Poverty Rate by City (from the 1990 Census) ABERDEEN 10.13 AHOSKIE 29.21 ALAMANCE 6.96 ALBEMARLE 14.11 ALEXANDER MILLS 18.37 ALLIANCE 20.82 ANDREWS 19.44 ANGIER 19.12 ANSONVILLE 22.86 APEX 6.53 ARAPAHOE 7.67 ARCHDALE 4.48 ARLINGTON 15.48 ASHEBORO 12.84 ASHEVILLE 15.87 ASKEWVILLE 9.45 ATKINSON 12.24 ATLANTIC BEACH 10.24 AULANDER 37.47 AURORA 24.59 AUTRYVILLE 14.62 AYDEN 24.91 BADIN .00 BAILEY 11.13 BAKERSVILLE 19.53 BALD HEAD ISLAND 5.13 BANNER ELK 11.59 BATH 13.77 BATTLEBORO 16.97 BAYBORO 26.02 BEAR GRASS 7.35 BEAUFORT 17.40 BEECH MOUNTAIN 11.52 BELHAVEN 36.50 BELMONT 9.72 BELVILLE 28.26 BELWOOD 4.69 BENSON 25.87 BESSEMER CITY 10.86 BETHEL 23.18 BEULAVILLE 17.48 BILTMORE FOREST 3.92 BISCOE 13.14 BLACK CREEK 6.57 BLACK MOUNTAIN 8.98 BLADENBORO 28.95 BLOWING ROCK 11.48 BOARDMAN .00 BOILING SPRING LAKES 7.21 BOILING SPRINGS 11.48 BOLIVIA 18.22 BOLTON 29.50 BOONE 40.99 BOONVILLE 12.94 BOSTIC 9.21 BREVARD 14.26 BRIDGETON 7.69 BROADWAY 8.95 BROOKFORD 9.63 BRUNSWICK 20.27 BRYSON CITY 20.92 BUNN 23.91 BURGAW 16.27 BURLINGTON 9.90 BURNSVILLE 19.54 CAJAH MOUNTAIN 5.94 CALABASH 5.97 CALYPSO 12.73 CAMERON 32.75 CANDOR 16.01 CANTON 12.64 CAPE CARTERET 6.30 CAROLINA BEACH 14.57 CARRBORO 29.43 CARTHAGE 8.72 CARY 3.18 CASAR 14.33 CASTALIA 37.68 CASWELL BEACH 1.94 CATAWBA 8.65 CEDAR POINT 5.05 CENTERVILLE 14.18 CERRO GORDO 10.89 CHADBOURN 31.80 CHAPEL HILL 16.14 CHARLOTTE 10.83 CHERRYVILLE 12.99 CHIMNEY ROCK .00 CHINA GROVE 7.68 CHOCOWINITY 20.09 CLAREMONT 3.98 CLARKTON 23.80 CLAYTON 14.85 CLEMMONS 2.33 CLEVELAND 17.90 CLINTON 26.95 CLYDE 10.11 COATS 23.51 COFIELD 40.61 COLERAIN 23.93 COLUMBIA 38.63 COLUMBUS 12.82 COMO 5.62 CONCORD 12.13 CONETOE 15.30 CONNELLY SPRINGS 14.54 CONOVER 5.84 CONWAY 21.94 COOLEEMEE 8.96 CORNELIUS 7.30 COVE CITY 21.28 CRAMERTON 5.91 CREEDMOOR 13.19 CRESWELL 28.84 CROSSNORE 9.84 DALLAS 18.59 DANBURY .00 DAVIDSON 7.03 DELLVIEW .00 DENTON 7.51 DILLSBORO 19.75 DOBBINS HEIGHTS 29.98 DOBSON 16.99 DORTCHES 5.48 DOVER 25.05 DREXEL 10.37 DUBLIN 21.30 DUNN 26.43 DURHAM 14.90 EARL 10.64 EAST ARCADIA 55.86 EAST BEND 20.43 EAST LAURINBURG 15.53 EAST SPENCER 28.55 EDEN 16.19 EDENTON 24.35 ELIZABETH CITY 28.16 ELIZABETHTOWN 26.09 ELK PARK 16.70 ELKIN 10.49 ELLENBORO 18.53 ELLERBE 29.52 ELM CITY 19.06 ELON COLLEGE 12.28 EMERALD ISLE 4.45 ENFIELD 30.29 ERWIN 14.50 EUREKA 15.11 EVERETTS 17.46 FAIR BLUFF 31.41 FAIRMONT 33.35 FAISON 17.32 FAITH 7.14 FALCON 9.85 FALKLAND 27.72 FALLSTON 7.04 FARMVILLE 19.70 FAYETTEVILLE 18.75 FLETCHER 9.20 FOREST CITY 17.81 FOUNTAIN 28.11 FOUR OAKS 26.52 FOXFIRE VILLAGE 1.18 FRANKLIN 22.13 FRANKLINTON 19.01 FRANKLINVILLE 5.66 FREMONT 23.54 FUQUAY-VARINA 13.15 GAMEWELL 12.90 GARLAND 31.98 GARNER 4.63 GARYSBURG 34.49 GASTON 20.58 GASTONIA 14.19 GATESVILLE 7.55 GIBSON 34.97 GIBSONVILLE 6.87 GLEN ALPINE 10.30 GODWIN 11.24 GOLDSBORO 21.16 GOLDSTON 2.46 GRAHAM 11.83 GRANDFATHER VILLAGE .00 GRANITE FALLS 12.68 GRANITE QUARRY 5.57 GREENEVERS 42.14 GREENLEVEL .00 GREENSBORO 11.58 GREENVILLE 26.64 GRIFTON 20.09 GRIMESLAND 10.50 GROVER 5.43 HALIFAX 10.53 HAMILTON 8.90 HAMLET 18.12 HARMONY 8.23 HARRELLS 19.34 HARRELLSVILLE 6.09 HARRISBURG 3.32 HASSELL 22.83 HAVELOCK 10.55 HAW RIVER 7.60 HAYESVILLE 25.00 HAZELWOOD 18.66 HENDERSON 24.07 HENDERSONVILLE 20.28 HERTFORD 34.62 HICKORY 11.27 HIGH POINT 12.74 HIGH SHOALS 29.80 HIGHLANDS 5.88 HILDEBRAN 9.58 HILLSBOROUGH 12.07 HOBGOOD 31.84 HOFFMAN 17.72 HOLDEN BEACH 3.13 HOLLY RIDGE 25.31 HOLLY SPRINGS 25.71 HOOKERTON 17.17 HOPE MILLS 6.37 HOT SPRINGS 11.09 HUDSON 7.42 HUNTERSVILLE 7.95 INDIAN BEACH 11.64 INDIAN TRAIL 4.69 JACKSON 16.67 JACKSONVILLE 11.89 JAMESTOWN 6.41 JAMESVILLE 35.08 JEFFERSON 11.13 JONESVILLE 19.15 KANNAPOLIS 11.76 KELFORD 13.56 KENANSVILLE 10.35 KENLY 24.84 KERNERSVILLE 8.46 KILL DEVIL HILLS 8.27 KING 4.93 KINGS MOUNTAIN 17.94 KINGSTOWN 9.47 KINSTON 25.16 KITTRELL 13.18 KITTY HAWK 10.12 KNIGHTDALE 2.50 KURE BEACH 13.59 LA GRANGE 27.81 LAKE LURE 10.31 LAKE WACCAMAW 16.55 LANDIS 6.62 LANSING 20.00 LASKER 10.49 LATTIMORE 19.35 LAUREL PARK 3.13 LAURINBURG 29.39 LAWNDALE 10.08 LEGGETT 5.83 LELAND 18.93 LENOIR 17.55 LEWISTON WOODVILLE 34.84 LEWISVILLE .00 LEXINGTON 18.55 LIBERTY 15.52 LILESVILLE 12.68 LILLINGTON 15.96 LINCOLNTON 17.41 LINDEN 9.52 LITTLETON 27.30 LOCUST 5.25 LONG BEACH 6.96 LONG VIEW 9.26 LOUISBURG 16.24 LOVE VALLEY 4.84 LOWELL 10.76 LUCAMA 14.68 LUMBER BRIDGE 29.73 LUMBERTON 29.10 MACCLESFIELD 9.71 MACON 24.31 MADISON 14.67 MAGGIE VALLEY 12.56 MAGNOLIA 32.89 MAIDEN 6.93 MANTEO 10.75 MARIETTA 36.23 MARION 17.61 MARS HILL 10.14 MARSHALL 27.02 MARSHVILLE 15.09 MATTHEWS 2.23 MAXTON 26.68 MAYODAN 14.94 MAYSVILLE 25.00 MCADENVILLE 7.79 MCDONALD 12.16 MCFARLAN .00 MEBANE 9.29 MESIC 25.93 MICRO 9.35 MIDDLEBURG 20.29 MIDDLESEX 27.57 MILTON 18.13 MINNESOTT BEACH 7.39 MINT HILL .99 MOCKSVILLE 8.90 MOMEYER .00 MONROE 16.69 MONTREAT 5.76 MOORESBORO 24.92 MOORESVILLE 10.19 MOREHEAD CITY 19.11 MORGANTON 10.60 MORRISVILLE 7.37 MORVEN 32.59 MOUNT AIRY 16.70 MOUNT GILEAD 13.43 MOUNT HOLLY 10.60 MOUNT OLIVE 23.19 MOUNT PLEASANT 7.71 MURFREESBORO 17.26 MURPHY 35.37 NAGS HEAD 5.91 NASHVILLE 11.14 NAVASSA 20.09 NEW BERN 23.20 NEW LONDON .98 NEWLAND 16.56 NEWPORT 2.54 NEWTON 12.46 NEWTON GROVE 16.25 NORLINA 19.39 NORMAN 17.43 NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH .00 NORTH WILKESBORO 22.56 NORTHWEST .00 NORWOOD 11.60 OAK CITY 28.79 OAKBORO 17.08 OCEAN ISLE BEACH 6.55 OLD FORT 16.04 ORIENTAL 17.16 ORRUM 57.55 OXFORD 21.82 PANTEGO 9.30 PARKTON 11.23 PARMELE 23.67 PATTERSON SPRINGS 4.70 PEACHLAND 14.78 PEMBROKE 32.43 PIKEVILLE 8.16 PILOT MOUNTAIN 11.79 PINE KNOLL SHORES 1.39 PINE LEVEL 12.16 PINEBLUFF 7.66 PINEHURST 3.13 PINETOPS 23.67 PINEVILLE 5.34 PINK HILL 27.78 PITTSBORO 13.53 PLYMOUTH 28.78 POLKTON 27.84 POLKVILLE 7.86 POLLOCKSVILLE 13.09 POWELLSVILLE 22.47 PRINCETON 21.34 PRINCEVILLE 36.93 PROCTORVILLE 13.71 RAEFORD 16.58 RALEIGH 11.80 RAMSEUR 8.78 RANDLEMAN 15.35 RANLO 10.70 RAYNHAM 21.88 RED OAK 7.46 RED SPRINGS 25.59 REIDSVILLE 18.50 RENNERT 25.59 RHODHISS 9.56 RICH SQUARE 12.82 RICHFIELD 12.04 RICHLANDS 17.17 RIVER BEND 3.47 ROANOKE RAPIDS 18.64 ROBBINS 13.48 ROBBINSVILLE 38.45 ROBERSONVILLE 25.54 ROCKINGHAM 15.86 ROCKWELL 8.27 ROCKY MOUNT 18.09 ROLESVILLE 5.89 RONDA 10.03 ROPER 33.75 ROSE HILL 21.21 ROSEBORO 29.06 ROSMAN 12.01 ROWLAND 26.24 ROXBORO 21.59 ROXOBEL 4.56 RURAL HALL 10.30 RUTH 12.50 RUTHERFORD COLLEGE 8.70 RUTHERFORDTON 15.86 SALEMBURG 6.94 SALISBURY 15.58 SALUDA 10.64 SANDY CREEK 6.27 SANFORD 21.06 SANTEETLAH 6.98 SARATOGA 15.22 SAWMILLS 7.15 SCOTLAND NECK 31.30 SEABOARD 43.10 SEAGROVE 7.82 SELMA 23.21 SEVEN DEVILS .00 SEVEN SPRINGS 22.49 SEVERN 21.32 SHALLOTTE 7.67 SHARPSBURG 12.97 SHELBY 19.27 SILER CITY 13.83 SIMPSON 37.71 SIMS .00 SMITHFIELD 17.53 SNOW HILL 17.83 SOUTHERN PINES 16.78 SOUTHERN SHORES 3.67 SOUTHPORT 12.38 SPARTA 18.23 SPEED 18.68 SPENCER 11.82 SPENCER MOUNTAIN 7.58 SPINDALE 14.26 SPRING HOPE 14.93 SPRING LAKE 21.20 SPRUCE PINE 16.09 ST. HELENA 11.58 ST. PAULS 25.60 STALEY 17.48 STALLINGS 5.78 STANFIELD 3.77 STANLEY 13.86 STANTONSBURG 23.06 STAR 20.34 STATESVILLE 15.72 STEDMAN 4.01 STEM 11.84 STOKESDALE 12.27 STONEVILLE 9.87 STONEWALL 22.78 STOVALL 12.37 SUGAR MOUNTAIN 4.90 SUNSET BEACH 6.85 SURF CITY 6.75 SWANSBORO 14.83 SYLVA 17.57 TABOR CITY 29.42 TAR HEEL 4.39 TARBORO 13.39 TAYLORSVILLE 18.56 TAYLORTOWN 22.90 TEACHEY 17.21 THOMASVILLE 12.93 TOBACCOVILLE .00 TOPSAIL BEACH 4.72 TRENT WOODS 2.70 TRENTON 13.78 TROUTMAN 7.98 TROY 22.34 TRYON 12.03 TURKEY 10.25 VALDESE 14.46 VANCEBORO 25.05 VANDEMERE 34.91 VARNAMTOWN 17.28 VASS 16.82 WACO 15.19 WADE 9.79 WADESBORO 19.93 WAGRAM 28.84 WAKE FOREST 9.29 WALKERTOWN 5.92 WALLACE 13.84 WALNUT COVE 15.22 WALNUT CREEK 2.07 WALSTONBURG 19.05 WARRENTON 13.92 WARSAW 31.89 WASHINGTON 27.27 WASHINGTON PARK 2.20 WATHA .00 WAXHAW 10.50 WAYNESVILLE 19.36 WEAVERVILLE 4.30 WEBSTER 17.66 WEDDINGTON 2.26 WELDON 21.83 WENDELL 9.48 WEST JEFFERSON 24.85 WHISPERING PINES 1.05 WHITAKERS 18.81 WHITE LAKE 12.98 WHITEVILLE 26.48 WHITSETT .00 WILKESBORO 11.28 WILLIAMSTON 29.44 WILMINGTON 22.11 WILSON 23.52 WINDSOR 16.93 WINFALL 37.87 WINGATE 9.01 WINSTON-SALEM 15.21 WINTERVILLE 17.15 WINTON 29.76 WOODFIN 15.91 WOODLAND 33.38 WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH 9.89 YADKINVILLE 13.80 YANCEYVILLE 27.34 YAUPON BEACH 6.28 YOUNGSVILLE 11.95 ZEBULON 15.09 NORTH CAROLINA 12.97 ----------------------------- Source: 1990 U.S. Census from LINC - variable 6094 Data Definition: Percent of Persons in Poverty. Percent of persons in poverty in the calendar year prior to the census. Based on persons for whom poverty status is determined. Sample data. Last Updated: March 26, 1997 (sk)