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
#201	Tract 603.02	Franklin, NC	29.3%
#202	Tract 509	Wake, NC	29.3%
#203	Tract 604	Iredell, NC	29.2%
#204	Tract 419.01	Cabarrus, NC	29.2%
#205	Tract 2	Buncombe, NC	29.1%
#206	Tract 126.04	Guilford, NC	29.1%
#207	Tract 9703.03	Sampson, NC	29.1%
#208	Tract 28.01	Onslow, NC	29.1%
#209	Tract 9502.02	Warren, NC	29.1%
#210	Tract 332.04	Gaston, NC	29.1%
#211	Tract 9612.02	Craven, NC	29.1%
#212	Tract 9601.01	Montgomery, NC	29.0%
#213	Tract 9603	Pasquotank, NC	29.0%
#214	Tract 9204	Person, NC	29.0%
#215	Tract 9302.01	Surry, NC	29.0%
#216	Tract 9305.01	Surry, NC	28.9%
#217	Tract 107	New Hanover, NC	28.9%
#218	Tract 144.11	Guilford, NC	28.8%
#219	Tract 101	New Hanover, NC	28.8%
#220	Tract 708.02	Harnett, NC	28.7%
#221	Tract 8	Pitt, NC	28.7%
#222	Tract 414	Rockingham, NC	28.7%
#223	Tract 9206.02	Watauga, NC	28.7%
#224	Tract 161.02	Guilford, NC	28.7%
#225	Tract 9706	Sampson, NC	28.7%
#226	Tract 9302	Caswell, NC	28.6%
#227	Tract 9601.02	Wilkes, NC	28.6%
#228	Tract 524.10	Wake, NC	28.6%
#229	Tract 407	Johnston, NC	28.5%
#230	Tract 11	Durham, NC	28.5%
#231	Tract 9616.02	Robeson, NC	28.4%
#232	Tract 16.08	Mecklenburg, NC	28.4%
#233	Tract 15.07	Mecklenburg, NC	28.4%
#234	Tract 204.02	Chatham, NC	28.3%
#235	Tract 126.18	Guilford, NC	28.3%
#236	Tract 20.03	Pitt, NC	28.3%
#237	Tract 407.03	Cabarrus, NC	28.3%
#238	Tract 214	Burke, NC	28.3%
#239	Tract 9705	Richmond, NC	28.2%
#240	Tract 9301	Halifax, NC	28.1%
#241	Tract 602	Iredell, NC	28.1%
#242	Tract 9505	Cleveland, NC	28.1%
#243	Tract 6	Forsyth, NC	28.1%
#244	Tract 7.01	Wilson, NC	28.1%
#245	Tract 208	Edgecombe, NC	28.1%
#246	Tract 306.02	Gaston, NC	28.1%
#247	Tract 314.01	Randolph, NC	28.0%
#248	Tract 613	Davidson, NC	27.9%
#249	Tract 9310.01	Beaufort, NC	27.9%
#250	Tract 125.04	Guilford, NC	27.9%
#251	Tract 323.02	Gaston, NC	27.8%
#252	Tract 9502.01	Warren, NC	27.8%
#253	Tract 9605.02	Craven, NC	27.6%
#254	Tract 901.03	Duplin, NC	27.6%
#255	Tract 9605.01	Robeson, NC	27.6%
#256	Tract 106.02	Guilford, NC	27.5%
#257	Tract 304.01	Lee, NC	27.5%
#258	Tract 9606.02	Robeson, NC	27.4%
#259	Tract 9604.02	Robeson, NC	27.3%
#260	Tract 9608.01	Wilkes, NC	27.3%
#261	Tract 9607	Wilkes, NC	27.3%
#262	Tract 9310.02	Stanly, NC	27.3%
#263	Tract 9607	Rutherford, NC	27.3%
#264	Tract 32.02	Forsyth, NC	27.2%
#265	Tract 905.05	Duplin, NC	27.2%
#266	Tract 113.02	Lenoir, NC	27.2%
#267	Tract 9704.01	Hoke, NC	27.2%
#268	Tract 415.11	Johnston, NC	27.1%
#269	Tract 127.03	Guilford, NC	27.1%
#270	Tract 18	Cumberland, NC	27.1%
#271	Tract 144.08	Guilford, NC	27.0%
#272	Tract 907.06	Duplin, NC	26.9%
#273	Tract 35	Forsyth, NC	26.9%
#274	Tract 9703	Granville, NC	26.9%
#275	Tract 16.06	Mecklenburg, NC	26.8%
#276	Tract 9605	Vance, NC	26.8%
#277	Tract 9609.03	Vance, NC	26.8%
#278	Tract 24.02	Cumberland, NC	26.8%
#279	Tract 11	Cumberland, NC	26.7%
#280	Tract 103.01	Nash, NC	26.7%
#281	Tract 408	Johnston, NC	26.7%
#282	Tract 44	Mecklenburg, NC	26.6%
#283	Tract 9707.02	Granville, NC	26.6%
#284	Tract 9505.02	Bladen, NC	26.6%
#285	Tract 55.34	Mecklenburg, NC	26.5%
#286	Tract 520.01	Wake, NC	26.3%
#287	Tract 9607.01	Robeson, NC	26.3%
#288	Tract 16.03	Cumberland, NC	26.2%
#289	Tract 502.02	Rowan, NC	26.2%
#290	Tract 16.04	Cumberland, NC	26.2%
#291	Tract 32.05	Buncombe, NC	26.1%
#292	Tract 36.02	Cumberland, NC	26.0%
#293	Tract 9301.01	Chowan, NC	26.0%
#294	Tract 9502.01	Washington, NC	25.9%
#295	Tract 908.01	Duplin, NC	25.9%
#296	Tract 904.02	Duplin, NC	25.9%
#297	Tract 118	Orange, NC	25.9%
#298	Tract 9202.02	Polk, NC	25.8%
#299	Tract 9506.04	Cleveland, NC	25.8%
#300	Tract 9203	Haywood, NC	25.8%