Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of White 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 White Alone households in North Carolina with household income of less than $40k was 29.08%. Among all North Carolina counties, Alleghany County had the highest percentage of White Alone households with household income of less than $40k (51.70%), followed by Graham County (47.43%), and Columbus County (45.95%).
On the other hand, the following 3 counties had low percentages of White Alone households with household income of less than $40k: Wake County (16.60%), Union County (17.42%), and Mecklenburg County (18.09%).
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 | Alleghany County | 51.70 |
| 2 | Graham County | 47.43 |
| 3 | Columbus County | 45.95 |
| 4 | Jones County | 45.37 |
| 5 | Ashe County | 45.19 |
| 6 | Washington County | 45.06 |
| 7 | Cherokee County | 44.43 |
| 7 | Wilkes County | 44.43 |
| 8 | Anson County | 43.80 |
| 9 | Avery County | 43.32 |
| 10 | Watauga County | 43.18 |
| 11 | Richmond County | 42.82 |
| 12 | Tyrrell County | 42.48 |
| 13 | Robeson County | 42.16 |
| 14 | Swain County | 41.98 |
| 15 | Macon County | 41.91 |
| 16 | Mitchell County | 41.64 |
| 17 | Bertie County | 41.45 |
| 18 | Yancey County | 41.43 |
| 19 | Rutherford County | 41.29 |
| 20 | Haywood County | 41.11 |
| 21 | Surry County | 40.95 |
| 22 | Caldwell County | 40.83 |
| 23 | Jackson County | 40.70 |
| 24 | Scotland County | 40.09 |
| 25 | Madison County | 39.97 |
| 26 | Burke County | 39.55 |
| 27 | Bladen County | 39.53 |
| 28 | Lenoir County | 39.32 |
| 29 | McDowell County | 39.18 |
| 30 | Rockingham County | 38.97 |
| 31 | Cleveland County | 38.70 |
| 32 | Sampson County | 38.25 |
| 33 | Clay County | 38.03 |
| 34 | Yadkin County | 37.74 |
| 35 | Martin County | 37.48 |
| 36 | Caswell County | 37.28 |
| 37 | Greene County | 36.75 |
| 38 | Halifax County | 36.42 |
| 39 | Stokes County | 36.21 |
| 40 | Beaufort County | 35.97 |
| 41 | Randolph County | 35.93 |
| 42 | Northampton County | 35.85 |
| 43 | Davidson County | 35.76 |
| 44 | Duplin County | 35.68 |
| 45 | Warren County | 35.57 |
| 46 | Rowan County | 34.81 |
| 47 | Transylvania County | 34.63 |
| 48 | Wayne County | 33.95 |
| 49 | Polk County | 33.77 |
| 50 | Edgecombe County | 33.76 |
| 51 | Gaston County | 33.67 |
| 52 | Alexander County | 33.53 |
| 53 | Pamlico County | 33.49 |
| 54 | Vance County | 33.48 |
| 55 | Alamance County | 32.95 |
| 56 | Hertford County | 32.92 |
| 57 | Pasquotank County | 32.85 |
| 58 | Onslow County | 32.84 |
| 58 | Pitt County | 32.84 |
| 59 | Stanly County | 32.69 |
| 60 | Cumberland County | 32.49 |
| 61 | Montgomery County | 32.43 |
| 62 | Catawba County | 32.16 |
| 63 | Carteret County | 32.09 |
| 64 | Hoke County | 32.02 |
| 65 | Craven County | 31.57 |
| 66 | Buncombe County | 31.53 |
| 67 | Nash County | 31.31 |
| 68 | Henderson County | 31.20 |
| 69 | Wilson County | 31.15 |
| 70 | Chowan County | 31.09 |
| 71 | Harnett County | 30.79 |
| 72 | Person County | 29.72 |
| 73 | Perquimans County | 29.67 |
| 74 | Forsyth County | 29.56 |
| 75 | Lincoln County | 29.45 |
| 76 | New Hanover County | 28.50 |
| 77 | Franklin County | 28.38 |
| 78 | Davie County | 27.82 |
| 79 | Hyde County | 27.73 |
| 80 | Brunswick County | 27.48 |
| 81 | Guilford County | 27.45 |
| 82 | Camden County | 27.32 |
| 83 | Lee County | 26.73 |
| 84 | Gates County | 26.62 |
| 85 | Moore County | 26.36 |
| 86 | Johnston County | 25.66 |
| 87 | Iredell County | 25.07 |
| 88 | Granville County | 24.79 |
| 89 | Pender County | 24.59 |
| 90 | Chatham County | 24.25 |
| 91 | Orange County | 23.32 |
| 92 | Cabarrus County | 23.08 |
| 93 | Dare County | 22.75 |
| 94 | Currituck County | 20.32 |
| 95 | Durham County | 19.86 |
| 96 | Mecklenburg County | 18.09 |
| 97 | Union County | 17.42 |
| 98 | Wake County | 16.60 |