Household Income Percentiles#1 Scope: households in the United States and North Carolina North Carolina United States $0k $50k $100k $150k $200k % 95th Percentile 80th Percentile 60th Percentile Median 40th Percentile 20th Percentile $180,095.000000 $209,414.000000 $180,095.000000 $180.1k 373.207% 373% $96,815.000000 $111,894.000000 $96,815.000000 $96.8k 200.628% 201% $60,402.000000 $69,767.000000 $60,402.000000 $60.4k 125.170% 125% $48,256.000000 $55,322.000000 $48,256.000000 $48.3k 100.000% 100% $37,959.000000 $43,263.000000 $37,959.000000 $38.0k 78.662% 78.7% $20,356.000000 $22,558.000000 $20,356.000000 $20.4k 42.183% 42.2% Relative Household Income Percentiles#2 Selected measures of household income in North Carolina, as a percentage more or less than the United States at large. Scope: households in the United States and North Carolina 10% 5% 0% $ ref. 95th Percentile 80th Percentile 60th Percentile Median 40th Percentile 20th Percentile -14.000497% -14.000497% 14.0% $180,095.000000 $180.1k $209,414.000000 $209.4k -13.476147% -13.476147% 13.5% $96,815.000000 $96.8k $111,894.000000 $111.9k -13.423252% -13.423252% 13.4% $60,402.000000 $60.4k $69,767.000000 $69.8k -12.772496% -12.772496% 12.8% $48,256.000000 $48.3k $55,322.000000 $55.3k -12.259899% -12.259899% 12.3% $37,959.000000 $38.0k $43,263.000000 $43.3k -9.761504% -9.761504% 9.8% $20,356.000000 $20.4k $22,558.000000 $22.6k Household Income Interval Means#3 Scope: households in the United States and North Carolina North Carolina United States $0k $100k $200k $300k % Mean of Top 5% Mean of Top 20% Mean of 4th Quintile Mean of 3rd Quintile Mean of 2nd Quintile Mean of Bottom 20% $306,893.000000 $358,316.000000 $306,893.000000 $306.9k 635.969% 636% $171,731.000000 $200,035.000000 $171,731.000000 $171.7k 355.875% 356% $76,598.000000 $88,586.000000 $76,598.000000 $76.6k 158.733% 159% $48,453.000000 $55,754.000000 $48,453.000000 $48.5k 100.408% 100% $28,937.000000 $32,709.000000 $28,937.000000 $28.9k 59.966% 60.0% $11,116.000000 $12,243.000000 $11,116.000000 $11.1k 23.035% 23.0% Relative Household Income Interval Means#4 Selected measures of household income in North Carolina, as a percentage more or less than the United States at large. Scope: households in the United States and North Carolina 10% 5% 0% $ ref. Mean of Top 5% Mean of Top 20% Mean of 4th Quintile Mean of 3rd Quintile Mean of 2nd Quintile Mean of Bottom 20% -14.351299% -14.351299% 14.4% $306,893.000000 $306.9k $358,316.000000 $358.3k -14.149524% -14.149524% 14.1% $171,731.000000 $171.7k $200,035.000000 $200.0k -13.532612% -13.532612% 13.5% $76,598.000000 $76.6k $88,586.000000 $88.6k -13.095025% -13.095025% 13.1% $48,453.000000 $48.5k $55,754.000000 $55.8k -11.531994% -11.531994% 11.5% $28,937.000000 $28.9k $32,709.000000 $32.7k -9.205260% -9.205260% 9.2% $11,116.000000 $11.1k $12,243.000000 $12.2k Shares of Household Income#5 By quintiles and the top 5%. Scope: households in the United States and North Carolina North Carolina United States 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% % Top 5% Top 20% 4th Quintile 3rd Quintile 2nd Quintile Bottom 20% 22.780000% 23.010000% 22.780000% 22.8% 455.600000% 456% 50.980000% 51.380000% 50.980000% 51.0% 254.900000% 255% 22.740000% 22.750000% 22.740000% 22.7% 113.700000% 114% 14.380000% 14.320000% 14.380000% 14.4% 71.900000% 72% 8.590000% 8.400000% 8.590000% 8.6% 42.950000% 43% 3.300000% 3.150000% 3.300000% 3.3% 16.500000% 16% Relative Shares of Household Income#6 By quintiles and the top 5% in North Carolina, as a percentage more or less than in the United States at large. Scope: households in the United States and North Carolina 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% % ref. Top 5% Top 20% 4th Quintile 3rd Quintile 2nd Quintile Bottom 20% -0.999565% -0.999565% 1.0% 22.780000% 23% 23.010000% 23% -0.778513% -0.778513% 0.8% 50.980000% 51% 51.380000% 51% -0.043956% -0.043956% 0.0% 22.740000% 23% 22.750000% 23% 0.418994% 0.418994% 0.4% 14.380000% 14% 14.320000% 14% 2.261905% 2.261905% 2.3% 8.590000% 9% 8.400000% 8% 4.761905% 4.761905% 4.8% 3.300000% 3% 3.150000% 3% Household Income Distribution#7 Normalized with respect to a standard interval of $5k. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the states. Scope: households in the United States, North Carolina, and other states North Carolina United States Percentile: 0th - 100th 10th - 90th 20th - 80th 30th - 70th 40th - 60th 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% Count % > $200k 1 $150-200k 2 $125-150k 2 $100-125k 2 $75-100k 2 $60-75k 2 $50-60k 2 $45-50k $40-45k $35-40k $30-35k $25-30k $20-25k $15-20k $10-15k < $10k 2 149,227 149k 3.911% 3.91% 149,685 150k 3.923% 3.92% 152,366 152k 3.993% 3.99% 269,886 270k 7.074% 7.07% 442,371 442k 11.594% 11.6% 374,954 375k 9.827% 9.83% 312,635 313k 8.194% 8.19% 171,241 171k 4.488% 4.49% 194,664 195k 5.102% 5.10% 195,323 195k 5.119% 5.12% 219,354 219k 5.749% 5.75% 216,477 216k 5.674% 5.67% 221,068 221k 5.794% 5.79% 219,592 220k 5.755% 5.76% 232,150 232k 6.085% 6.08% 294,399 294k 7.716% 7.72% Median Household Income by Race#8 Scope: households in the United States and North Carolina North Carolina United States $0k $20k $40k $60k % Asian Non-Hispanic White All White 1 All 2 Mixed Hawaiian 3 Hispanic American Indian 4 Black Other $72,173.000000 $76,667.000000 $72,173.000000 $72.2k 149.562749% 150% $54,485.000000 $61,018.000000 $54,485.000000 $54.5k 112.908239% 113% $53,464.000000 $59,083.000000 $53,464.000000 $53.5k 110.792440% 111% $48,256.000000 $55,322.000000 $48,256.000000 $48.3k 100.000000% 100% $41,801.000000 $50,513.000000 $41,801.000000 $41.8k 86.623425% 87% $38,373.000000 $54,993.000000 $38,373.000000 $38.4k 79.519645% 80% $36,103.000000 $44,254.000000 $36,103.000000 $36.1k 74.815567% 75% $34,176.000000 $38,502.000000 $34,176.000000 $34.2k 70.822281% 71% $34,040.000000 $36,651.000000 $34,040.000000 $34.0k 70.540451% 71% $33,945.000000 $41,927.000000 $33,945.000000 $33.9k 70.343584% 70% Household Income Distribution by Race#9 Independent household income distributions of the given ethno-racial groups, normalized with respect to a standard interval of $5k. Scope: households in North Carolina White Hispanic Mixed Black Asian Other > $200k 4 $150-200k 5 $125-150k 5 $100-125k 5 $75-100k 5 $60-75k 5 $50-60k 5 $45-50k $40-45k $35-40k $30-35k $25-30k $20-25k $15-20k $10-15k < $10k 5 277,917 278k 274,102 274k 275,986 276k 485,558 486k 782,401 782k 648,001 648k 534,193 534k 290,527 291k 323,799 324k 323,465 323k 359,658 360k 348,994 349k 356,691 357k 350,121 350k 368,157 368k 450,748 451k 0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% Count Household Income Distribution by Race#10 Ethno-racial composition of the given household income intervals. Scope: households in North Carolina White Hispanic Mixed Black Other Asian > $200k $150-200k $125-150k $100-125k $75-100k $60-75k $50-60k $45-50k $40-45k $35-40k $30-35k $25-30k $20-25k $15-20k $10-15k < $10k 86.551719% 87% 1.796407% 0.975212% 5.798138% 0.182040% 4.696485% 277,917 278k 83.720289% 84% 1.796645% 1.035594% 8.771261% 9% 0.361572% 4.314639% 274,102 274k 81.694782% 82% 2.140506% 1.360038% 10.621908% 11% 0.345847% 3.836919% 275,986 276k 80.736921% 81% 2.127808% 1.185194% 12.464749% 12% 0.515980% 2.969348% 485,558 486k 77.909610% 78% 2.794875% 1.193057% 15.028125% 15% 0.679281% 2.395051% 782,401 782k 74.130139% 74% 3.212568% 1.324611% 18.383825% 18% 0.898549% 2.050309% 648,001 648k 72.200636% 72% 3.426270% 1.385303% 20.236304% 20% 0.940264% 1.811224% 534,193 534k 71.275805% 71% 3.819350% 1.294826% 20.807449% 21% 1.159986% 1.642583% 290,527 291k 68.091221% 68% 4.368574% 1.301872% 23.128394% 23% 1.321909% 1.788031% 323,799 324k 67.443276% 67% 4.371587% 1.360002% 23.994779% 24% 1.400880% 1.429476% 323,465 323k 65.817686% 66% 4.893262% 1.339302% 25.201404% 25% 1.450325% 1.298021% 359,658 360k 63.307828% 63% 5.243604% 1.504383% 26.547180% 27% 1.709172% 1.687833% 348,994 349k 63.274704% 63% 5.653168% 1.425306% 26.755155% 27% 1.569469% 1.322198% 356,691 357k 61.009304% 61% 5.399409% 1.509236% 29.442017% 29% 1.318692% 1.321341% 350,121 350k 60.060853% 60% 3.636144% 1.739909% 32.431633% 32% 1.258858% 0.872604% 368,157 368k 54.646910% 55% 3.378448% 2.131016% 36.783705% 37% 1.448988% 1.610932% 450,748 451k 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Count Household Income Distribution by Race#11 Independent household income distributions of the given ethno-racial groups, normalized so that the sum of each interval is 100%. Scope: households in North Carolina White Hispanic Mixed Black Other Asian > $200k $150-200k $125-150k $100-125k $75-100k $60-75k $50-60k $45-50k $40-45k $35-40k $30-35k $25-30k $20-25k $15-20k $10-15k < $10k 24.540357% 25% 9.958447% 10% 13.985451% 14% 5.421354% 1.167473% 44.926918% 45% 277,917 278k 23.656408% 24% 9.925719% 10% 14.800626% 15% 8.173238% 8% 2.310941% 41.133068% 41% 274,102 274k 22.404334% 22% 11.477199% 11% 18.865185% 19% 9.606259% 10% 2.145348% 35.501675% 36% 275,986 276k 24.083076% 24% 12.409489% 12% 17.881398% 18% 12.261323% 12% 3.481356% 29.883358% 30% 485,558 486k 23.007499% 23% 16.136987% 16% 17.820182% 18% 14.635151% 15% 4.537369% 23.862813% 24% 782,401 782k 20.937013% 21% 17.740008% 18% 18.922587% 19% 17.122604% 17% 5.740340% 19.537447% 20% 648,001 648k 20.147112% 20% 18.692826% 19% 19.551894% 20% 18.621601% 19% 5.934681% 17.051886% 17% 534,193 534k 19.704954% 20% 20.644500% 21% 18.105780% 18% 18.969949% 19% 7.253742% 7% 15.321074% 15% 290,527 291k 17.647130% 18% 22.136261% 22% 17.065679% 17% 19.767078% 20% 7.749265% 8% 15.634587% 16% 323,799 324k 17.713454% 18% 22.448397% 22% 18.066609% 18% 20.782385% 21% 8.322264% 8% 12.666891% 13% 323,465 323k 16.922522% 17% 24.598160% 25% 17.417007% 17% 21.367871% 21% 8.434586% 8% 11.259853% 11% 359,658 360k 14.893520% 15% 24.118566% 24% 17.900732% 18% 20.595501% 21% 9.094978% 9% 13.396702% 13% 348,994 349k 15.275101% 15% 26.682560% 27% 17.403410% 17% 21.299798% 21% 8.570039% 9% 10.769092% 11% 356,691 357k 14.721901% 15% 25.473916% 25% 18.420326% 18% 23.428767% 23% 7.197594% 7% 10.757496% 11% 350,121 350k 15.639960% 16% 18.512577% 19% 22.916220% 23% 27.850115% 28% 7.414756% 7% 7.666371% 8% 368,157 368k 12.507471% 13% 15.118296% 15% 24.669650% 25% 27.763448% 28% 7.501443% 8% 12.439692% 12% 450,748 451k 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Count

Definitions Household Income: total income from all people in the household

total income from all people in the household Median: in terms of income, it is the income for which 50% of households have a lower income, and 50% have a higher income

in terms of income, it is the income for which 50% of households have a lower income, and 50% have a higher income Percentile: for example, the 80th percentile of household income is the income for which 80% of household have a lower income and 20% have a higher income

for example, the 80th percentile of household income is the income for which 80% of household have a lower income and 20% have a higher income Quintile: a quintile is 20% of a population, grouped by percentile; for example, the 2nd quintile is all members of a population between the 20th and 40th percentiles

a quintile is 20% of a population, grouped by percentile; for example, the 2nd quintile is all members of a population between the 20th and 40th percentiles Gini Index: a statistical measure of how unevenly income is distributed in a population (ranging from 0% to 100%, the higher the number, the greater the inequality) For additional information about the data presented on this site, including our sources, please see the About Page.