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Highest homeownership rate, North Carolina counties · 2000

North Carolina counties with the highest share of owner-occupied housing units (2000 ACS). This list covers the 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPOWNER-OCCUPIEDVS 1990

01Clay County, NCNC12,23984.5%+0.1 pts

02Camden County, NCNC11,31583.4%+2.4 pts

03Davie County, NCNC45,85583.3%+1.2 pts

04Graham County, NCNC8,19082.7%+0.9 pts

05Pender County, NCNC72,11182.6%−0.0 pts

06Pamlico County, NCNC12,75882.2%+1.1 pts

07Brunswick County, NCNC174,70282.2%+0.7 pts

08Cherokee County, NCNC30,83082.2%+1.1 pts

09Stokes County, NCNC46,12682.1%+1.1 pts

10Gates County, NCNC10,23482.1%+1.0 pts

11Currituck County, NCNC33,15881.6%+1.2 pts

12Macon County, NCNC39,23281.3%−1.4 pts

13Ashe County, NCNC27,51481.0%−1.7 pts

14Mitchell County, NCNC15,06280.8%−1.6 pts

15Avery County, NCNC18,11080.6%−0.4 pts

16Union County, NCNC267,67480.5%+4.6 pts

17Alexander County, NCNC36,95880.5%−1.9 pts

18Yadkin County, NCNC38,32580.3%−0.9 pts

19Yancey County, NCNC19,08480.2%−0.6 pts

20Jones County, NCNC9,57579.8%+1.7 pts

21Transylvania County, NCNC34,21179.4%+0.5 pts

22Caswell County, NCNC22,56379.3%+0.8 pts

23Alleghany County, NCNC11,47978.9%−1.1 pts

24Henderson County, NCNC122,37578.8%+2.1 pts

25Polk County, NCNC20,53378.7%−1.2 pts

26Moore County, NCNC110,61978.7%+1.0 pts

27Perquimans County, NCNC13,49078.6%+1.8 pts

28Lincoln County, NCNC98,65478.5%−0.4 pts

29Hyde County, NCNC4,55478.4%+1.4 pts

30Wilkes County, NCNC66,23377.9%−1.4 pts

31Bladen County, NCNC30,00777.8%+0.4 pts

32Franklin County, NCNC82,03777.8%+2.3 pts

33Warren County, NCNC18,89877.4%+1.0 pts

34Haywood County, NCNC63,36977.4%+0.2 pts

35McDowell County, NCNC45,19877.2%+0.2 pts

36Chatham County, NCNC85,11177.2%+0.1 pts

37Northampton County, NCNC16,49177.0%+0.4 pts

38Swain County, NCNC14,02476.8%+0.5 pts

39Montgomery County, NCNC26,40376.7%−0.4 pts

40Carteret County, NCNC70,46976.6%+2.4 pts

41Madison County, NCNC22,55376.6%−1.2 pts

42Randolph County, NCNC149,51676.6%−0.4 pts

43Columbus County, NCNC50,48776.4%+0.6 pts

44Surry County, NCNC72,28776.3%−0.3 pts

45Stanly County, NCNC68,83076.3%−0.3 pts

46Anson County, NCNC21,75875.9%+0.5 pts

47Iredell County, NCNC211,79875.4%+0.3 pts

48Beaufort County, NCNC44,67075.0%+0.9 pts

49Hoke County, NCNC56,93975.0%−0.3 pts

50Granville County, NCNC61,42175.0%+1.6 pts

51Caldwell County, NCNC81,10574.9%+0.2 pts

52Duplin County, NCNC51,57174.9%−1.0 pts

53Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53774.9%−1.5 pts

54Bertie County, NCNC17,08674.9%+0.6 pts

55Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72574.7%+1.1 pts

56Greene County, NCNC20,70074.7%+4.4 pts

57Person County, NCNC40,63674.6%+2.1 pts

58Dare County, NCNC38,24574.5%+3.4 pts

59Rutherford County, NCNC65,74574.5%+1.5 pts

60Davidson County, NCNC180,18274.2%+0.5 pts

61Burke County, NCNC88,65574.1%−0.7 pts

62Rockingham County, NCNC94,19573.7%−0.6 pts

63Washington County, NCNC10,63873.6%−0.0 pts

64Rowan County, NCNC155,09673.6%−0.0 pts

65Sampson County, NCNC61,50473.5%+0.5 pts

66Johnston County, NCNC256,44873.4%+3.5 pts

67Cleveland County, NCNC103,32572.8%+0.0 pts

68Robeson County, NCNC119,94172.8%+2.6 pts

69Catawba County, NCNC170,17272.5%−0.3 pts

70Jackson County, NCNC45,03972.5%−3.1 pts

71Chowan County, NCNC14,08272.2%+1.6 pts

72Richmond County, NCNC42,04171.9%−0.3 pts

73Martin County, NCNC21,60171.8%+3.0 pts

74Lee County, NCNC70,25871.7%−0.9 pts

75Buncombe County, NCNC277,41770.3%−0.0 pts

76Harnett County, NCNC150,13770.3%+1.9 pts

77Alamance County, NCNC186,17770.1%−1.8 pts

78Hertford County, NCNC19,01570.0%+1.4 pts

79Scotland County, NCNC33,32269.2%−0.2 pts

80Gaston County, NCNC246,55868.8%−0.5 pts

81Nash County, NCNC99,36567.7%+3.4 pts

82Halifax County, NCNC46,53467.0%+1.7 pts

83Lenoir County, NCNC55,83767.0%+3.9 pts

84Craven County, NCNC105,02566.7%+3.4 pts

85Vance County, NCNC42,63866.3%+1.0 pts

86Wake County, NCNC1,257,23565.9%+4.9 pts

87Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20165.7%+0.5 pts

88Forsyth County, NCNC401,71865.6%+2.1 pts

89Wayne County, NCNC122,27865.4%+2.6 pts

90New Hanover County, NCNC245,95964.7%+2.0 pts

91Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12164.1%+2.3 pts

92Watauga County, NCNC54,78662.9%−1.3 pts

93Guilford County, NCNC562,23462.7%+1.3 pts

94Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38362.3%+2.6 pts

95Wilson County, NCNC81,15061.2%+1.9 pts

96Cumberland County, NCNC338,47359.4%+1.7 pts

97Pitt County, NCNC182,93658.1%+0.1 pts

98Onslow County, NCNC217,17558.1%+4.4 pts

99Orange County, NCNC152,49857.6%+2.4 pts

100Durham County, NCNC347,24054.3%+1.3 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS