North Carolina: the highest-poverty counties by school enrollment

98 counties

North Carolina counties ranked by the share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 96.8%. Showing ranks 51 to 98.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Students on FRL	% FRL
51	Wilson County	NC	29	12,482	11,983	96.0%
52	Burke County	NC	29	12,360	11,828	95.7%
53	Swain County	NC	9	3,393	3,035	95.7%
54	Rowan County	NC	34	18,917	17,186	95.6%
55	Yancey County	NC	7	2,148	2,053	95.6%
56	Johnston County	NC	51	41,004	38,188	95.3%
57	Pamlico County	NC	5	1,628	1,550	95.2%
58	Lee County	NC	20	10,641	9,469	94.8%
59	Durham County	NC	71	46,109	35,275	94.6%
60	Caldwell County	NC	26	10,920	10,084	94.5%
61	Pitt County	NC	42	25,202	23,664	93.9%
62	Surry County	NC	30	11,139	9,746	92.7%
63	Pasquotank County	NC	14	5,774	5,227	90.5%
64	Guilford County	NC	137	79,539	67,094	89.2%
65	Forsyth County	NC	85	55,902	47,695	88.3%
66	Buncombe County	NC	61	29,908	24,332	87.6%
67	Catawba County	NC	44	22,392	19,347	86.4%
68	Cumberland County	NC	88	50,815	43,457	85.5%
69	Gaston County	NC	60	35,898	27,979	84.6%
70	Randolph County	NC	42	21,656	18,199	84.5%
71	Yadkin County	NC	14	5,174	4,302	83.1%
72	Franklin County	NC	19	11,614	8,707	82.2%
73	Macon County	NC	12	4,469	3,647	81.6%
74	Stokes County	NC	19	5,758	4,701	81.6%
75	Alamance County	NC	41	25,737	18,067	79.7%
76	Carteret County	NC	18	8,053	5,985	76.3%
77	Davidson County	NC	47	23,696	17,582	76.3%
78	Craven County	NC	27	12,526	9,001	74.1%
79	Chatham County	NC	24	10,374	7,091	74.0%
80	Harnett County	NC	31	20,611	14,831	73.8%
81	Mecklenburg County	NC	221	170,407	111,494	70.5%
82	Pender County	NC	19	11,073	7,782	70.3%
83	New Hanover County	NC	50	27,460	17,957	67.1%
84	Lincoln County	NC	24	14,428	7,952	65.7%
85	Moore County	NC	26	14,708	8,312	63.5%
86	Henderson County	NC	25	13,572	7,917	62.7%
87	Iredell County	NC	51	31,906	18,231	60.7%
88	Cabarrus County	NC	56	43,278	23,851	56.1%
89	Gates County	NC	5	1,410	772	54.8%
90	Davie County	NC	13	6,116	3,296	53.9%
91	Onslow County	NC	40	27,501	13,986	50.9%
92	Dare County	NC	11	4,968	2,283	46.0%
93	Wake County	NC	226	184,790	70,394	41.9%
94	Union County	NC	58	45,934	17,241	40.5%
95	Orange County	NC	35	19,582	7,269	39.6%
96	Watauga County	NC	12	4,821	1,823	39.1%
97	Currituck County	NC	11	4,651	1,650	35.9%
98	Camden County	NC	5	1,918	505	26.3%

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