Federal Reserve Economic Data

Income Inequality, Annual

North Carolina


This data represents the ratio of mean income for the highest quintile (top 20 percent) of earners divided by the mean income of the lowest quintile (bottom 20 percent) of earners.

Multiyear estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) are "period" estimates derived from a data sample collected over a period of time, as opposed to "point-in-time" estimates such as those from past decennial censuses. ACS 5-year estimate includes data collected over a 60-month period. The date of the data is the end of the 5-year period. For example, a value dated 2014 represents data from 2010 to 2014. However, they do not describe any specific day, month, or year within that time period.

Multiyear estimates require some considerations that single-year estimates do not. For example, multiyear estimates released in consecutive years consist mostly of overlapping years and shared data. The 2010–2014 ACS 5-year estimates share sample data from 2011 through 2014 with the 2011–2015 ACS 5-year estimates. Because of this overlap, users should use extreme caution in making comparisons with consecutive years of multiyear estimates.

Please see "Section 3: Understanding and Using ACS Single-Year and Multiyear Estimates" on publication page 13 (file page 19) of the 2018 ACS General Handbook for a more thorough clarification. https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2018/acs/acs_general_handbook_2018.pdf


   

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Ratio
Name 2023 Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
Alamance County, NC
12.70943 12.92645 12.92645
Alexander County, NC
11.68331 11.75973 11.75973
Alleghany County, NC
15.47241 16.43261 16.43261
Anson County, NC
13.54767 12.41170 12.41170
Ashe County, NC
13.61245 12.56045 12.56045
Avery County, NC
14.47659 14.70422 14.70422
Beaufort County, NC
15.31453 14.74858 14.74858
Bertie County, NC
17.91096 21.04549 21.04549
Bladen County, NC
23.24849 25.30259 25.30259
Brunswick County, NC
12.74834 12.72804 12.72804
Buncombe County, NC
15.10292 14.92933 14.92933
Burke County, NC
13.20609 13.51692 13.51692
Cabarrus County, NC
12.75116 12.28120 12.28120
Caldwell County, NC
11.22784 11.60739 11.60739
Camden County, NC
8.92085 7.46585 7.46585
Carteret County, NC
14.54545 13.52015 13.52015
Caswell County, NC
12.66090 11.82867 11.82867
Catawba County, NC
14.19357 14.20786 14.20786
Chatham County, NC
16.83311 17.16799 17.16799
Cherokee County, NC
11.65214 11.04652 11.04652
Chowan County, NC
15.03311 15.85857 15.85857
Clay County, NC
14.89672 14.95524 14.95524
Cleveland County, NC
15.54117 15.44394 15.44394
Columbus County, NC
16.59171 17.19982 17.19982
Craven County, NC
14.14345 14.09644 14.09644
Cumberland County, NC
14.44699 14.60808 14.60808
Currituck County, NC
10.95394 10.42559 10.42559
Dare County, NC
10.75661 9.79789 9.79789
Davidson County, NC
12.33430 11.91791 11.91791
Davie County, NC
10.87290 10.74653 10.74653
Duplin County, NC
12.07636 11.00365 11.00365
Durham County, NC
14.83772 14.24717 14.24717
Edgecombe County, NC
15.26706 16.66994 16.66994
Forsyth County, NC
15.41988 16.33619 16.33619
Franklin County, NC
11.54095 10.80681 10.80681
Gaston County, NC
15.09216 14.31675 14.31675
Gates County, NC
11.35972 10.60851 10.60851
Graham County, NC
11.90765 13.29123 13.29123
Granville County, NC
13.96689 14.10356 14.10356
Greene County, NC
10.84749 11.21158 11.21158
Guilford County, NC
16.56904 16.84601 16.84601
Halifax County, NC
18.42371 17.33536 17.33536
Harnett County, NC
12.92379 12.76817 12.76817
Haywood County, NC
11.87071 13.25169 13.25169
Henderson County, NC
12.53960 13.03952 13.03952
Hertford County, NC
15.70413 15.95836 15.95836
Hoke County, NC
20.15388 20.18070 20.18070
Hyde County, NC
9.43056 14.96302 14.96302
Iredell County, NC
13.40019 13.22598 13.22598
Jackson County, NC
16.59041 17.23213 17.23213
Johnston County, NC
12.48388 12.15511 12.15511
Jones County, NC
12.19371 12.92420 12.92420
Lee County, NC
11.93658 12.51010 12.51010
Lenoir County, NC
14.86031 14.09530 14.09530
Lincoln County, NC
14.08289 13.88528 13.88528
McDowell County, NC
12.01045 12.39346 12.39346
Macon County, NC
16.20953 15.26641 15.26641
Madison County, NC
17.03988 17.45756 17.45756
Martin County, NC
12.86438 13.19002 13.19002
Mecklenburg County, NC
15.94643 15.76745 15.76745
Mitchell County, NC
15.69994 16.10929 16.10929
Montgomery County, NC
14.32278 14.88418 14.88418
Moore County, NC
14.06357 13.49887 13.49887
Nash County, NC
13.98294 14.03679 14.03679
New Hanover County, NC
16.55210 17.28384 17.28384
Northampton County, NC
17.45875 17.99421 17.99421
Onslow County, NC
11.02319 11.22707 11.22707
Orange County, NC
22.23573 21.73603 21.73603
Pamlico County, NC
14.75610 15.92944 15.92944
Pasquotank County, NC
11.51316 12.93428 12.93428
Pender County, NC
12.55502 13.10075 13.10075
Perquimans County, NC
10.96148 9.90868 9.90868
Person County, NC
18.33320 14.65347 14.65347
Pitt County, NC
18.70994 18.60519 18.60519
Polk County, NC
15.64922 14.56757 14.56757
Randolph County, NC
11.07286 11.87426 11.87426
Richmond County, NC
16.30324 15.93588 15.93588
Robeson County, NC
21.81120 20.96616 20.96616
Rockingham County, NC
14.09092 14.69464 14.69464
Rowan County, NC
14.06261 13.45613 13.45613
Rutherford County, NC
13.61593 14.32523 14.32523
Sampson County, NC
14.81352 14.72664 14.72664
Scotland County, NC
20.18630 18.32304 18.32304
Stanly County, NC
13.80192 14.30854 14.30854
Stokes County, NC
11.34410 12.04794 12.04794
Surry County, NC
15.68373 16.37538 16.37538
Swain County, NC
15.11358 14.60032 14.60032
Transylvania County, NC
14.95157 13.88552 13.88552
Tyrrell County, NC
10.68927 9.76993 9.76993
Union County, NC
12.73482 12.50057 12.50057
Vance County, NC
14.01840 15.08843 15.08843
Wake County, NC
13.35032 13.35416 13.35416
Warren County, NC
17.72949 17.49013 17.49013
Washington County, NC
20.40904 23.40086 23.40086
Watauga County, NC
23.04824 22.12694 22.12694
Wayne County, NC
13.03503 13.59348 13.59348
Wilkes County, NC
10.81456 11.95583 11.95583
Wilson County, NC
18.61209 17.79653 17.79653
Yadkin County, NC
13.66145 12.98520 12.98520
Yancey County, NC
18.32443 16.54583 16.54583
   

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