RANKING · 2024 ACS · 100 SHOWN OF 100

Highest Medicare coverage, North Carolina counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicare, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). A close proxy for retirement geography. This list covers the 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAREVS 2020

01Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53737.8%+5.6 pts

02Clay County, NCNC12,23935.7%−1.2 pts

03Brunswick County, NCNC174,70235.4%+1.5 pts

04Pamlico County, NCNC12,75834.6%+0.0 pts

05Cherokee County, NCNC30,83034.5%+0.6 pts

06Alleghany County, NCNC11,47934.0%+3.8 pts

07Polk County, NCNC20,53333.7%−0.1 pts

08Northampton County, NCNC16,49132.8%+3.7 pts

09Transylvania County, NCNC34,21132.6%+0.6 pts

10Warren County, NCNC18,89832.2%+0.9 pts

11Bertie County, NCNC17,08631.9%+3.7 pts

12Perquimans County, NCNC13,49031.9%+0.5 pts

13Macon County, NCNC39,23231.3%−0.7 pts

14Graham County, NCNC8,19030.4%+3.0 pts

15Washington County, NCNC10,63830.4%+2.9 pts

16Yancey County, NCNC19,08429.6%+0.7 pts

17Ashe County, NCNC27,51429.5%+2.0 pts

18Carteret County, NCNC70,46928.8%+1.4 pts

19Martin County, NCNC21,60128.5%+2.7 pts

20Bladen County, NCNC30,00728.5%+0.5 pts

21Haywood County, NCNC63,36928.2%+0.2 pts

22Jones County, NCNC9,57528.1%−1.1 pts

23Chowan County, NCNC14,08228.0%+0.8 pts

24Mitchell County, NCNC15,06227.9%−0.1 pts

25Beaufort County, NCNC44,67027.6%+1.6 pts

26Avery County, NCNC18,11027.4%−0.1 pts

27Henderson County, NCNC122,37527.4%−0.5 pts

28Halifax County, NCNC46,53426.9%+1.9 pts

29Wilkes County, NCNC66,23326.7%+1.4 pts

30Hertford County, NCNC19,01526.7%+1.7 pts

31Caswell County, NCNC22,56326.6%−0.1 pts

32Lenoir County, NCNC55,83726.6%+2.5 pts

33Columbus County, NCNC50,48726.3%+0.2 pts

34Stokes County, NCNC46,12626.3%+3.4 pts

35Rutherford County, NCNC65,74526.2%+0.8 pts

36Hyde County, NCNC4,55426.1%+3.7 pts

37Moore County, NCNC110,61926.1%−0.5 pts

38McDowell County, NCNC45,19826.0%+0.6 pts

39Dare County, NCNC38,24525.8%+3.7 pts

40Chatham County, NCNC85,11125.4%+0.4 pts

41Rockingham County, NCNC94,19525.3%+1.2 pts

42Davie County, NCNC45,85524.9%+1.9 pts

43Gates County, NCNC10,23424.9%+0.7 pts

44Montgomery County, NCNC26,40324.9%+1.2 pts

45Madison County, NCNC22,55324.8%−0.9 pts

46Alexander County, NCNC36,95824.8%+1.5 pts

47Craven County, NCNC105,02524.7%+1.7 pts

48Anson County, NCNC21,75824.5%+0.9 pts

49Caldwell County, NCNC81,10524.3%+0.6 pts

50Burke County, NCNC88,65524.1%−0.6 pts

51Edgecombe County, NCNC49,12123.9%+0.6 pts

52Surry County, NCNC72,28723.7%−0.4 pts

53Person County, NCNC40,63623.2%+1.4 pts

54Scotland County, NCNC33,32223.2%+0.5 pts

55Yadkin County, NCNC38,32523.1%+0.6 pts

56Buncombe County, NCNC277,41723.0%+1.4 pts

57Richmond County, NCNC42,04122.7%+0.7 pts

58Cleveland County, NCNC103,32522.3%−0.4 pts

59Vance County, NCNC42,63822.1%+0.5 pts

60Davidson County, NCNC180,18221.6%+0.9 pts

61Nash County, NCNC99,36521.6%−0.1 pts

62Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20121.6%+1.0 pts

63Wilson County, NCNC81,15021.5%+0.9 pts

64Jackson County, NCNC45,03921.3%+0.0 pts

65Duplin County, NCNC51,57121.3%+0.6 pts

66Stanly County, NCNC68,83021.3%+0.3 pts

67Granville County, NCNC61,42121.1%+0.8 pts

68Greene County, NCNC20,70021.0%−0.6 pts

69Pender County, NCNC72,11121.0%+0.0 pts

70Lincoln County, NCNC98,65420.8%+1.1 pts

71Catawba County, NCNC170,17220.7%+0.9 pts

72New Hanover County, NCNC245,95920.6%+0.4 pts

73Swain County, NCNC14,02420.5%−1.1 pts

74Randolph County, NCNC149,51620.4%−0.2 pts

75Sampson County, NCNC61,50420.3%−0.9 pts

76Wayne County, NCNC122,27820.2%+0.3 pts

77Rowan County, NCNC155,09620.0%−0.7 pts

78Franklin County, NCNC82,03719.8%−0.3 pts

79Currituck County, NCNC33,15819.4%+0.4 pts

80Robeson County, NCNC119,94119.3%+0.3 pts

81Watauga County, NCNC54,78619.0%+1.7 pts

82Gaston County, NCNC246,55818.7%−0.5 pts

83Lee County, NCNC70,25818.7%−0.4 pts

84Forsyth County, NCNC401,71818.6%+0.5 pts

85Alamance County, NCNC186,17718.6%−0.6 pts

86Iredell County, NCNC211,79818.2%+0.1 pts

87Camden County, NCNC11,31517.5%−3.1 pts

88Guilford County, NCNC562,23417.4%+0.2 pts

89Cumberland County, NCNC338,47316.8%+1.0 pts

90Harnett County, NCNC150,13716.5%+1.0 pts

91Pitt County, NCNC182,93616.2%+1.0 pts

92Orange County, NCNC152,49815.9%+1.2 pts

93Johnston County, NCNC256,44815.6%−0.4 pts

94Durham County, NCNC347,24015.3%+1.0 pts

95Hoke County, NCNC56,93915.2%+1.1 pts

96Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72514.9%+0.0 pts

97Onslow County, NCNC217,17514.8%+1.2 pts

98Union County, NCNC267,67414.2%+0.5 pts

99Wake County, NCNC1,257,23513.2%+0.9 pts

100Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38312.6%+0.5 pts

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