North Carolina is the twenty-eighth richest state in the United States of America, with a per capita income of $20,307 (2000).
North Carolina Counties Ranked by Per Capita Income
Note: Data is from the 2010 United States Census Data and the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Rank County Per capitaincome Medianhouseholdincome Medianfamilyincome Population Number ofhouseholds 1 Orange $32,912 $52,981 $79,811 133,801 51,457 2 Wake $32,592 $63,770 $81,461 900,993 345,645 3 Mecklenburg $31,848 $55,294 $67,375 919,628 362,213 4 Dare $30,327 $53,889 $65,778 33,920 14,335 5 Chatham $29,991 $56,038 $66,120 63,505 25,845 6 New Hanover $29,363 $48,553 $65,188 202,667 86,046 7 Union $28,596 $63,386 $71,538 201,292 67,864 8 Durham $27,503 $49,894 $62,890 267,587 109,348 United States $27,334 $51,914 $62,982 308,745,538 116,716,292 9 Carteret $26,791 $46,155 $56,842 66,469 28,870 10 Brunswick $26,315 $45,806 $54,644 107,431 46,297 11 Guilford $26,267 $45,676 $59,367 488,406 196,628 12 Forsyth $26,213 $46,749 $59,867 350,670 141,163 13 Cabarrus $26,165 $53,928 $65,594 178,011 65,666 14 Macon $26,156 $38,615 $46,702 33,922 14,591 15 Davie $26,139 $49,727 $61,659 41,240 16,245 16 Currituck $26,083 $55,376 $66,213 23,547 8,880 17 Henderson $26,061 $46,446 $58,381 106,740 45,448 18 Moore $25,786 $48,319 $61,068 88,247 37,540 19 Buncombe $25,665 $44,190 $54,981 238,318 100,412 20 Iredell $25,610 $48,962 $59,639 159,437 61,215 21 Camden $25,544 $61,091 $74,320 9,980 3,675 North Carolina $24,745 $45,570 $56,153 9,535,483 3,745,155 22 Craven $24,591 $44,599 $53,604 103,505 40,299 23 Haywood $24,233 $41,377 $51,596 59,036 25,563 24 Polk $24,008 $43,692 $55,846 20,510 8,989 25 Transylvania $23,939 $39,408 $52,674 33,090 14,394 26 Nash $23,909 $44,499 $55,186 95,840 37,782 27 Lincoln $23,560 $47,450 $54,765 78,265 30,343 28 Avery $23,465 $34,918 $47,644 17,797 6,664 29 Pamlico $23,320 $40,561 $51,630 13,144 5,490 30 Catawba $22,969 $43,484 $53,285 154,358 60,887 31 Pender $22,872 $44,338 $54,087 52,217 20,333 32 Alamance $22,819 $44,167 $52,806 151,131 59,960 33 Beaufort $22,728 $40,653 $49,668 47,759 19,941 34 Johnston $22,437 $49,745 $58,187 168,878 61,909 35 Gaston $22,305 $43,253 $53,366 206,086 79,867 36 Cumberland $22,285 $43,834 $50,910 319,431 122,431 37 Davidson $22,268 $44,249 $54,652 162,878 64,515 38 Perquimans $22,085 $43,041 $48,870 13,453 5,598 39 Pitt $21,935 $38,592 $53,432 168,148 67,577 40 Person $21,848 $44,668 $54,747 39,464 15,826 41 Pasquotank $21,736 $44,085 $54,785 40,661 14,956 42 Granville $21,733 $48,210 $57,203 59,916 20,628 43 Rowan $21,525 $43,596 $52,850 138,428 53,140 44 Franklin $21,331 $43,710 $51,591 60,619 23,023 45 Randolph $21,297 $40,346 $49,257 141,752 55,373 46 Stanly $21,139 $44,802 $58,125 60,585 23,589 47 Lee $21,061 $44,120 $53,375 57,866 22,058 48 Onslow $21,048 $43,561 $48,380 177,772 60,092 49 Watauga $20,961 $31,967 $56,112 51,079 20,403 50 Chowan $20,900 $36,761 $45,932 14,793 6,059 51 Stokes $20,852 $42,689 $49,134 47,401 19,416 52 Rockingham $20,801 $39,231 $48,641 93,643 38,693 53 Cherokee $20,747 $38,144 $44,949 27,444 11,753 54 Alexander $20,716 $40,014 $51,431 37,198 14,425 55 Wilson $20,691 $38,596 $47,716 81,234 31,962 56 Surry $20,541 $37,294 $47,248 73,673 29,914 57 Clay $20,474 $35,109 $39,406 10,587 4,660 58 Wayne $20,446 $41,224 $49,504 122,623 47,831 59 Yadkin $20,379 $39,807 $50,990 38,406 15,486 60 Ashe $20,350 $34,538 $46,537 27,281 11,755 61 Jackson $20,228 $37,190 $49,500 40,271 16,446 62 Jones $20,066 $38,354 $45,876 10,153 4,167 63 Gates $19,893 $45,682 $55,559 12,197 4,665 64 Caldwell $19,686 $37,261 $48,462 83,029 33,388 65 Wilkes $19,406 $33,438 $43,439 69,340 28,360 66 Swain $19,297 $35,071 $48,101 13,981 5,672 67 Cleveland $19,284 $38,208 $47,460 98,078 38,555 68 Harnett $19,274 $42,853 $52,708 114,678 41,594 69 Burke $19,220 $37,139 $46,799 90,912 35,804 70 Sampson $19,086 $35,740 $44,296 63,431 24,005 71 Lenoir $19,017 $33,625 $42,317 59,495 24,327 72 Rutherford $18,961 $35,364 $43,702 67,810 27,466 73 Alleghany $18,919 $30,845 $38,535 11,155 4,778 74 Mitchell $18,804 $32,743 $41,727 15,579 6,685 75 McDowell $18,798 $34,953 $47,243 44,996 17,838 76 Madison $18,792 $38,580 $49,838 20,764 8,494 77 Columbus $18,784 $35,421 $45,193 58,098 22,489 78 Martin $18,728 $34,766 $43,293 24,505 10,318 79 Montgomery $18,618 $33,861 $43,740 27,798 10,544 80 Yancey $18,576 $35,703 $42,252 17,818 7,644 81 Bladen $17,890 $30,471 $41,937 35,190 14,430 82 Warren $17,838 $30,641 $40,323 20,972 8,321 83 Graham $17,825 $28,447 $34,831 8,861 3,701 84 Caswell $17,814 $36,927 $44,401 23,719 9,190 85 Richmond $17,692 $30,439 $38,881 46,639 18,430 86 Hoke $17,630 $42,927 $47,281 46,952 16,532 87 Vance $17,622 $34,025 $41,025 45,422 17,395 88 Bertie $17,614 $29,110 $39,443 21,282 8,359 89 Greene $17,362 $41,488 $48,409 21,362 7,313 90 Halifax $50,223 $30,439 $40,569 54,691 21,970 91 Northampton $17,128 $30,578 $40,230 22,099 9,193 92 Hertford $17,002 $30,878 $39,973 24,669 9,334 93 Washington $16,982 $32,716 $41,007 13,228 5,526 94 Anson $16,856 $34,745 $39,612 26,948 9,755 95 Edgecombe $16,747 $32,665 $41,857 56,552 21,680 96 Duplin $16,693 $32,816 $40,774 58,505 22,495 97 Scotland $16,297 $29,368 $37,232 36,157 13,614 98 Tyrrell $15,812 $32,215 $37,708 4,407 1,595 99 Robeson $15,321 $29,667 $34,788 134,168 47,997 100 Hyde $14,992 $38,265 $44,406 5,810 2,119
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