Poverty Rate in Yancey County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
15.2%
Rank #1,974/3,222 · #54 in NC
39th
Yancey 15.2%
NC 13.0% +16.4%
US 12.6% +20.4%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Yancey County's poverty rate of 15.2% 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 Yancey County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,971 | Keweenaw County, MI | 15.2% |
| #1,972 | McCracken County, KY | 15.2% |
| #1,973 | Bernalillo County, NM | 15.2% |
| #1,974 | Yancey County, NC | 15.2% |
| #1,975 | Hawkins County, TN | 15.2% |
| #1,976 | Granville County, NC | 15.2% |
| #1,977 | Sanpete County, UT | 15.2% |
About Poverty Rate
Yancey County, North Carolina has a poverty rate of 15.2%, ranking #1,974 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 20.4% above the national value of 12.6%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #54 of 100. This places it in the 39th 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.