Poverty Rate in Duplin County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
20.5%
Rank #2,709/3,222 · #84 in NC
16th
Duplin 20.5%
NC 13.0% +57.1%
US 12.6% +62.4%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Duplin County's poverty rate of 20.5% 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 Duplin County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,706 | Braxton County, WV | 20.4% |
| #2,707 | Green County, KY | 20.4% |
| #2,708 | Laurel County, KY | 20.5% |
| #2,709 | Duplin County, NC | 20.5% |
| #2,710 | Cotton County, OK | 20.5% |
| #2,711 | Hickman County, KY | 20.5% |
| #2,712 | Dallas County, MO | 20.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Duplin County, North Carolina has a poverty rate of 20.5%, ranking #2,709 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 62.4% above the national value of 12.6%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #84 of 100. This places it in the 16th 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.