2007 County-Level Poverty Rates for NC

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				All people in poverty (2007)			Children ages 0-17 in poverty (2007)
					90% confidence interval of estimate			90% confidence interval of estimate
	FIPS*	Name	RUC Code¹	Percent	Lower bound	Upper bound	Percent	Lower bound	Upper bound
1	37000	North Carolina		14.3	14.1	14.5	19.5	19.0	20.1
2	37001	Alamance County	3	13.0	11.0	15.0	18.0	14.4	21.6
3	37003	Alexander County	2	11.8	9.5	14.1	16.2	12.6	19.9
4	37005	Alleghany County	9	16.7	13.1	20.4	26.0	19.5	32.5
5	37007	Anson County	1	21.3	16.8	25.7	28.7	21.9	35.4
6	37009	Ashe County	9	15.2	12.1	18.3	23.0	17.5	28.5
7	37011	Avery County	8	17.6	13.6	21.7	23.5	17.7	29.4
8	37013	Beaufort County	6	16.6	13.4	19.8	25.9	20.0	31.9
9	37015	Bertie County	9	26.0	20.6	31.3	35.6	27.2	44.0
10	37017	Bladen County	6	23.3	18.8	27.8	31.9	25.0	38.7
11	37019	Brunswick County	2	13.8	11.0	16.5	22.4	17.3	27.6
12	37021	Buncombe County	2	14.0	12.3	15.8	19.4	15.9	22.9
13	37023	Burke County	2	16.0	13.7	18.3	20.3	16.5	24.2
14	37025	Cabarrus County	1	11.1	9.4	12.8	14.4	11.6	17.1
15	37027	Caldwell County	2	13.6	11.3	16.0	19.2	15.0	23.3
16	37029	Camden County	8	8.3	6.3	10.2	10.9	8.1	13.6
17	37031	Carteret County	4	10.7	8.7	12.7	18.4	14.3	22.6
18	37033	Caswell County	8	15.8	12.5	19.0	22.6	17.2	27.9
19	37035	Catawba County	2	11.1	9.4	12.8	14.5	11.6	17.5
20	37037	Chatham County	2	11.3	9.2	13.4	14.9	11.5	18.3
21	37039	Cherokee County	9	17.4	14.1	20.8	26.4	20.1	32.7
22	37041	Chowan County	7	17.3	13.6	20.9	27.8	21.2	34.4
23	37043	Clay County	9	14.2	11.0	17.4	21.5	16.1	26.9
24	37045	Cleveland County	4	19.8	16.7	22.9	28.8	23.1	34.4
25	37047	Columbus County	6	20.7	17.6	23.9	31.2	25.0	37.3
26	37049	Craven County	5	13.9	11.6	16.2	20.4	16.1	24.6
27	37051	Cumberland County	2	17.2	15.1	19.2	23.0	19.2	26.9
28	37053	Currituck County	1	10.1	8.0	12.3	14.6	11.0	18.1
29	37055	Dare County	5	9.2	7.3	11.0	13.7	10.4	17.1
30	37057	Davidson County	4	15.1	13.1	17.0	20.8	17.2	24.3
31	37059	Davie County	2	9.3	7.4	11.2	13.3	10.2	16.5
32	37061	Duplin County	6	19.4	16.0	22.9	26.2	20.9	31.5
33	37063	Durham County	2	15.9	14.0	17.9	19.3	15.9	22.7
34	37065	Edgecombe County	3	22.1	18.3	25.9	33.2	26.2	40.2
35	37067	Forsyth County	2	14.1	12.6	15.6	21.7	18.6	24.8
36	37069	Franklin County	2	14.0	11.4	16.7	19.6	15.4	23.9
37	37071	Gaston County	1	14.8	12.8	16.9	21.6	17.9	25.3
38	37073	Gates County	8	15.7	12.2	19.3	21.4	16.2	26.6
39	37075	Graham County	9	22.2	17.6	26.9	30.3	22.9	37.7
40	37077	Granville County	6	13.2	10.5	15.8	17.7	13.6	21.9
41	37079	Greene County	3	21.7	16.9	26.5	29.7	22.7	36.6
42	37081	Guilford County	2	15.5	14.0	17.0	20.5	17.7	23.3
43	37083	Halifax County	4	25.9	21.8	30.1	37.7	30.7	44.7
44	37085	Harnett County	4	17.0	14.6	19.5	22.7	18.5	27.0
45	37087	Haywood County	2	13.4	11.0	15.9	21.3	16.4	26.2
46	37089	Henderson County	2	10.9	8.7	13.1	17.2	13.2	21.3
47	37091	Hertford County	7	24.9	19.8	29.9	31.9	24.4	39.5
48	37093	Hoke County	2	16.2	13.0	19.4	22.1	17.1	27.2
49	37095	Hyde County	9	23.1	17.8	28.5	30.1	22.6	37.6
50	37097	Iredell County	4	10.3	8.6	11.9	13.6	10.9	16.4
51	37099	Jackson County	6	18.6	15.2	22.0	21.3	16.2	26.4
52	37101	Johnston County	2	12.5	10.6	14.4	16.6	13.4	19.8
53	37103	Jones County	8	17.3	13.5	21.2	25.6	19.2	32.1
54	37105	Lee County	4	14.3	11.4	17.1	20.2	15.7	24.7
55	37107	Lenoir County	4	22.2	19.2	25.2	28.5	23.2	33.8
56	37109	Lincoln County	4	10.5	8.4	12.6	16.2	12.5	19.8
57	37111	McDowell County	6	14.7	11.8	17.5	21.1	16.2	26.0
58	37113	Macon County	7	14.7	11.7	17.8	23.7	18.1	29.3
59	37115	Madison County	2	16.2	12.6	19.8	23.8	18.0	29.6
60	37117	Martin County	6	19.8	15.8	23.9	30.1	22.8	37.4
61	37119	Mecklenburg County	1	11.0	10.0	12.0	13.8	11.9	15.6
62	37121	Mitchell County	9	15.8	12.5	19.2	22.7	17.2	28.2
63	37123	Montgomery County	6	16.9	13.5	20.3	23.7	18.1	29.2
64	37125	Moore County	4	10.2	8.3	12.1	17.3	13.3	21.4
65	37127	Nash County	3	14.6	12.2	16.9	21.4	17.1	25.6
66	37129	New Hanover County	2	13.7	11.9	15.5	19.1	15.7	22.4
67	37131	Northampton County	9	21.4	16.8	26.0	32.4	24.6	40.3
68	37133	Onslow County	3	14.2	11.9	16.6	20.3	16.4	24.2
69	37135	Orange County	2	14.2	12.2	16.1	11.5	9.1	14.0
70	37137	Pamlico County	9	14.3	11.2	17.4	24.8	18.7	30.9
71	37139	Pasquotank County	7	18.2	14.8	21.5	25.3	20.3	30.4
72	37141	Pender County	2	12.8	10.3	15.3	19.1	14.8	23.3
73	37143	Perquimans County	9	15.9	12.3	19.6	26.4	19.8	33.0
74	37145	Person County	2	16.3	13.2	19.3	18.6	14.3	22.8
75	37147	Pitt County	3	22.5	19.6	25.3	24.8	20.5	29.2
76	37149	Polk County	8	11.5	9.0	14.0	17.1	13.0	21.3
77	37151	Randolph County	2	16.8	14.4	19.2	25.1	20.7	29.5
78	37153	Richmond County	4	20.6	16.8	24.4	28.8	22.5	35.2
79	37155	Robeson County	4	28.6	25.1	32.0	41.4	35.6	47.3
80	37157	Rockingham County	2	15.1	12.8	17.5	21.9	17.8	26.1
81	37159	Rowan County	4	12.3	10.3	14.3	17.1	13.4	20.8
82	37161	Rutherford County	4	16.4	13.2	19.5	25.5	19.7	31.2
83	37163	Sampson County	6	20.6	17.2	24.0	29.3	23.6	34.9
84	37165	Scotland County	6	25.5	20.8	30.1	36.4	28.9	43.9
85	37167	Stanly County	6	13.8	11.2	16.3	19.2	15.1	23.4
86	37169	Stokes County	2	11.0	8.7	13.4	16.1	12.1	20.1
87	37171	Surry County	4	17.5	14.4	20.6	26.1	20.7	31.6
88	37173	Swain County	8	17.3	13.6	21.0	23.4	17.8	29.1
89	37175	Transylvania County	6	12.9	10.3	15.4	22.3	17.1	27.6
90	37177	Tyrrell County	9	25.1	19.3	31.0	35.5	26.5	44.4
91	37179	Union County	1	7.9	6.6	9.2	10.4	8.2	12.6
92	37181	Vance County	4	22.4	18.7	26.1	29.0	22.8	35.2
93	37183	Wake County	2	8.5	7.6	9.4	11.1	9.5	12.7
94	37185	Warren County	8	24.5	19.6	29.4	33.9	26.2	41.6
95	37187	Washington County	7	23.6	18.5	28.8	37.7	28.8	46.5
96	37189	Watauga County	6	18.6	15.5	21.7	15.3	11.6	19.0
97	37191	Wayne County	3	17.3	15.0	19.5	22.5	18.6	26.5
98	37193	Wilkes County	6	15.1	12.5	17.8	21.6	16.9	26.2
99	37195	Wilson County	4	17.8	14.9	20.7	25.3	20.1	30.6
100	37197	Yadkin County	2	15.5	12.9	18.0	21.0	16.7	25.3
101	37199	Yancey County	8	15.5	12.1	18.9	25.7	19.3	32.1

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¹The 2003 rural-urban continuum codes classify metropolitan counties (codes 1 through 3) by size of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), and nonmetropolitan counties (codes 4 through 9) by degree of urbanization and proximity to metro areas. See rural-urban continuum codes for precise definitions of each code.

Source: Bureau of the Census, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates.

*See the Census Bureau web site for a description of FIPS codes.