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
#101	Tract 115	Guilford, NC	36.2%
#102	Tract 3	Buncombe, NC	36.2%
#103	Tract 9309.02	Halifax, NC	36.2%
#104	Tract 10	Cumberland, NC	35.8%
#105	Tract 9311.02	Halifax, NC	35.6%
#106	Tract 9705.02	Sampson, NC	35.6%
#107	Tract 1	Wilson, NC	35.6%
#108	Tract 104	Nash, NC	35.5%
#109	Tract 9604.03	Robeson, NC	35.4%
#110	Tract 9203	Person, NC	35.4%
#111	Tract 545.02	Wake, NC	35.3%
#112	Tract 53.08	Mecklenburg, NC	35.3%
#113	Tract 14.02	Cumberland, NC	35.2%
#114	Tract 102	New Hanover, NC	35.1%
#115	Tract 9611	Robeson, NC	34.7%
#116	Tract 9609	Craven, NC	34.7%
#117	Tract 2	Forsyth, NC	34.7%
#118	Tract 9607	Vance, NC	34.7%
#119	Tract 9501.02	Hertford, NC	34.6%
#120	Tract 39.02	Mecklenburg, NC	34.1%
#121	Tract 9704	McDowell, NC	34.1%
#122	Tract 9504.01	Hertford, NC	34.1%
#123	Tract 9702	Martin, NC	34.0%
#124	Tract 145.03	Guilford, NC	33.9%
#125	Tract 34.04	Forsyth, NC	33.9%
#126	Tract 110	Catawba, NC	33.9%
#127	Tract 6.01	Wilson, NC	33.8%
#128	Tract 102	Lenoir, NC	33.8%
#129	Tract 615.01	Davidson, NC	33.5%
#130	Tract 210	Alamance, NC	33.4%
#131	Tract 907.05	Duplin, NC	33.3%
#132	Tract 18	Pitt, NC	33.3%
#133	Tract 523.03	Wake, NC	33.2%
#134	Tract 204	Edgecombe, NC	33.2%
#135	Tract 105.04	New Hanover, NC	33.0%
#136	Tract 9308	Beaufort, NC	33.0%
#137	Tract 9608	Rutherford, NC	32.9%
#138	Tract 107	Lenoir, NC	32.8%
#139	Tract 23.01	Cumberland, NC	32.8%
#140	Tract 15	Forsyth, NC	32.7%
#141	Tract 20.02	Forsyth, NC	32.6%
#142	Tract 116.10	New Hanover, NC	32.6%
#143	Tract 10.01	Durham, NC	32.5%
#144	Tract 112.02	Guilford, NC	32.5%
#145	Tract 27.04	Forsyth, NC	32.4%
#146	Tract 105.01	Scotland, NC	32.3%
#147	Tract 9313	Henderson, NC	32.2%
#148	Tract 9710	Richmond, NC	32.1%
#149	Tract 19.26	Mecklenburg, NC	32.0%
#150	Tract 708	Lincoln, NC	32.0%
#151	Tract 301	Randolph, NC	31.9%
#152	Tract 4.02	Wilson, NC	31.9%
#153	Tract 9307	Columbus, NC	31.8%
#154	Tract 111.01	Guilford, NC	31.7%
#155	Tract 38	Cumberland, NC	31.7%
#156	Tract 25.05	Cumberland, NC	31.6%
#157	Tract 119.05	New Hanover, NC	31.6%
#158	Tract 9303	Beaufort, NC	31.6%
#159	Tract 9308	Halifax, NC	31.6%
#160	Tract 9609.01	Vance, NC	31.6%
#161	Tract 407.01	Cabarrus, NC	31.5%
#162	Tract 127.05	Guilford, NC	31.4%
#163	Tract 37.02	Mecklenburg, NC	31.4%
#164	Tract 142	Guilford, NC	31.3%
#165	Tract 9708	Richmond, NC	31.3%
#166	Tract 9506	Jackson, NC	31.2%
#167	Tract 9504.01	Bladen, NC	31.0%
#168	Tract 7	Wayne, NC	30.7%
#169	Tract 9503.01	Bladen, NC	30.6%
#170	Tract 6.01	Wayne, NC	30.6%
#171	Tract 9503.02	Greene, NC	30.6%
#172	Tract 5.04	Pitt, NC	30.6%
#173	Tract 209	Edgecombe, NC	30.5%
#174	Tract 108	New Hanover, NC	30.4%
#175	Tract 9620.02	Robeson, NC	30.4%
#176	Tract 1	Buncombe, NC	30.3%
#177	Tract 9711	Richmond, NC	30.2%
#178	Tract 19	Wayne, NC	30.2%
#179	Tract 709.02	Harnett, NC	30.2%
#180	Tract 9601.02	Robeson, NC	30.2%
#181	Tract 126.20	Guilford, NC	30.1%
#182	Tract 3	Wilson, NC	30.0%
#183	Tract 138	Guilford, NC	30.0%
#184	Tract 9204.01	Northampton, NC	29.9%
#185	Tract 9304	Halifax, NC	29.9%
#186	Tract 11.01	Onslow, NC	29.9%
#187	Tract 9618.02	Robeson, NC	29.9%
#188	Tract 38.07	Mecklenburg, NC	29.9%
#189	Tract 9603	Bertie, NC	29.8%
#190	Tract 17.01	Cumberland, NC	29.8%
#191	Tract 9203.01	Northampton, NC	29.7%
#192	Tract 4	Pitt, NC	29.7%
#193	Tract 14	Durham, NC	29.6%
#194	Tract 9211	Haywood, NC	29.6%
#195	Tract 607.01	Iredell, NC	29.6%
#196	Tract 9501.03	Warren, NC	29.5%
#197	Tract 203	Edgecombe, NC	29.4%
#198	Tract 17.01	Mecklenburg, NC	29.4%
#199	Tract 29.03	Forsyth, NC	29.3%
#200	Tract 213.01	Burke, NC	29.3%