Poverty Rate in Scotland County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
25.8%
Rank #3,020/3,222 · #99 in NC
6th
Scotland 25.8%
NC 13.0% +98.1%
US 12.6% +104.9%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Scotland County's poverty rate of 25.8% 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 Scotland County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,017 | Culebra Municipio, PR | 25.7% |
| #3,018 | Red River Parish, LA | 25.8% |
| #3,019 | Liberty County, MT | 25.8% |
| #3,020 | Scotland County, NC | 25.8% |
| #3,021 | Okfuskee County, OK | 25.8% |
| #3,022 | Clarke County, GA | 26.0% |
| #3,023 | Clinch County, GA | 26.1% |
About Poverty Rate
Scotland County, North Carolina has a poverty rate of 25.8%, ranking #3,020 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 104.9% above the national value of 12.6%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #99 of 100. This places it in the 6th 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.