Food Access in North Carolina

Food desert and food access data for 100 counties in North Carolina (NC).

100
Counties
45.6%
Avg. Low Access %
4.0M
People in Food Deserts
15.2%
Avg. SNAP %

Counties in North Carolina

County Population Low Access % SNAP % No Vehicle % Poverty %
Scotland County 34K 77.0% 29.2% 11.5% 26.1%
Washington County 11K 75.6% 29.7% 18.2% 21.6%
Richmond County 43K 75.2% 27.8% 10.7% 23.0%
Halifax County 49K 74.7% 28.9% 9.2% 23.9%
Bertie County 18K 74.1% 25.8% 11.3% 21.4%
Robeson County 118K 74.1% 30.3% 8.0% 27.1%
Edgecombe County 49K 73.3% 22.9% 10.4% 22.0%
Bladen County 30K 73.0% 29.2% 7.9% 24.4%
Warren County 19K 72.7% 22.7% 10.4% 21.2%
Lenoir County 55K 72.2% 24.3% 8.6% 22.4%
Hertford County 22K 71.4% 26.6% 9.0% 20.3%
Chowan County 14K 71.3% 20.4% 10.2% 20.9%
Martin County 22K 70.5% 21.2% 9.3% 20.5%
Wilson County 79K 68.8% 18.3% 9.2% 20.4%
Northampton County 18K 67.9% 23.6% 8.1% 18.7%
Vance County 42K 67.2% 23.1% 7.8% 18.7%
Anson County 22K 67.1% 27.8% 7.1% 19.3%
Columbus County 51K 65.4% 23.9% 6.2% 21.1%
Jones County 9K 64.8% 20.0% 7.8% 17.7%
Pitt County 171K 64.6% 14.5% 9.2% 20.0%
Greene County 20K 63.5% 21.8% 5.5% 22.6%
Swain County 14K 63.1% 13.8% 8.9% 19.8%
Tyrrell County 3K 62.8% 23.8% 7.6% 16.0%
Wayne County 117K 62.8% 19.5% 7.0% 17.9%
Rockingham County 91K 62.0% 16.9% 7.0% 18.8%
Cleveland County 100K 61.9% 19.3% 6.5% 18.4%
Cumberland County 335K 61.1% 18.1% 6.9% 17.6%
Sampson County 59K 60.3% 19.3% 5.1% 22.3%
Rutherford County 65K 59.9% 18.6% 6.0% 18.4%
Person County 39K 56.2% 20.3% 5.2% 17.2%
Duplin County 49K 55.9% 17.4% 5.2% 18.5%
Hyde County 5K 55.6% 25.3% 2.2% 29.9%
Surry County 71K 54.8% 17.5% 5.1% 17.9%
Hoke County 53K 54.6% 17.7% 5.2% 17.3%
Wilkes County 66K 54.4% 15.4% 5.7% 17.1%
Nash County 95K 54.2% 16.7% 6.9% 14.5%
McDowell County 45K 54.1% 17.2% 6.4% 14.9%
Rowan County 147K 53.7% 15.5% 5.9% 16.4%
Beaufort County 45K 53.2% 14.2% 5.8% 17.1%
Mitchell County 15K 52.4% 14.3% 8.4% 13.4%
Guilford County 540K 51.4% 14.5% 6.3% 15.1%
Alleghany County 11K 50.1% 10.8% 5.6% 19.5%
Forsyth County 384K 50.1% 12.9% 6.6% 15.2%
Montgomery County 26K 49.8% 18.6% 4.4% 16.2%
Burke County 88K 47.6% 14.0% 4.6% 17.0%
Caswell County 23K 47.5% 16.2% 4.7% 15.4%
Craven County 101K 46.3% 13.5% 5.9% 14.0%
Pasquotank County 40K 46.0% 17.6% 6.2% 11.6%
Clay County 11K 45.4% 10.9% 7.3% 13.5%
Jackson County 42K 45.4% 10.1% 4.8% 19.3%
Lee County 64K 45.3% 15.8% 4.0% 16.0%
Macon County 37K 44.7% 9.6% 6.4% 15.4%
Stanly County 63K 44.1% 13.5% 5.4% 13.8%
Gaston County 229K 42.9% 15.1% 5.4% 12.4%
Alamance County 172K 42.3% 12.9% 5.0% 14.2%
Harnett County 135K 41.3% 14.0% 4.3% 14.4%
Graham County 8K 40.7% 13.0% 6.4% 11.3%
Randolph County 144K 40.6% 14.9% 3.7% 14.7%
Cherokee County 29K 40.0% 10.3% 4.3% 16.7%
Davidson County 169K 40.0% 14.1% 4.2% 13.9%
Durham County 325K 39.5% 9.6% 7.0% 12.3%
Yancey County 19K 39.4% 11.8% 4.2% 15.3%
Granville County 61K 38.7% 12.8% 4.1% 14.4%
Yadkin County 37K 38.4% 12.1% 4.6% 13.8%
Caldwell County 81K 38.1% 12.2% 4.8% 13.3%
Watauga County 55K 38.1% 6.4% 3.4% 24.9%
Catawba County 161K 37.8% 12.1% 4.9% 13.0%
Gates County 11K 37.5% 13.8% 3.4% 14.3%
Ashe County 27K 37.4% 12.1% 4.2% 14.1%
New Hanover County 228K 37.4% 8.9% 6.3% 12.7%
Madison County 21K 35.4% 12.4% 4.5% 12.5%
Perquimans County 13K 35.4% 12.7% 4.0% 13.3%
Pamlico County 12K 35.3% 9.6% 4.8% 13.8%
Transylvania County 33K 34.5% 10.3% 4.6% 13.4%
Davie County 43K 32.8% 10.9% 5.0% 11.6%
Onslow County 204K 32.7% 12.1% 3.8% 12.8%
Haywood County 62K 32.4% 11.6% 4.3% 12.1%
Buncombe County 269K 30.0% 8.7% 5.4% 11.2%
Stokes County 45K 29.7% 13.3% 2.8% 12.0%
Mecklenburg County 1.1M 28.8% 8.4% 5.6% 10.5%
Johnston County 219K 28.5% 11.9% 4.1% 10.7%
Pender County 62K 28.5% 12.5% 3.1% 11.7%
Avery County 18K 27.2% 9.4% 4.5% 11.2%
Franklin County 70K 27.2% 14.7% 3.2% 9.7%
Orange County 146K 24.6% 5.3% 4.7% 12.3%
Alexander County 37K 23.1% 8.9% 2.8% 12.2%
Henderson County 116K 22.8% 8.2% 3.7% 11.4%
Polk County 20K 22.8% 9.0% 3.7% 11.0%
Lincoln County 88K 21.1% 10.7% 3.4% 9.3%
Carteret County 68K 20.2% 8.7% 3.9% 9.7%
Moore County 101K 18.8% 7.3% 4.2% 9.5%
Cabarrus County 226K 17.4% 9.0% 3.7% 8.4%
Brunswick County 140K 15.4% 9.1% 2.4% 9.1%
Chatham County 77K 15.1% 6.1% 3.1% 10.4%
Iredell County 188K 15.0% 7.1% 3.3% 9.4%
Wake County 1.1M 13.3% 6.0% 4.0% 8.2%
Camden County 11K 9.5% 9.1% 1.3% 5.9%
Currituck County 29K 9.2% 6.4% 1.7% 8.5%
Union County 240K 9.0% 7.2% 2.7% 6.8%
Dare County 37K 3.9% 4.5% 1.8% 6.5%

Source: USDA ERS Food Access Research Atlas, U.S. Census Bureau. Sorted by low access percentage (highest first).