Poverty Rate by County (from the 1990 Census) ALAMANCE COUNTY 8.88 ALEXANDER COUNTY 9.84 ALLEGHANY COUNTY 20.06 ANSON COUNTY 17.65 ASHE COUNTY 18.41 AVERY COUNTY 14.56 BEAUFORT COUNTY 19.51 BERTIE COUNTY 25.92 BLADEN COUNTY 21.94 BRUNSWICK COUNTY 15.41 BUNCOMBE COUNTY 11.39 BURKE COUNTY 10.12 CABARRUS COUNTY 8.13 CALDWELL COUNTY 10.76 CAMDEN COUNTY 16.06 CARTERET COUNTY 11.60 CASWELL COUNTY 16.19 CATAWBA COUNTY 7.11 CHATHAM COUNTY 9.66 CHEROKEE COUNTY 20.42 CHOWAN COUNTY 17.73 CLAY COUNTY 17.95 CLEVELAND COUNTY 10.99 COLUMBUS COUNTY 23.95 CRAVEN COUNTY 13.59 CUMBERLAND COUNTY 14.43 CURRITUCK COUNTY 10.05 DARE COUNTY 8.26 DAVIDSON COUNTY 9.84 DAVIE COUNTY 8.36 DUPLIN COUNTY 19.13 DURHAM COUNTY 11.92 EDGECOMBE COUNTY 20.87 FORSYTH COUNTY 10.53 FRANKLIN COUNTY 14.54 GASTON COUNTY 10.59 GATES COUNTY 15.72 GRAHAM COUNTY 24.94 GRANVILLE COUNTY 13.47 GREENE COUNTY 19.08 GUILFORD COUNTY 10.11 HALIFAX COUNTY 25.58 HARNETT COUNTY 17.50 HAYWOOD COUNTY 12.72 HENDERSON COUNTY 10.49 HERTFORD COUNTY 24.95 HOKE COUNTY 21.09 HYDE COUNTY 23.99 IREDELL COUNTY 9.40 JACKSON COUNTY 16.68 JOHNSTON COUNTY 14.25 JONES COUNTY 20.24 LEE COUNTY 14.67 LENOIR COUNTY 20.03 LINCOLN COUNTY 9.61 MACON COUNTY 16.53 MADISON COUNTY 20.36 MARTIN COUNTY 22.29 MCDOWELL COUNTY 11.43 MECKLENBURG COUNTY 9.58 MITCHELL COUNTY 15.96 MONTGOMERY COUNTY 14.42 MOORE COUNTY 11.06 NASH COUNTY 13.58 NEW HANOVER COUNTY 14.02 NORTHAMPTON COUNTY 23.60 ONSLOW COUNTY 12.14 ORANGE COUNTY 13.89 PAMLICO COUNTY 18.89 PASQUOTANK COUNTY 19.75 PENDER COUNTY 17.21 PERQUIMANS COUNTY 21.55 PERSON COUNTY 12.95 PITT COUNTY 22.06 POLK COUNTY 9.63 RANDOLPH COUNTY 8.34 RICHMOND COUNTY 16.79 ROBESON COUNTY 24.07 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY 12.15 ROWAN COUNTY 9.44 RUTHERFORD COUNTY 12.29 SAMPSON COUNTY 20.67 SCOTLAND COUNTY 18.60 STANLY COUNTY 11.00 STOKES COUNTY 9.82 SURRY COUNTY 11.42 SWAIN COUNTY 27.61 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY 13.49 TYRRELL COUNTY 25.03 UNION COUNTY 8.43 VANCE COUNTY 19.62 WAKE COUNTY 8.39 WARREN COUNTY 28.20 WASHINGTON COUNTY 20.42 WATAUGA COUNTY 21.52 WAYNE COUNTY 15.21 WILKES COUNTY 13.30 WILSON COUNTY 19.74 YADKIN COUNTY 11.97 YANCEY COUNTY 18.65 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)