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
#401	Tract 608.02	Iredell, NC	23.6%
#402	Tract 39.03	Forsyth, NC	23.6%
#403	Tract 15.08	Mecklenburg, NC	23.5%
#404	Tract 38.11	Mecklenburg, NC	23.5%
#405	Tract 401.03	Johnston, NC	23.5%
#406	Tract 327.03	Gaston, NC	23.5%
#407	Tract 9504.02	Hertford, NC	23.4%
#408	Tract 111	Lenoir, NC	23.4%
#409	Tract 14	Forsyth, NC	23.4%
#410	Tract 33.16	Cumberland, NC	23.4%
#411	Tract 14.01	Wayne, NC	23.4%
#412	Tract 30.03	Buncombe, NC	23.4%
#413	Tract 9704.01	Carteret, NC	23.3%
#414	Tract 43.06	Mecklenburg, NC	23.3%
#415	Tract 61.12	Mecklenburg, NC	23.3%
#416	Tract 317.06	Gaston, NC	23.3%
#417	Tract 310.01	Randolph, NC	23.3%
#418	Tract 402	Rockingham, NC	23.3%
#419	Tract 714.01	Harnett, NC	23.3%
#420	Tract 59.20	Mecklenburg, NC	23.3%
#421	Tract 9201.01	Polk, NC	23.2%
#422	Tract 512.04	Rowan, NC	23.2%
#423	Tract 205.01	Alamance, NC	23.2%
#424	Tract 15	Pitt, NC	23.2%
#425	Tract 9501.04	Pamlico, NC	23.0%
#426	Tract 507	Wake, NC	23.0%
#427	Tract 519.04	Rowan, NC	23.0%
#428	Tract 9602.02	Rutherford, NC	23.0%
#429	Tract 104	Scotland, NC	23.0%
#430	Tract 9613.02	Robeson, NC	22.9%
#431	Tract 19.16	Mecklenburg, NC	22.9%
#432	Tract 19.23	Mecklenburg, NC	22.8%
#433	Tract 9310.02	Beaufort, NC	22.8%
#434	Tract 9701.01	Sampson, NC	22.8%
#435	Tract 9602.02	Craven, NC	22.8%
#436	Tract 9516.01	Cleveland, NC	22.7%
#437	Tract 16.05	Mecklenburg, NC	22.7%
#438	Tract 9602	Swain, NC	22.7%
#439	Tract 6.03	Wayne, NC	22.6%
#440	Tract 9502	Greene, NC	22.6%
#441	Tract 33.07	Cumberland, NC	22.5%
#442	Tract 23	Durham, NC	22.5%
#443	Tract 19.10	Mecklenburg, NC	22.5%
#444	Tract 25.01	Cumberland, NC	22.5%
#445	Tract 101	Lenoir, NC	22.4%
#446	Tract 4.01	Wilson, NC	22.4%
#447	Tract 102	Nash, NC	22.3%
#448	Tract 19.20	Mecklenburg, NC	22.3%
#449	Tract 107	Nash, NC	22.3%
#450	Tract 20.09	Durham, NC	22.3%
#451	Tract 205	Burke, NC	22.3%
#452	Tract 523.07	Wake, NC	22.3%
#453	Tract 9703.03	Macon, NC	22.2%
#454	Tract 9312	Henderson, NC	22.2%
#455	Tract 1.02	Durham, NC	22.2%
#456	Tract 31.06	Cumberland, NC	22.1%
#457	Tract 524.11	Wake, NC	22.1%
#458	Tract 13	Forsyth, NC	22.1%
#459	Tract 13.01	Durham, NC	22.1%
#460	Tract 9606	Wilkes, NC	22.1%
#461	Tract 37.01	Forsyth, NC	22.1%
#462	Tract 9503	Mitchell, NC	22.1%
#463	Tract 512.01	Rowan, NC	22.1%
#464	Tract 203.01	Alamance, NC	22.1%
#465	Tract 9606	Rutherford, NC	22.1%
#466	Tract 104.02	Catawba, NC	22.0%
#467	Tract 115.02	New Hanover, NC	22.0%
#468	Tract 508	Wake, NC	22.0%
#469	Tract 201.07	Chatham, NC	22.0%
#470	Tract 202.02	Burke, NC	22.0%
#471	Tract 304	Randolph, NC	22.0%
#472	Tract 105.01	New Hanover, NC	22.0%
#473	Tract 207.01	Union, NC	21.9%
#474	Tract 703.02	Stokes, NC	21.9%
#475	Tract 15	Onslow, NC	21.9%
#476	Tract 545.01	Wake, NC	21.9%
#477	Tract 317.04	Gaston, NC	21.9%
#478	Tract 9312.04	Stanly, NC	21.9%
#479	Tract 313.03	Gaston, NC	21.9%
#480	Tract 521.02	Wake, NC	21.8%
#481	Tract 9603.02	Swain, NC	21.7%
#482	Tract 101	Guilford, NC	21.7%
#483	Tract 9213.02	Haywood, NC	21.7%
#484	Tract 403.03	Johnston, NC	21.7%
#485	Tract 702	Harnett, NC	21.7%
#486	Tract 329	Gaston, NC	21.7%
#487	Tract 9503.01	Greene, NC	21.7%
#488	Tract 535.17	Wake, NC	21.7%
#489	Tract 907.04	Duplin, NC	21.7%
#490	Tract 9.02	Pitt, NC	21.6%
#491	Tract 9516.02	Cleveland, NC	21.6%
#492	Tract 701	Lincoln, NC	21.6%
#493	Tract 9305.01	Beaufort, NC	21.6%
#494	Tract 9706.07	Granville, NC	21.6%
#495	Tract 9605.02	Transylvania, NC	21.6%
#496	Tract 9604.02	Bertie, NC	21.5%
#497	Tract 409	Rockingham, NC	21.5%
#498	Tract 140	Guilford, NC	21.5%
#499	Tract 9702	Granville, NC	21.5%
#500	Tract 144.10	Guilford, NC	21.4%