Poverty Rate in Person County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
17.5%
Rank #2,379/3,222 · #71 in NC
26th
Person 17.5%
NC 13.0% +34.2%
US 12.6% +38.8%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Person County's poverty rate of 17.5% 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 Person County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,376 | Wilbarger County, TX | 17.5% |
| #2,377 | Polk County, TX | 17.5% |
| #2,378 | Clinton County, KY | 17.5% |
| #2,379 | Person County, NC | 17.5% |
| #2,380 | Appanoose County, IA | 17.5% |
| #2,381 | Grant County, OK | 17.5% |
| #2,382 | Lafayette County, FL | 17.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Person County, North Carolina has a poverty rate of 17.5%, ranking #2,379 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 38.8% above the national value of 12.6%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #71 of 100. This places it in the 26th 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.