Poverty Rate in Wilkes County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
16.7%
Rank #2,254/3,222 · #66 in NC
30th
Wilkes 16.7%
NC 13.0% +28.4%
US 12.6% +32.8%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Wilkes County's poverty rate of 16.7% 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 Wilkes County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,251 | Cumberland County, NC | 16.7% |
| #2,252 | Coffee County, AL | 16.7% |
| #2,253 | Pontotoc County, MS | 16.7% |
| #2,254 | Wilkes County, NC | 16.7% |
| #2,255 | Palo Pinto County, TX | 16.7% |
| #2,256 | Lewis County, TN | 16.7% |
| #2,257 | Rutherford County, NC | 16.8% |
About Poverty Rate
Wilkes County, North Carolina has a poverty rate of 16.7%, ranking #2,254 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 32.8% above the national value of 12.6%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #66 of 100. This places it in the 30th 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.