RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 100 SHOWN OF 100

Most six-figure households, North Carolina counties · 2020

North Carolina counties with the most households earning $100,000 or more, as of the 2020 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of households, not the share. This list covers the 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 100 is 6,236.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPSIX-FIGURE HOUSEHOLDSVS –

01Wake County, NCNC1,257,235225,741–

02Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,383196,366–

03Guilford County, NCNC562,23476,643–

04Durham County, NCNC347,24055,611–

05Forsyth County, NCNC401,71852,753–

06Union County, NCNC267,67442,777–

07Buncombe County, NCNC277,41737,907–

08New Hanover County, NCNC245,95937,222–

09Cumberland County, NCNC338,47337,006–

10Cabarrus County, NCNC249,72534,752–

11Johnston County, NCNC256,44829,634–

12Gaston County, NCNC246,55829,368–

13Iredell County, NCNC211,79828,111–

14Orange County, NCNC152,49826,542–

15Brunswick County, NCNC174,70222,844–

16Pitt County, NCNC182,93622,441–

17Alamance County, NCNC186,17722,374–

18Catawba County, NCNC170,17221,623–

19Davidson County, NCNC180,18221,165–

20Onslow County, NCNC217,17520,997–

21Henderson County, NCNC122,37518,843–

22Moore County, NCNC110,61917,682–

23Rowan County, NCNC155,09617,260–

24Randolph County, NCNC149,51616,446–

25Harnett County, NCNC150,13716,210–

26Craven County, NCNC105,02514,291–

27Chatham County, NCNC85,11114,153–

28Wayne County, NCNC122,27813,769–

29Lincoln County, NCNC98,65413,183–

30Carteret County, NCNC70,46911,478–

31Nash County, NCNC99,36511,096–

32Rockingham County, NCNC94,19510,456–

33Robeson County, NCNC119,9419,810–

34Franklin County, NCNC82,0379,764–

35Cleveland County, NCNC103,3259,679–

36Caldwell County, NCNC81,1059,583–

37Burke County, NCNC88,6559,450–

38Pender County, NCNC72,1119,144–

39Wilson County, NCNC81,1509,018–

40Haywood County, NCNC63,3698,799–

41Surry County, NCNC72,2878,508–

42Granville County, NCNC61,4218,291–

43Stanly County, NCNC68,8308,166–

44Wilkes County, NCNC66,2337,447–

45Lee County, NCNC70,2586,972–

46Watauga County, NCNC54,7866,839–

47Dare County, NCNC38,2456,648–

48Davie County, NCNC45,8556,588–

49Rutherford County, NCNC65,7456,475–

50Beaufort County, NCNC44,6706,236–

51Stokes County, NCNC46,1266,168–

52Person County, NCNC40,6365,974–

53Sampson County, NCNC61,5045,868–

54Hoke County, NCNC56,9395,837–

55Lenoir County, NCNC55,8375,500–

56Currituck County, NCNC33,1585,362–

57Pasquotank County, NCNC42,2015,236–

58Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1215,197–

59Duplin County, NCNC51,5715,164–

60McDowell County, NCNC45,1985,011–

61Transylvania County, NCNC34,2114,948–

62Columbus County, NCNC50,4874,727–

63Jackson County, NCNC45,0394,555–

64Alexander County, NCNC36,9584,518–

65Yadkin County, NCNC38,3254,506–

66Halifax County, NCNC46,5344,326–

67Macon County, NCNC39,2324,202–

68Richmond County, NCNC42,0414,175–

69Vance County, NCNC42,6384,129–

70Cherokee County, NCNC30,8303,005–

71Bladen County, NCNC30,0073,004–

72Ashe County, NCNC27,5142,933–

73Polk County, NCNC20,5332,871–

74Scotland County, NCNC33,3222,767–

75Madison County, NCNC22,5532,607–

76Caswell County, NCNC22,5632,491–

77Montgomery County, NCNC26,4032,465–

78Anson County, NCNC21,7582,240–

79Perquimans County, NCNC13,4902,083–

80Martin County, NCNC21,6012,037–

81Hertford County, NCNC19,0152,008–

82Yancey County, NCNC19,0841,923–

83Warren County, NCNC18,8981,870–

84Chowan County, NCNC14,0821,795–

85Greene County, NCNC20,7001,777–

86Mitchell County, NCNC15,0621,739–

87Pamlico County, NCNC12,7581,726–

88Northampton County, NCNC16,4911,723–

89Swain County, NCNC14,0241,678–

90Avery County, NCNC18,1101,634–

91Camden County, NCNC11,3151,623–

92Clay County, NCNC12,2391,595–

93Bertie County, NCNC17,0861,537–

94Gates County, NCNC10,2341,318–

95Alleghany County, NCNC11,4791,134–

96Jones County, NCNC9,5751,028–

97Washington County, NCNC10,638846–

98Graham County, NCNC8,190790–

99Hyde County, NCNC4,554462–

100Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537382–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS