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
#301	Tract 901.01	Duplin, NC	25.8%
#302	Tract 412.06	Johnston, NC	25.8%
#303	Tract 9607.02	Robeson, NC	25.7%
#304	Tract 308.02	Caldwell, NC	25.7%
#305	Tract 9305.01	Halifax, NC	25.7%
#306	Tract 108	Guilford, NC	25.7%
#307	Tract 9701.02	Sampson, NC	25.5%
#308	Tract 9201.01	Hyde, NC	25.5%
#309	Tract 601	Iredell, NC	25.5%
#310	Tract 53.01	Mecklenburg, NC	25.5%
#311	Tract 17.02	Mecklenburg, NC	25.5%
#312	Tract 9618.01	Robeson, NC	25.4%
#313	Tract 311.01	Randolph, NC	25.4%
#314	Tract 513.03	Rowan, NC	25.4%
#315	Tract 543.03	Wake, NC	25.3%
#316	Tract 13.01	Wilson, NC	25.3%
#317	Tract 9502.02	Washington, NC	25.3%
#318	Tract 33.02	Cumberland, NC	25.3%
#319	Tract 201	Alamance, NC	25.3%
#320	Tract 616	Davidson, NC	25.2%
#321	Tract 9601.01	Robeson, NC	25.2%
#322	Tract 9602	Wilkes, NC	25.2%
#323	Tract 603	Iredell, NC	25.1%
#324	Tract 210	Edgecombe, NC	25.1%
#325	Tract 205.05	Brunswick, NC	25.1%
#326	Tract 9501	Washington, NC	25.1%
#327	Tract 9306.04	Cherokee, NC	25.1%
#328	Tract 15	Wayne, NC	25.0%
#329	Tract 503	Rowan, NC	25.0%
#330	Tract 523.04	Wake, NC	25.0%
#331	Tract 14.04	Pitt, NC	25.0%
#332	Tract 304.02	Lee, NC	25.0%
#333	Tract 901.02	Duplin, NC	25.0%
#334	Tract 9501	Moore, NC	25.0%
#335	Tract 35.02	Cumberland, NC	25.0%
#336	Tract 113	Guilford, NC	25.0%
#337	Tract 53.05	Mecklenburg, NC	25.0%
#338	Tract 412	Rockingham, NC	25.0%
#339	Tract 9703	Martin, NC	25.0%
#340	Tract 9312.01	Columbus, NC	24.9%
#341	Tract 206	Burke, NC	24.9%
#342	Tract 514	Wake, NC	24.9%
#343	Tract 202	Edgecombe, NC	24.9%
#344	Tract 6.02	Pitt, NC	24.8%
#345	Tract 33.12	Cumberland, NC	24.8%
#346	Tract 52	Mecklenburg, NC	24.8%
#347	Tract 540.15	Wake, NC	24.7%
#348	Tract 9704.02	Carteret, NC	24.7%
#349	Tract 53.06	Mecklenburg, NC	24.6%
#350	Tract 9605	Wilkes, NC	24.6%
#351	Tract 321	Gaston, NC	24.6%
#352	Tract 9310.03	Surry, NC	24.6%
#353	Tract 101.02	Scotland, NC	24.6%
#354	Tract 106.01	Scotland, NC	24.5%
#355	Tract 9313.02	Columbus, NC	24.5%
#356	Tract 25.03	Cumberland, NC	24.4%
#357	Tract 9610	Robeson, NC	24.4%
#358	Tract 116.02	Guilford, NC	24.4%
#359	Tract 9202.02	Northampton, NC	24.4%
#360	Tract 406	Johnston, NC	24.3%
#361	Tract 9704	Martin, NC	24.3%
#362	Tract 9619	Robeson, NC	24.3%
#363	Tract 24.01	Buncombe, NC	24.3%
#364	Tract 46	Mecklenburg, NC	24.3%
#365	Tract 9305.04	Halifax, NC	24.2%
#366	Tract 9615	Robeson, NC	24.2%
#367	Tract 204.05	Union, NC	24.2%
#368	Tract 53.07	Mecklenburg, NC	24.2%
#369	Tract 18.02	Durham, NC	24.2%
#370	Tract 9303	Caswell, NC	24.2%
#371	Tract 13.04	Durham, NC	24.1%
#372	Tract 9206	Anson, NC	24.1%
#373	Tract 9202.04	Pender, NC	24.1%
#374	Tract 305.03	Gaston, NC	24.1%
#375	Tract 9302.01	Henderson, NC	24.1%
#376	Tract 712.04	Harnett, NC	24.0%
#377	Tract 603.01	Franklin, NC	24.0%
#378	Tract 19.03	Cumberland, NC	24.0%
#379	Tract 9708.02	Ashe, NC	23.9%
#380	Tract 316	Gaston, NC	23.9%
#381	Tract 204	Alamance, NC	23.9%
#382	Tract 502.01	Rowan, NC	23.9%
#383	Tract 9309	Columbus, NC	23.9%
#384	Tract 5.03	Pitt, NC	23.9%
#385	Tract 9701.04	Hoke, NC	23.9%
#386	Tract 9508	Jackson, NC	23.8%
#387	Tract 115.03	New Hanover, NC	23.8%
#388	Tract 9502	Bladen, NC	23.8%
#389	Tract 2	Durham, NC	23.8%
#390	Tract 702.01	Lincoln, NC	23.8%
#391	Tract 410.01	Rockingham, NC	23.8%
#392	Tract 9704.02	Sampson, NC	23.8%
#393	Tract 25.06	Buncombe, NC	23.7%
#394	Tract 908.04	Duplin, NC	23.7%
#395	Tract 9706	Martin, NC	23.7%
#396	Tract 332.03	Gaston, NC	23.7%
#397	Tract 204.09	Brunswick, NC	23.6%
#398	Tract 13.03	Durham, NC	23.6%
#399	Tract 334	Gaston, NC	23.6%
#400	Tract 11	Forsyth, NC	23.6%