Poverty Rate in Forsyth County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
14.5%
Rank #1,854/3,222 · #50 in NC
42th
Forsyth 14.5%
NC 13.0% +11.4%
US 12.6% +15.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Forsyth County's poverty rate of 14.5% 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 Forsyth County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,851 | Faulkner County, AR | 14.5% |
| #1,852 | Hancock County, WV | 14.5% |
| #1,853 | Mountrail County, ND | 14.5% |
| #1,854 | Forsyth County, NC | 14.5% |
| #1,855 | Crockett County, TN | 14.5% |
| #1,856 | Creek County, OK | 14.5% |
| #1,857 | Lawrence County, MO | 14.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Forsyth County, North Carolina has a poverty rate of 14.5%, ranking #1,854 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 15.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #50 of 100. This places it in the 42th 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.