Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Black or African American Alone Households with Household Income of Less than $40K in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of Black or African American Alone households in North Carolina with household income of less than $40k was 46.82%. Among all North Carolina counties, Macon County had the highest percentage of Black or African American Alone households with household income of less than $40k (89.09%), followed by Yancey County (85.19%), and Clay County (83.10%).
On the other hand, the following 3 counties had low percentages of Black or African American Alone households with household income of less than $40k: Ashe County (0.00%), Alleghany County (13.33%), and Madison County (14.71%).
The chart below shows the top 10 North Carolina counties with high household income, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.
You can also see similar information for other races and ethnicities, for other household income groups, for other states, as well as for the whole United States.
| Rank | County | Percentage of Households (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macon County | 89.09 |
| 2 | Yancey County | 85.19 |
| 3 | Clay County | 83.10 |
| 4 | Hyde County | 78.08 |
| 5 | Yadkin County | 74.48 |
| 6 | Pamlico County | 70.97 |
| 7 | Cherokee County | 70.41 |
| 8 | Bladen County | 68.80 |
| 9 | Washington County | 66.82 |
| 10 | Richmond County | 65.45 |
| 11 | Halifax County | 65.19 |
| 12 | Stanly County | 65.09 |
| 13 | Robeson County | 64.63 |
| 14 | Duplin County | 64.56 |
| 15 | Scotland County | 64.16 |
| 16 | Bertie County | 64.02 |
| 17 | Warren County | 63.32 |
| 18 | Tyrrell County | 62.98 |
| 19 | Perquimans County | 62.94 |
| 20 | Randolph County | 62.86 |
| 21 | Rutherford County | 60.84 |
| 22 | Columbus County | 60.81 |
| 23 | Northampton County | 60.35 |
| 24 | Caldwell County | 60.03 |
| 25 | Wilkes County | 59.96 |
| 26 | Davie County | 59.88 |
| 27 | Cleveland County | 59.59 |
| 27 | Martin County | 59.59 |
| 28 | Anson County | 59.31 |
| 29 | Greene County | 58.90 |
| 30 | Davidson County | 58.87 |
| 31 | Sampson County | 58.52 |
| 32 | Lenoir County | 58.48 |
| 33 | Beaufort County | 58.29 |
| 34 | Lincoln County | 57.97 |
| 35 | Catawba County | 57.56 |
| 36 | Gates County | 57.47 |
| 37 | Montgomery County | 57.05 |
| 38 | Edgecombe County | 56.78 |
| 39 | Person County | 56.45 |
| 40 | Chowan County | 56.21 |
| 41 | Watauga County | 55.89 |
| 42 | Haywood County | 55.77 |
| 43 | Vance County | 54.77 |
| 44 | Jones County | 54.73 |
| 45 | Pender County | 54.45 |
| 46 | Wilson County | 54.20 |
| 47 | Buncombe County | 54.08 |
| 48 | Wayne County | 53.92 |
| 49 | Forsyth County | 53.87 |
| 50 | Craven County | 53.85 |
| 51 | Rockingham County | 53.78 |
| 52 | Pitt County | 53.34 |
| 53 | Hertford County | 53.20 |
| 54 | Burke County | 53.15 |
| 55 | Jackson County | 52.94 |
| 56 | McDowell County | 52.59 |
| 57 | Polk County | 52.56 |
| 58 | Carteret County | 51.49 |
| 59 | Surry County | 50.63 |
| 60 | Alamance County | 50.18 |
| 61 | Lee County | 49.04 |
| 62 | Camden County | 48.93 |
| 63 | Cumberland County | 48.72 |
| 64 | Iredell County | 48.60 |
| 65 | Rowan County | 48.51 |
| 66 | New Hanover County | 48.47 |
| 67 | Dare County | 48.31 |
| 68 | Moore County | 48.18 |
| 69 | Henderson County | 46.76 |
| 70 | Gaston County | 46.43 |
| 71 | Stokes County | 46.40 |
| 72 | Alexander County | 46.33 |
| 73 | Granville County | 46.06 |
| 74 | Onslow County | 45.91 |
| 75 | Chatham County | 45.81 |
| 76 | Guilford County | 45.62 |
| 77 | Hoke County | 45.37 |
| 78 | Caswell County | 44.41 |
| 79 | Orange County | 43.81 |
| 80 | Harnett County | 43.65 |
| 81 | Nash County | 43.62 |
| 82 | Durham County | 43.12 |
| 83 | Brunswick County | 43.09 |
| 84 | Transylvania County | 41.89 |
| 85 | Johnston County | 41.42 |
| 86 | Swain County | 41.18 |
| 87 | Pasquotank County | 39.54 |
| 88 | Franklin County | 38.30 |
| 89 | Mecklenburg County | 37.30 |
| 90 | Wake County | 34.39 |
| 91 | Cabarrus County | 33.51 |
| 92 | Union County | 32.25 |
| 93 | Currituck County | 24.64 |
| 94 | Madison County | 14.71 |
| 95 | Alleghany County | 13.33 |
| 96 | Ashe County | 0.00 |