PantryPath Research · SNAP Benefits Report
SNAP Benefits in
North Carolina
North Carolina had an overall SNAP participation rate of 12.5% across 100 counties, with a coverage gap of 56.8% of below-poverty households. Use the interactive map below to compare coverage across counties.
12.5%
SNAP participation
56.8%
Poverty coverage gap
523K
SNAP households
$69,904
Median income
North Carolina by county
← Back to national overviewToggle between six SNAP metrics to see how coverage varies within North Carolina. Hover a county for its exact rate.
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North Carolina at a glance
SNAP households
523K
Est. from ACS receipt rate
Participation rate
12.5%
All households
Poverty coverage
43.2%
Below-poverty HH on SNAP
Senior SNAP use
36.3%
HH with a 60+ member
Disability SNAP use
45.0%
HH with a disability
Working-poor share
56.8%
SNAP HH above poverty
County-level hotspots
Five-county rankings across 100 counties in North Carolina.
Widest coverage gap
% of poor HH not enrolled
- 1 Watauga 86.8%
- 2 Orange 80.2%
- 3 Chatham 74.4%
- 4 Polk 74.1%
- 5 Cherokee 73.1%
Strongest coverage
% of poor HH enrolled
- 1 Washington 76.1%
- 2 Chowan 74.8%
- 3 Richmond 71.2%
- 4 Edgecombe 65.3%
- 5 Scotland 65.2%
Highest SNAP use
% of all HH on SNAP
- 1 Washington 32.9%
- 2 Robeson 32.1%
- 3 Anson 31.2%
- 4 Scotland 30.8%
- 5 Halifax 29.8%
Every county in North Carolina
All 100 counties across the six SNAP metrics plus median income.
| County | SNAP rate | Coverage | Gap | Senior | Disability | Working-poor | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance | 13.4% | 38.9% | 61.1% | 29.8% | 35.0% | 59.5% | $64,445 |
| Alexander | 9.8% | 35.3% | 64.7% | 36.8% | 51.0% | 60.0% | $65,268 |
| Alleghany | 11.0% | 44.6% | 55.4% | 34.9% | 51.4% | 40.8% | $44,272 |
| Anson | 31.2% | 59.4% | 40.6% | 39.4% | 48.0% | 61.2% | $44,245 |
| Ashe | 13.6% | 43.0% | 57.0% | 41.2% | 61.4% | 48.9% | $50,827 |
| Avery | 10.7% | 39.9% | 60.1% | 65.9% | 65.0% | 57.0% | $57,657 |
| Beaufort | 14.6% | 46.9% | 53.1% | 38.5% | 39.9% | 44.5% | $57,997 |
| Bertie | 26.8% | 46.7% | 53.3% | 50.0% | 51.2% | 62.8% | $45,931 |
| Bladen | 27.4% | 62.6% | 37.4% | 37.8% | 35.6% | 44.8% | $44,528 |
| Brunswick | 9.5% | 27.2% | 72.8% | 36.6% | 44.1% | 72.4% | $74,034 |
| Buncombe | 9.2% | 37.8% | 62.2% | 38.0% | 48.2% | 53.2% | $70,578 |
| Burke | 15.2% | 54.8% | 45.2% | 36.5% | 55.0% | 42.4% | $55,684 |
| Cabarrus | 9.5% | 36.3% | 63.7% | 35.3% | 40.0% | 64.6% | $86,084 |
| Caldwell | 12.6% | 47.0% | 53.0% | 42.4% | 54.3% | 51.0% | $55,401 |
| Camden | 10.3% | 47.3% | 52.7% | 48.8% | 51.5% | 72.3% | $87,781 |
| Carteret | 9.1% | 35.2% | 64.8% | 46.3% | 49.9% | 55.6% | $70,235 |
| Caswell | 18.8% | 57.0% | 43.0% | 45.9% | 55.8% | 51.1% | $59,407 |
| Catawba | 12.1% | 38.5% | 61.5% | 38.8% | 52.9% | 60.2% | $64,544 |
| Chatham | 6.0% | 25.7% | 74.4% | 35.5% | 28.8% | 57.2% | $88,534 |
| Cherokee | 10.8% | 26.9% | 73.1% | 44.4% | 49.6% | 63.8% | $51,496 |
| Chowan | 21.4% | 74.8% | 25.2% | 25.9% | 47.6% | 38.3% | $56,982 |
| Clay | 10.5% | 33.4% | 66.6% | 47.0% | 54.2% | 40.7% | $53,645 |
| Cleveland | 19.8% | 44.6% | 55.4% | 35.2% | 45.7% | 61.8% | $55,769 |
| Columbus | 22.3% | 50.9% | 49.1% | 48.0% | 42.7% | 57.1% | $48,184 |
| Craven | 13.4% | 42.0% | 58.0% | 28.6% | 44.6% | 57.4% | $64,635 |
| Cumberland | 18.8% | 46.4% | 53.6% | 30.6% | 43.6% | 59.5% | $58,780 |
| Currituck | 5.5% | 35.1% | 64.9% | 39.3% | 62.6% | 50.1% | $91,548 |
| Dare | 5.3% | 30.4% | 69.6% | 39.6% | 46.8% | 63.5% | $81,214 |
| Davidson | 13.4% | 44.0% | 56.0% | 35.3% | 49.9% | 56.0% | $62,426 |
| Davie | 10.3% | 41.9% | 58.1% | 33.3% | 61.2% | 64.5% | $73,234 |
| Duplin | 16.9% | 49.7% | 50.3% | 39.5% | 42.4% | 52.2% | $51,880 |
| Durham | 9.1% | 30.5% | 69.5% | 31.5% | 40.6% | 64.1% | $79,501 |
| Edgecombe | 24.2% | 65.3% | 34.7% | 39.0% | 50.6% | 45.7% | $48,480 |
| Forsyth | 13.4% | 41.9% | 58.1% | 33.6% | 41.2% | 56.9% | $65,541 |
| Franklin | 12.9% | 43.2% | 56.8% | 43.0% | 47.1% | 63.5% | $71,386 |
| Gaston | 15.9% | 47.9% | 52.1% | 35.7% | 46.7% | 58.5% | $65,472 |
| Gates | 12.8% | 43.2% | 56.8% | 55.2% | 58.9% | 61.5% | $61,612 |
| Graham | 12.2% | 36.1% | 63.9% | 47.3% | 59.2% | 60.4% | $49,038 |
| Granville | 12.4% | 42.9% | 57.1% | 42.9% | 46.1% | 55.1% | $70,975 |
| Greene | 22.4% | 54.5% | 45.5% | 34.8% | 51.1% | 51.1% | $50,904 |
| Guilford | 14.9% | 45.3% | 54.7% | 31.1% | 39.7% | 55.7% | $66,027 |
| Halifax | 29.8% | 63.4% | 36.6% | 44.5% | 53.3% | 43.6% | $45,071 |
| Harnett | 14.4% | 44.7% | 55.3% | 33.7% | 44.8% | 55.5% | $69,012 |
| Haywood | 12.9% | 43.6% | 56.4% | 45.9% | 55.6% | 56.3% | $61,001 |
| Henderson | 9.1% | 27.6% | 72.4% | 36.3% | 41.7% | 65.4% | $67,623 |
| Hertford | 25.6% | 58.3% | 41.8% | 42.6% | 45.6% | 54.4% | $47,472 |
| Hoke | 19.3% | 46.0% | 54.0% | 30.7% | 47.3% | 57.2% | $60,095 |
| Hyde | 23.5% | 38.8% | 61.2% | 33.9% | 56.6% | 70.1% | $47,338 |
| Iredell | 7.5% | 27.1% | 72.9% | 34.6% | 40.5% | 65.5% | $78,678 |
| Jackson | 10.4% | 29.9% | 70.1% | 33.5% | 48.4% | 46.2% | $53,479 |
| Johnston | 12.0% | 48.5% | 51.5% | 36.4% | 38.6% | 54.1% | $79,838 |
| Jones | 19.9% | 46.5% | 53.5% | 57.3% | 64.5% | 52.0% | $55,659 |
| Lee | 16.0% | 52.4% | 47.6% | 31.0% | 49.4% | 51.6% | $63,060 |
| Lenoir | 25.9% | 52.5% | 47.5% | 37.6% | 51.4% | 55.5% | $44,795 |
| Lincoln | 10.5% | 30.0% | 70.0% | 37.8% | 50.2% | 70.1% | $78,490 |
| Macon | 9.4% | 31.8% | 68.2% | 43.4% | 58.2% | 45.3% | $53,298 |
| Madison | 12.0% | 53.7% | 46.3% | 52.8% | 60.3% | 32.6% | $58,628 |
| Martin | 19.0% | 54.7% | 45.3% | 60.3% | 61.1% | 39.6% | $46,793 |
| McDowell | 18.3% | 48.7% | 51.3% | 50.8% | 46.1% | 61.4% | $55,527 |
| Mecklenburg | 8.5% | 32.9% | 67.1% | 36.7% | 36.6% | 62.2% | $83,765 |
| Mitchell | 14.1% | 47.4% | 52.6% | 42.4% | 69.9% | 43.7% | $58,089 |
| Montgomery | 20.7% | 60.0% | 40.0% | 40.0% | 46.5% | 53.7% | $55,849 |
| Moore | 7.8% | 34.4% | 65.6% | 42.1% | 48.3% | 54.8% | $82,837 |
| Nash | 19.0% | 46.5% | 53.5% | 37.1% | 41.5% | 63.3% | $60,704 |
| New Hanover | 9.1% | 28.7% | 71.3% | 37.0% | 43.1% | 60.3% | $72,892 |
| Northampton | 26.3% | 58.6% | 41.4% | 55.6% | 47.4% | 51.8% | $47,935 |
| Onslow | 12.0% | 37.3% | 62.7% | 27.1% | 50.3% | 63.6% | $64,568 |
| Orange | 5.2% | 19.8% | 80.2% | 43.0% | 36.5% | 50.3% | $88,553 |
| Pamlico | 9.0% | 37.2% | 62.8% | 52.3% | 58.7% | 44.5% | $61,624 |
| Pasquotank | 17.1% | 63.5% | 36.5% | 37.9% | 43.9% | 56.2% | $63,912 |
| Pender | 12.1% | 38.4% | 61.6% | 43.0% | 52.4% | 65.7% | $76,838 |
| Perquimans | 15.2% | 56.0% | 44.0% | 35.4% | 55.3% | 57.6% | $61,224 |
| Person | 20.7% | 52.8% | 47.2% | 41.3% | 42.8% | 50.2% | $64,927 |
| Pitt | 14.6% | 33.9% | 66.1% | 35.6% | 50.0% | 54.2% | $58,851 |
| Polk | 9.0% | 25.9% | 74.1% | 49.4% | 43.1% | 59.4% | $61,005 |
| Randolph | 14.8% | 45.5% | 54.5% | 32.2% | 53.4% | 57.3% | $59,047 |
| Richmond | 29.4% | 71.2% | 28.8% | 34.1% | 45.8% | 41.4% | $43,626 |
| Robeson | 32.1% | 58.6% | 41.4% | 37.8% | 44.0% | 49.3% | $40,318 |
| Rockingham | 17.5% | 47.3% | 52.7% | 40.1% | 50.8% | 54.2% | $55,796 |
| Rowan | 16.3% | 54.0% | 46.0% | 31.3% | 46.8% | 48.2% | $63,196 |
| Rutherford | 19.2% | 53.5% | 46.5% | 37.3% | 53.5% | 49.8% | $49,771 |
| Sampson | 19.8% | 47.9% | 52.1% | 39.5% | 37.8% | 56.2% | $53,159 |
| Scotland | 30.8% | 65.2% | 34.8% | 32.1% | 41.6% | 47.0% | $43,500 |
| Stanly | 15.4% | 52.9% | 47.1% | 41.8% | 57.2% | 51.0% | $61,631 |
| Stokes | 14.1% | 45.6% | 54.4% | 37.1% | 56.9% | 60.3% | $60,039 |
| Surry | 18.4% | 48.9% | 51.1% | 36.3% | 50.1% | 51.9% | $56,095 |
| Swain | 14.4% | 45.0% | 55.0% | 29.2% | 35.0% | 44.3% | $55,429 |
| Transylvania | 10.5% | 39.1% | 60.9% | 49.7% | 34.6% | 42.2% | $64,523 |
| Tyrrell | 26.1% | 38.1% | 61.9% | 56.2% | 53.2% | 74.5% | $43,952 |
| Union | 7.6% | 30.1% | 69.9% | 42.7% | 41.6% | 70.8% | $99,243 |
| Vance | 24.6% | 64.1% | 35.9% | 35.1% | 49.0% | 53.8% | $46,943 |
| Wake | 6.1% | 27.6% | 72.4% | 33.2% | 43.8% | 64.5% | $101,763 |
| Warren | 22.8% | 47.9% | 52.1% | 40.8% | 41.2% | 56.5% | $45,279 |
| Washington | 32.9% | 76.1% | 23.9% | 55.8% | 63.8% | 40.3% | $41,750 |
| Watauga | 6.6% | 13.2% | 86.8% | 29.4% | 31.4% | 50.4% | $51,367 |
| Wayne | 19.2% | 57.7% | 42.3% | 34.7% | 36.4% | 53.9% | $58,082 |
| Wilkes | 14.7% | 51.9% | 48.1% | 33.0% | 51.1% | 44.3% | $50,438 |
| Wilson | 18.4% | 45.9% | 54.1% | 35.9% | 45.1% | 48.4% | $51,381 |
| Yadkin | 12.8% | 43.9% | 56.1% | 36.6% | 46.6% | 55.7% | $60,321 |
| Yancey | 13.1% | 44.1% | 55.9% | 44.3% | 65.2% | 43.6% | $54,961 |
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