Poverty Rate in Columbus County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
18.2%
Rank #2,473/3,222 · #74 in NC
23th
Columbus 18.2%
NC 13.0% +39.5%
US 12.6% +44.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Columbus County's poverty rate of 18.2% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Columbus County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,470 | Montmorency County, MI | 18.2% |
| #2,471 | Cherokee County, TX | 18.2% |
| #2,472 | Twiggs County, GA | 18.2% |
| #2,473 | Columbus County, NC | 18.2% |
| #2,474 | Madison County, TN | 18.2% |
| #2,475 | Richmond city, VA | 18.2% |
| #2,476 | Pawnee County, OK | 18.2% |
About Poverty Rate
Columbus County, North Carolina has a poverty rate of 18.2%, ranking #2,473 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 44.3% above the national value of 12.6%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #74 of 100. This places it in the 23th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.