PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas
Senior Food Insecurity in
North Carolina
North Carolina's senior poverty rate is 10.2%, and 27.1% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 100 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.
10.2%
Senior poverty (65+)
27.1%
Seniors living alone
36.3%
Senior SNAP take-up
$51,439
Senior median income
North Carolina by county
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North Carolina at a glance
Seniors in poverty
178K
Ages 65+
Senior poverty rate
10.2%
Ages 65+
Living alone
27.1%
1-person HH, 65+
Senior SNAP
36.3%
HH with 60+ member
Senior median income
$51,439
Householder 65+
Isolation index
0.37
Blended 0–1
County-level hotspots
Top five counties across 100 counties in North Carolina.
Highest senior poverty
Ages 65+, rate
- 1 Robeson 22.4%
- 2 Gates 20.9%
- 3 Richmond 19.4%
- 4 Halifax 18.1%
- 5 Martin 16.8%
Most seniors living alone
1-person HH, 65+
- 1 Hyde 40.5%
- 2 Gates 36.2%
- 3 Washington 34.6%
- 4 Anson 34.3%
- 5 Martin 33.5%
Largest senior population
Absolute count, 65+
- 1 Wake 142K
- 2 Mecklenburg 130K
- 3 Guilford 83K
- 4 Forsyth 63K
- 5 Buncombe 55K
Every county in North Carolina
All 100 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.
| County | Senior poverty | Living alone | Senior SNAP | Senior income | Seniors (count) | Isolation idx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 10.4% | 29.2% | 29.8% | $46,737 | 29,002 | 0.42 |
| Alexander | 10.6% | 28.8% | 36.8% | $41,840 | 7,357 | 0.42 |
| Alleghany | 13.0% | 25.6% | 34.9% | $37,600 | 3,226 | 0.40 |
| Anson | 15.7% | 34.3% | 39.4% | $34,729 | 4,161 | 0.66 |
| Ashe | 11.7% | 26.4% | 41.2% | $43,444 | 7,059 | 0.39 |
| Avery | 8.7% | 23.8% | 65.9% | $53,804 | 3,925 | 0.26 |
| Beaufort | 11.8% | 24.5% | 38.5% | $48,252 | 10,889 | 0.35 |
| Bertie | 14.9% | 30.9% | 50.0% | $36,325 | 4,071 | 0.56 |
| Bladen | 16.4% | 31.4% | 37.8% | $36,267 | 6,695 | 0.61 |
| Brunswick | 5.7% | 18.1% | 36.6% | $69,724 | 48,004 | 0.06 |
| Buncombe | 9.2% | 24.8% | 38.0% | $58,248 | 54,551 | 0.30 |
| Burke | 9.8% | 27.1% | 36.5% | $45,696 | 18,131 | 0.36 |
| Cabarrus | 9.6% | 21.1% | 35.3% | $55,225 | 30,251 | 0.22 |
| Caldwell | 10.4% | 28.7% | 42.4% | $39,474 | 16,710 | 0.41 |
| Camden | 6.1% | 22.4% | 48.8% | $51,034 | 1,714 | 0.17 |
| Carteret | 7.6% | 26.8% | 46.3% | $58,220 | 17,787 | 0.30 |
| Caswell | 12.3% | 26.3% | 45.9% | $45,288 | 4,935 | 0.40 |
| Catawba | 9.5% | 28.6% | 38.8% | $46,122 | 29,168 | 0.39 |
| Chatham | 7.5% | 24.9% | 35.5% | $71,334 | 19,107 | 0.26 |
| Cherokee | 9.5% | 20.8% | 44.4% | $44,748 | 8,983 | 0.21 |
| Chowan | 10.1% | 24.6% | 25.9% | $52,007 | 3,590 | 0.31 |
| Clay | 15.2% | 29.3% | 47.0% | $45,179 | 3,603 | 0.53 |
| Cleveland | 14.0% | 26.1% | 35.2% | $44,490 | 18,509 | 0.43 |
| Columbus | 12.7% | 32.1% | 48.0% | $35,505 | 9,962 | 0.54 |
| Craven | 9.3% | 27.4% | 28.6% | $52,285 | 20,233 | 0.36 |
| Cumberland | 13.3% | 30.7% | 30.6% | $47,478 | 41,781 | 0.52 |
| Currituck | 7.8% | 25.2% | 39.3% | $61,301 | 5,063 | 0.27 |
| Dare | 5.4% | 27.3% | 39.6% | $68,947 | 9,026 | 0.27 |
| Davidson | 10.1% | 28.3% | 35.3% | $43,842 | 31,196 | 0.39 |
| Davie | 8.3% | 24.8% | 33.3% | $56,167 | 9,313 | 0.27 |
| Duplin | 10.4% | 26.2% | 39.5% | $40,464 | 9,416 | 0.36 |
| Durham | 7.8% | 27.7% | 31.5% | $64,543 | 44,996 | 0.33 |
| Edgecombe | 11.1% | 32.2% | 39.0% | $42,209 | 9,741 | 0.51 |
| Forsyth | 9.3% | 28.7% | 33.6% | $51,771 | 63,176 | 0.39 |
| Franklin | 8.9% | 26.0% | 43.0% | $43,800 | 11,981 | 0.32 |
| Gaston | 12.7% | 30.3% | 35.7% | $42,632 | 36,666 | 0.50 |
| Gates | 20.9% | 36.2% | 55.2% | $35,000 | 2,248 | 0.82 |
| Graham | 8.7% | 27.6% | 47.3% | $43,692 | 1,951 | 0.35 |
| Granville | 14.3% | 24.2% | 42.9% | $46,823 | 10,187 | 0.40 |
| Greene | 14.9% | 31.9% | 34.8% | $42,078 | 3,246 | 0.59 |
| Guilford | 12.1% | 28.8% | 31.1% | $52,626 | 82,673 | 0.45 |
| Halifax | 18.1% | 33.1% | 44.5% | $39,048 | 10,165 | 0.69 |
| Harnett | 12.1% | 27.6% | 33.7% | $40,549 | 17,667 | 0.43 |
| Haywood | 9.7% | 28.2% | 45.9% | $46,840 | 15,549 | 0.38 |
| Henderson | 7.1% | 24.1% | 36.3% | $60,564 | 29,735 | 0.23 |
| Hertford | 11.3% | 32.6% | 42.6% | $43,440 | 4,208 | 0.52 |
| Hoke | 14.4% | 28.9% | 30.7% | $41,892 | 5,884 | 0.51 |
| Hyde | 1.9% | 40.5% | 33.9% | $34,912 | 979 | 0.50 |
| Iredell | 7.3% | 22.8% | 34.6% | $55,131 | 31,041 | 0.21 |
| Jackson | 11.3% | 25.5% | 33.5% | $51,454 | 8,661 | 0.36 |
| Johnston | 10.0% | 25.1% | 36.4% | $50,163 | 30,071 | 0.32 |
| Jones | 11.3% | 26.7% | 57.3% | $49,112 | 2,139 | 0.39 |
| Lee | 11.0% | 24.8% | 31.0% | $50,785 | 10,502 | 0.34 |
| Lenoir | 15.3% | 33.2% | 37.6% | $39,657 | 11,389 | 0.62 |
| Lincoln | 10.1% | 22.1% | 37.8% | $54,529 | 16,839 | 0.25 |
| Macon | 12.1% | 28.9% | 43.4% | $45,833 | 10,758 | 0.45 |
| Madison | 12.9% | 29.8% | 52.8% | $41,915 | 4,835 | 0.49 |
| Martin | 16.8% | 33.5% | 60.3% | $38,248 | 5,349 | 0.67 |
| McDowell | 10.3% | 23.3% | 50.8% | $44,693 | 8,990 | 0.29 |
| Mecklenburg | 8.8% | 27.0% | 36.7% | $58,508 | 129,853 | 0.34 |
| Mitchell | 15.8% | 33.0% | 42.4% | $38,657 | 3,733 | 0.63 |
| Montgomery | 11.6% | 24.1% | 40.0% | $48,322 | 5,495 | 0.33 |
| Moore | 7.1% | 24.8% | 42.1% | $62,860 | 23,844 | 0.25 |
| Nash | 11.9% | 30.5% | 37.1% | $48,460 | 17,655 | 0.49 |
| New Hanover | 8.4% | 31.1% | 37.0% | $62,090 | 42,376 | 0.42 |
| Northampton | 14.7% | 33.1% | 55.6% | $40,225 | 4,685 | 0.61 |
| Onslow | 11.0% | 26.7% | 27.1% | $49,865 | 20,098 | 0.38 |
| Orange | 6.6% | 26.4% | 43.0% | $79,547 | 22,674 | 0.27 |
| Pamlico | 11.2% | 26.8% | 52.3% | $49,298 | 3,676 | 0.39 |
| Pasquotank | 8.9% | 25.4% | 37.9% | $51,889 | 7,168 | 0.30 |
| Pender | 7.7% | 27.9% | 43.0% | $59,595 | 11,155 | 0.33 |
| Perquimans | 6.8% | 25.4% | 35.4% | $55,581 | 3,711 | 0.25 |
| Person | 13.0% | 31.4% | 41.3% | $39,737 | 8,052 | 0.53 |
| Pitt | 12.0% | 28.6% | 35.6% | $49,150 | 24,012 | 0.44 |
| Polk | 10.1% | 26.8% | 49.4% | $51,967 | 6,103 | 0.36 |
| Randolph | 10.8% | 28.2% | 32.2% | $42,963 | 25,635 | 0.41 |
| Richmond | 19.4% | 32.7% | 34.1% | $35,567 | 7,446 | 0.71 |
| Robeson | 22.4% | 27.9% | 37.8% | $30,870 | 17,930 | 0.67 |
| Rockingham | 10.5% | 29.1% | 40.1% | $40,339 | 18,500 | 0.42 |
| Rowan | 10.4% | 29.1% | 31.3% | $44,170 | 25,083 | 0.42 |
| Rutherford | 12.4% | 31.2% | 37.3% | $41,582 | 13,909 | 0.51 |
| Sampson | 13.7% | 26.9% | 39.5% | $38,390 | 10,416 | 0.45 |
| Scotland | 15.7% | 30.0% | 32.1% | $34,661 | 5,821 | 0.56 |
| Stanly | 10.1% | 28.1% | 41.8% | $41,216 | 11,577 | 0.39 |
| Stokes | 12.1% | 29.3% | 37.1% | $42,876 | 9,736 | 0.46 |
| Surry | 15.6% | 30.5% | 36.3% | $37,508 | 14,258 | 0.57 |
| Swain | 11.3% | 25.5% | 29.2% | $41,731 | 2,636 | 0.36 |
| Transylvania | 9.7% | 24.9% | 49.7% | $60,253 | 10,028 | 0.31 |
| Tyrrell | 4.4% | 27.4% | 56.2% | $34,235 | 841 | 0.24 |
| Union | 7.4% | 18.3% | 42.7% | $62,262 | 31,636 | 0.11 |
| Vance | 12.5% | 32.3% | 35.1% | $40,227 | 7,716 | 0.54 |
| Wake | 7.4% | 24.8% | 33.2% | $69,553 | 141,889 | 0.26 |
| Warren | 13.2% | 29.7% | 40.8% | $42,757 | 4,926 | 0.50 |
| Washington | 12.4% | 34.6% | 55.8% | $38,644 | 2,901 | 0.59 |
| Watauga | 7.8% | 28.7% | 29.4% | $55,969 | 9,013 | 0.35 |
| Wayne | 10.1% | 30.5% | 34.7% | $48,444 | 19,331 | 0.45 |
| Wilkes | 13.3% | 24.6% | 33.0% | $41,296 | 14,566 | 0.38 |
| Wilson | 16.5% | 31.2% | 35.9% | $36,482 | 14,442 | 0.61 |
| Yadkin | 8.9% | 29.8% | 36.6% | $44,672 | 7,546 | 0.40 |
| Yancey | 12.6% | 27.7% | 44.3% | $41,415 | 4,880 | 0.44 |
Senior food help in North Carolina
SNAP, CSFP senior boxes, Meals on Wheels, and senior-specific pantry programs.
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