Census tract rankings · North Carolina

Highest-poverty census tracts in North Carolina

Largest share of residents under the federal poverty line. Group-quarters tracts (universities, prisons) get a population floor to avoid skewing the list. Filtered to North Carolina, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	high poverty
#1	Tract 116.01	Orange, NC	100.0%
#2	Tract 1.01	Pitt, NC	68.9%
#3	Tract 8.01	Forsyth, NC	66.8%
#4	Tract 113	Orange, NC	63.4%
#5	Tract 9205.01	Anson, NC	61.4%
#6	Tract 9206.01	Watauga, NC	59.8%
#7	Tract 56.22	Mecklenburg, NC	59.2%
#8	Tract 139	Guilford, NC	58.5%
#9	Tract 18	Wayne, NC	58.0%
#10	Tract 126.08	Guilford, NC	57.3%
#11	Tract 1.02	Pitt, NC	56.7%
#12	Tract 103	Lenoir, NC	56.4%
#13	Tract 8.02	Forsyth, NC	56.1%
#14	Tract 23	Mecklenburg, NC	55.7%
#15	Tract 2	Cumberland, NC	55.5%
#16	Tract 9706	Richmond, NC	55.4%
#17	Tract 116.02	Orange, NC	54.5%
#18	Tract 5	Onslow, NC	53.8%
#19	Tract 8.01	Wilson, NC	53.6%
#20	Tract 9304	Surry, NC	51.4%
#21	Tract 7.02	Pitt, NC	51.4%
#22	Tract 110	Guilford, NC	51.3%
#23	Tract 56.09	Mecklenburg, NC	50.9%
#24	Tract 14.02	Wayne, NC	50.5%
#25	Tract 315	Gaston, NC	50.3%
#26	Tract 27.05	Forsyth, NC	49.2%
#27	Tract 7.01	Pitt, NC	49.0%
#28	Tract 9608.01	Robeson, NC	48.6%
#29	Tract 202	Alamance, NC	48.4%
#30	Tract 614	Davidson, NC	48.1%
#31	Tract 15.04	Durham, NC	48.1%
#32	Tract 9312.03	Stanly, NC	47.7%
#33	Tract 16.02	Forsyth, NC	46.8%
#34	Tract 9603.01	Robeson, NC	46.4%
#35	Tract 107.02	Guilford, NC	46.3%
#36	Tract 524.09	Wake, NC	46.1%
#37	Tract 27.02	Forsyth, NC	45.7%
#38	Tract 117	Orange, NC	45.6%
#39	Tract 119.06	New Hanover, NC	45.6%
#40	Tract 15.01	Durham, NC	45.5%
#41	Tract 524.08	Wake, NC	45.3%
#42	Tract 5	Forsyth, NC	44.9%
#43	Tract 9205	Watauga, NC	44.6%
#44	Tract 114	Guilford, NC	44.2%
#45	Tract 110	New Hanover, NC	44.0%
#46	Tract 9608.02	Robeson, NC	43.7%
#47	Tract 127.06	Guilford, NC	43.6%
#48	Tract 9608	Vance, NC	43.6%
#49	Tract 114	Orange, NC	43.4%
#50	Tract 145.01	Guilford, NC	43.3%
#51	Tract 7.02	Wilson, NC	43.1%
#52	Tract 3.01	Forsyth, NC	43.1%
#53	Tract 9	Buncombe, NC	43.1%
#54	Tract 2.01	Pitt, NC	43.0%
#55	Tract 39.03	Mecklenburg, NC	42.7%
#56	Tract 102	Scotland, NC	42.6%
#57	Tract 109	Catawba, NC	42.5%
#58	Tract 8.02	Wilson, NC	42.5%
#59	Tract 303.02	Randolph, NC	42.2%
#60	Tract 9612	Robeson, NC	41.9%
#61	Tract 7	Forsyth, NC	41.7%
#62	Tract 58.68	Mecklenburg, NC	41.6%
#63	Tract 105	Lenoir, NC	41.6%
#64	Tract 9708.02	Sampson, NC	41.5%
#65	Tract 9204	Watauga, NC	41.3%
#66	Tract 9620.01	Robeson, NC	41.3%
#67	Tract 504	Rowan, NC	40.9%
#68	Tract 126.19	Guilford, NC	40.6%
#69	Tract 9603.02	Robeson, NC	40.5%
#70	Tract 103	Scotland, NC	40.5%
#71	Tract 319.02	Gaston, NC	40.4%
#72	Tract 34.03	Forsyth, NC	40.4%
#73	Tract 303	Lee, NC	40.3%
#74	Tract 24.01	Cumberland, NC	40.2%
#75	Tract 9506.01	Bladen, NC	40.2%
#76	Tract 520	Rowan, NC	39.9%
#77	Tract 51	Mecklenburg, NC	39.7%
#78	Tract 4	Forsyth, NC	39.7%
#79	Tract 56.04	Mecklenburg, NC	39.7%
#80	Tract 206	Edgecombe, NC	39.4%
#81	Tract 9204	Anson, NC	39.1%
#82	Tract 26	Onslow, NC	38.9%
#83	Tract 9605.02	Robeson, NC	38.7%
#84	Tract 127.07	Guilford, NC	38.4%
#85	Tract 115.01	New Hanover, NC	38.3%
#86	Tract 22.02	Onslow, NC	38.2%
#87	Tract 5	Cumberland, NC	38.1%
#88	Tract 9606	Vance, NC	37.9%
#89	Tract 9301.02	Beaufort, NC	37.8%
#90	Tract 3.03	Pitt, NC	37.7%
#91	Tract 112.01	Guilford, NC	37.5%
#92	Tract 9511	Cleveland, NC	37.4%
#93	Tract 9707	Richmond, NC	37.4%
#94	Tract 6.04	Wayne, NC	37.3%
#95	Tract 511.01	Wake, NC	37.3%
#96	Tract 9602.02	Robeson, NC	37.1%
#97	Tract 204.01	Chatham, NC	37.0%
#98	Tract 9608	Craven, NC	36.7%
#99	Tract 15.05	Durham, NC	36.7%
#100	Tract 302	Lee, NC	36.6%