Poverty Rate in Pender County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
9.7%
Rank #733/3,222 · #11 in NC
77th
Pender 9.7%
NC 13.0% -25.3%
US 12.6% -22.7%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Pender County's poverty rate of 9.7% 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 Pender County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #730 | Johnson County, NE | 9.7% |
| #731 | Randall County, TX | 9.7% |
| #732 | Chittenden County, VT | 9.7% |
| #733 | Pender County, NC | 9.7% |
| #734 | Butler County, NE | 9.7% |
| #735 | Greene County, IA | 9.8% |
| #736 | Marinette County, WI | 9.8% |
About Poverty Rate
Pender County, North Carolina has a poverty rate of 9.7%, ranking #733 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 22.7% below the national value of 12.6%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #11 of 100. This places it in the 77th 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.