Snapshot on the State of the Economy in NC
NEW: Latest Poverty Data for North Carolina Counties (updated September 2012)
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2011 Poverty and Deep Poverty Estimates
(in percents) |
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Name
|
Poverty Rate
|
Child Poverty Rate
|
Deep Poverty Rate
|
Child Deep Poverty Rate
|
Low-Income Rate*
|
| Alamance County |
18.6
|
30.4
|
9.2
|
15.1
|
42.4
|
| Brunswick County |
21.1
|
30.6
|
9.1
|
N/A
|
40.2
|
| Buncombe County |
18.3
|
27.6
|
7.4
|
11.1
|
39.1
|
| Burke County |
21.6
|
34.2
|
9.2
|
17.5
|
43.7
|
| Cabarrus County |
13.5
|
17.2
|
6.8
|
8.3
|
37.4
|
| Caldwell County |
22.4
|
30.4
|
11.7
|
15.7
|
51.2
|
| Carteret County |
19.2
|
32.1
|
4.3
|
N/A
|
36.0
|
| Catawba County |
13.5
|
18.7
|
6.5
|
8.4
|
38.6
|
| Cleveland County |
19.1
|
32.9
|
10.4
|
20.3
|
42.3
|
| Craven County |
14.6
|
25.1
|
6.8
|
10.9
|
32.6
|
| Cumberland County |
18.7
|
24.9
|
8.7
|
12.6
|
40.0
|
| Davidson County |
13.4
|
16.9
|
6.7
|
9.0
|
37.2
|
| Durham County |
20.4
|
28.9
|
9.2
|
13.1
|
42.1
|
| Forsyth County |
18.9
|
29.5
|
7.9
|
11.1
|
40.6
|
| Gaston County |
16
|
22.9
|
7.5
|
10.6
|
38.4
|
| Guilford County |
18.7
|
23.6
|
8.2
|
9.9
|
39.7
|
| Harnett County |
17.9
|
23.5
|
8.4
|
11.2
|
42.2
|
| Henderson County |
11.7
|
16
|
4.3
|
7.8
|
34.7
|
| Iredell County |
13.9
|
21.4
|
7.0
|
11.7
|
33.5
|
| Johnston County |
15.2
|
21.9
|
6.1
|
11.8
|
39.5
|
| Lincoln County |
14.5
|
23.5
|
5.6
|
6.2
|
31.6
|
| Mecklenburg County |
17.1
|
23.7
|
6.9
|
8.8
|
36.1
|
| Moore County |
16
|
23.5
|
8.0
|
12.9
|
35.5
|
| Nash County |
20.4
|
31.3
|
4.0
|
4.4
|
44.9
|
| New Hanover County |
17.5
|
23.9
|
8.9
|
13.3
|
35.8
|
| Onslow County |
15.3
|
21.6
|
7.5
|
11.6
|
42.1
|
| Orange County |
18.3
|
20.4
|
10.3
|
10.3
|
32.1
|
| Pitt County |
25.4
|
27.7
|
13.8
|
13.0
|
45.0
|
| Randolph County |
15.8
|
23.1
|
4.5
|
6.7
|
42.9
|
| Robeson County |
30.4
|
43
|
13.4
|
19.1
|
60.5
|
| Rockingham County |
15.1
|
20.9
|
6.4
|
9.5
|
42.8
|
| Rowan County |
19.2
|
31
|
9.2
|
13.2
|
41.9
|
| Rutherford County |
19.4
|
32.7
|
8.3
|
14.6
|
47.1
|
| Surry County |
23.3
|
31.9
|
7.4
|
11.3
|
51.9
|
| Union County |
10
|
11.5
|
3.5
|
3.4
|
25.2
|
| Wake County |
11.6
|
16.9
|
5.8
|
8.3
|
26.1
|
| Wayne County |
23.4
|
36
|
10.5
|
18.4
|
44.6
|
| Wilkes County |
28.3
|
43.4
|
10.9
|
14.4
|
54.6
|
| Wilson County |
26
|
41.2
|
11.2
|
20.2
|
48.1
|
| North Carolina |
17.9
|
25.6
|
7.8
|
11.5
|
39.3
|
| * Low-Income is defined as 200 percent of the federal poverty line.
Source: North Carolina Budget and Tax Center analysis of the United States Census Bureau's 2012 American Community Survey. At this point, data is available only for 39 NC counties with a population of 65,000 or more. Data for the remaining counties will be released in November and December 2012. |
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2012 County Economic Snapshots
The Budget and Tax Center‘s County Economic Snapshots provide a look at how well counties in North Carolina are faring across key indicators of economic well-being and opportunity—unemployment, poverty, wages and income, housing, health, education, and available supports. Indicators were selected based on several factors including availability, reliability, and consistency as well as what they can tell us about the conditions in the state’s 100 counties.
CLICK HERE for the interactive map on county economic data from 2010.
