquimans County, NCNC13,49046.2%−6.7 pts

49Yadkin County, NCNC38,32546.1%−2.2 pts

50Cleveland County, NCNC103,32546.0%−3.3 pts

51Yancey County, NCNC19,08446.0%+5.9 pts

52Rockingham County, NCNC94,19545.9%−2.5 pts

53Harnett County, NCNC150,13745.8%+2.2 pts

54Wilson County, NCNC81,15045.5%−1.8 pts

55Caswell County, NCNC22,56345.4%−6.6 pts

56Randolph County, NCNC149,51645.3%+0.1 pts

57McDowell County, NCNC45,19845.3%−1.9 pts

58Chowan County, NCNC14,08245.1%−0.7 pts

59Haywood County, NCNC63,36945.1%−1.5 pts

60Henderson County, NCNC122,37544.7%−3.7 pts

61Caldwell County, NCNC81,10544.2%−0.9 pts

62Bertie County, NCNC17,08644.0%+0.4 pts

63Ashe County, NCNC27,51443.5%−2.1 pts

64Warren County, NCNC18,89842.9%−2.6 pts

65Hertford County, NCNC19,01542.7%−0.4 pts

66Duplin County, NCNC51,57142.5%+2.1 pts

67Jackson County, NCNC45,03942.4%−6.0 pts

68Anson County, NCNC21,75842.3%−3.2 pts

69Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12142.3%−0.6 pts

70Transylvania County, NCNC34,21142.2%−1.3 pts

71Lenoir County, NCNC55,83742.0%−2.6 pts

72Bladen County, NCNC30,00741.8%+0.8 pts

73Northampton County, NCNC16,49141.5%−4.0 pts

74Montgomery County, NCNC26,40341.4%−4.4 pts

75Rutherford County, NCNC65,74541.3%−2.7 pts

76Sampson County, NCNC61,50441.3%+0.2 pts

77Wayne County, NCNC122,27841.3%+0.2 pts

78Vance County, NCNC42,63841.1%−2.4 pts

79Alleghany County, NCNC11,47940.7%+3.1 pts

80Wilkes County, NCNC66,23340.5%−4.4 pts

81Clay County, NCNC12,23939.9%+3.1 pts

82Columbus County, NCNC50,48739.8%+1.7 pts

83Pamlico County, NCNC12,75839.5%+5.2 pts

84Avery County, NCNC18,11039.4%−2.8 pts

85Scotland County, NCNC33,32239.4%−1.7 pts

86Graham County, NCNC8,19038.7%−7.0 pts

87Macon County, NCNC39,23238.3%+1.2 pts

88Cherokee County, NCNC30,83038.1%+1.5 pts

89Richmond County, NCNC42,04138.1%−4.5 pts

90Halifax County, NCNC46,53438.0%−1.1 pts

91Beaufort County, NCNC44,67037.8%−0.1 pts

92Hoke County, NCNC56,93936.9%+0.8 pts

93Cumberland County, NCNC338,47336.8%+0.3 pts

94Swain County, NCNC14,02436.7%+1.5 pts

95Greene County, NCNC20,70036.6%−4.6 pts

96Onslow County, NCNC217,17536.6%+2.8 pts

97Washington County, NCNC10,63834.3%−3.0 pts

98Robeson County, NCNC119,94132.8%−3.6 pts

99Hyde County, NCNC4,55430.1%+2.9 pts

100Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53729.3%−2.6 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES