Poverty Rate in Macon County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
11.6%
Rank #1,163/3,222 · #27 in NC
64th
Macon 11.6%
NC 13.0% -10.9%
US 12.6% -7.9%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Macon County's poverty rate of 11.6% 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 Macon County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,160 | Shelby County, OH | 11.6% |
| #1,161 | Oglethorpe County, GA | 11.6% |
| #1,162 | Crawford County, GA | 11.6% |
| #1,163 | Macon County, NC | 11.6% |
| #1,164 | Grant County, MN | 11.6% |
| #1,165 | Skagit County, WA | 11.6% |
| #1,166 | Palo Alto County, IA | 11.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Macon County, North Carolina has a poverty rate of 11.6%, ranking #1,163 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 7.9% below the national value of 12.6%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #27 of 100. This places it in the 64th 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.