Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of 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 households in North Carolina with household income of less than $40k was 33.38%. Among all North Carolina counties, Washington County had the highest percentage of households with household income of less than $40k (56.08%), followed by Bertie County (55.26%), and Robeson County (53.05%).
On the other hand, the following 3 counties had low percentages of households with household income of less than $40k: Union County (19.53%), Currituck County (20.87%), and Wake County (20.97%).
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 household income groups, for other states, as well as for the whole United States.
| Rank | County | Percentage of Households (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington County | 56.08 |
| 2 | Bertie County | 55.26 |
| 3 | Robeson County | 53.05 |
| 4 | Halifax County | 52.69 |
| 5 | Alleghany County | 51.80 |
| 6 | Richmond County | 50.82 |
| 7 | Warren County | 50.80 |
| 8 | Bladen County | 50.44 |
| 9 | Northampton County | 50.29 |
| 10 | Anson County | 50.17 |
| 11 | Scotland County | 50.14 |
| 12 | Tyrrell County | 49.68 |
| 13 | Columbus County | 49.54 |
| 14 | Lenoir County | 48.33 |
| 15 | Martin County | 48.04 |
| 16 | Jones County | 47.76 |
| 17 | Edgecombe County | 47.52 |
| 18 | Graham County | 47.24 |
| 19 | Hertford County | 45.69 |
| 20 | Vance County | 45.52 |
| 21 | Ashe County | 45.43 |
| 22 | Wilkes County | 45.20 |
| 23 | Cherokee County | 45.17 |
| 24 | Sampson County | 43.97 |
| 25 | Greene County | 43.64 |
| 26 | Duplin County | 43.46 |
| 27 | Rutherford County | 43.41 |
| 28 | Watauga County | 43.26 |
| 29 | Cleveland County | 43.22 |
| 30 | Macon County | 42.93 |
| 31 | Avery County | 42.85 |
| 32 | Wilson County | 42.64 |
| 33 | Rockingham County | 42.56 |
| 34 | Jackson County | 42.20 |
| 35 | Yancey County | 42.10 |
| 36 | Hyde County | 42.05 |
| 37 | Beaufort County | 41.93 |
| 38 | Mitchell County | 41.88 |
| 39 | Caldwell County | 41.46 |
| 40 | Swain County | 41.45 |
| 41 | Haywood County | 41.43 |
| 42 | Surry County | 41.19 |
| 43 | Burke County | 41.16 |
| 44 | Pitt County | 40.79 |
| 45 | Madison County | 40.69 |
| 46 | Chowan County | 40.42 |
| 47 | Wayne County | 40.39 |
| 48 | Pamlico County | 40.37 |
| 49 | Clay County | 40.04 |
| 50 | Cumberland County | 39.95 |
| 51 | Yadkin County | 39.88 |
| 52 | McDowell County | 39.73 |
| 53 | Caswell County | 39.70 |
| 54 | Hoke County | 38.85 |
| 55 | Person County | 38.76 |
| 56 | Davidson County | 38.37 |
| 57 | Craven County | 37.89 |
| 58 | Randolph County | 37.82 |
| 59 | Rowan County | 37.80 |
| 60 | Stokes County | 37.57 |
| 61 | Montgomery County | 37.45 |
| 62 | Perquimans County | 36.79 |
| 63 | Alamance County | 36.65 |
| 64 | Nash County | 36.44 |
| 65 | Forsyth County | 36.11 |
| 66 | Gaston County | 35.96 |
| 67 | Stanly County | 35.87 |
| 68 | Gates County | 35.49 |
| 69 | Pasquotank County | 35.47 |
| 70 | Onslow County | 35.35 |
| 71 | Transylvania County | 35.17 |
| 72 | Polk County | 34.83 |
| 73 | Catawba County | 34.76 |
| 74 | Guilford County | 34.48 |
| 75 | Harnett County | 34.03 |
| 76 | Alexander County | 33.48 |
| 77 | Buncombe County | 33.12 |
| 78 | Carteret County | 32.88 |
| 79 | Henderson County | 32.52 |
| 80 | Granville County | 32.34 |
| 81 | Franklin County | 31.83 |
| 82 | New Hanover County | 31.76 |
| 83 | Lee County | 31.55 |
| 84 | Pender County | 30.69 |
| 85 | Lincoln County | 30.60 |
| 86 | Camden County | 30.01 |
| 87 | Davie County | 29.91 |
| 88 | Durham County | 29.65 |
| 89 | Moore County | 29.22 |
| 90 | Brunswick County | 29.17 |
| 91 | Johnston County | 28.82 |
| 92 | Iredell County | 28.08 |
| 93 | Chatham County | 27.38 |
| 94 | Orange County | 26.05 |
| 95 | Mecklenburg County | 25.69 |
| 96 | Cabarrus County | 24.52 |
| 97 | Dare County | 23.55 |
| 98 | Wake County | 20.97 |
| 99 | Currituck County | 20.87 |
| 100 | Union County | 19.53 |