Poverty Rate in Lenoir County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
22.0%
Rank #2,838/3,222 · #91 in NC
12th
Lenoir 22.0%
NC 13.0% +68.5%
US 12.6% +74.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Lenoir County's poverty rate of 22.0% 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 Lenoir County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,835 | Cocke County, TN | 21.9% |
| #2,836 | Sequatchie County, TN | 21.9% |
| #2,837 | Pondera County, MT | 21.9% |
| #2,838 | Lenoir County, NC | 22.0% |
| #2,839 | Bladen County, NC | 22.0% |
| #2,840 | Adair County, MO | 22.0% |
| #2,841 | Dunklin County, MO | 22.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Lenoir County, North Carolina has a poverty rate of 22.0%, ranking #2,838 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 74.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #91 of 100. This places it in the 12th 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.