Poverty Rate in Mecklenburg County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Mecklenburg County's poverty rate of 10.4% 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 Mecklenburg County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #872 | Grafton County, NH | 10.4% |
| #873 | Sherman County, TX | 10.4% |
| #874 | Alger County, MI | 10.4% |
| #875 | Mecklenburg County, NC | 10.4% |
| #876 | Ransom County, ND | 10.4% |
| #877 | Robertson County, TN | 10.4% |
| #878 | Faribault County, MN | 10.4% |
About Poverty Rate
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina has a poverty rate of 10.4%, ranking #875 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 17.8% below the national value of 12.6%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #17 of 100. This places it in the 73th 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.