Poverty Rate in Lee County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
16.5%
Rank #2,209/3,222 · #63 in NC
31th
Lee 16.5%
NC 13.0% +26.4%
US 12.6% +30.8%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Lee County's poverty rate of 16.5% 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 Lee County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,206 | Hamilton County, TX | 16.5% |
| #2,207 | Grayson County, VA | 16.5% |
| #2,208 | Pointe Coupee Parish, LA | 16.5% |
| #2,209 | Lee County, NC | 16.5% |
| #2,210 | Mercer County, WV | 16.5% |
| #2,211 | Edwards County, IL | 16.5% |
| #2,212 | Choctaw County, AL | 16.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Lee County, North Carolina has a poverty rate of 16.5%, ranking #2,209 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 30.8% above the national value of 12.6%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #63 of 100. This places it in the 31th 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.