Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety3#2,994/3,096
Economy17#2,619/3,143
Housing53#1,487/3,140
Health9#2,848/3,144
Healthcare19#2,538/3,143
Environment62#1,171/3,108
Education3#3,063/3,144
Infrastructure15#2,662/3,144
Community33#2,122/3,144
Leisure & amenities2#3,085/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Anson County, North Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Job growth · high2.9%
87/100North Carolina 0.8%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Comfortable days · high29.8%
81/100North Carolina 30.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Suicide rate · low13.3 /100k
79/100North Carolina 14.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Distance to an Amtrak station · low25 mi
72/100North Carolina 23 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Social associations · high13.7 /10k
72/100North Carolina 11.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Natural hazard risk · low27.7
72/100North Carolina 45.12025Federal Emergency Management Agency

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low9.9%
1/100North Carolina 35.7%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Some college · low34.8%
2/100North Carolina 69.1%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Violent crime rate · high675 /100k
4/100North Carolina 330 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure
Grocery stores · low0.5 /10k
4/100North Carolina 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Drought exposure · high95%
5/100North Carolina 79%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Premature death · high15,576 /100k
7/100North Carolina 9,400 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
18% (2021) → 95% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+77 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Traffic deathsWorsening
14.6 /100k (2015-2019) → 39.5 /100k (2020-2024)
+171%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
18.1% (2010 & 2021) → 36.0% (2022 & 2024)
+18 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
53.2% (2015-2019) → 39.6% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Some collegeWorsening
46.9% (2016-2020) → 34.9% (2019-2023)
−12 pts3 yearsUS 66.9% → 67.8%
Child care cost burdenImproving
40.6% (2020 & 2021) → 28.9% (2023 & 2024)
−12 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Anson County, North Carolina improved on 9 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 18 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Household income+40%$40,826 → $57,324
Rent burden−14 points53.2% → 39.6%
Rent / income−5.7 points31.8% → 26.1%
Unemployment−4.3 points8.8% → 4.5%
Weekly wage+27%$739 → $941

Declined3

Traffic deaths+171%14.6 /100k → 39.5 /100k
Students / teacher+1.4×15.3× → 16.7×
Price / income+0.9×2.3× → 3.1×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Anson County, North Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	0.9 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	−49%	Within the margin of error	4%
Average commute time	26.7 min2015-2019	29.4 min2020-2024	+2.7 min	Within the margin of error	15%
Average weekly wage	$7392020	$9412025	+27%	Improved	72%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%2015-2019	9.9%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Broadband subscriptions	74.6%2015-2019	85.4%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	57%
Child poverty rate	31.1%2019	26.0%2024	−5.1 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Distance to an airport	50 mi2020	50 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	33.4 /100k2020	24.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−28%	Within the margin of error	51%
Effective property tax rate	0.79%2015-2019	0.68%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Firearm deaths	27.3 /100k2020	24.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−11%	Within the margin of error	66%
Grocery stores	0.9 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	−49%	Within the margin of error	4%
High school diploma or higher	80.7%2015-2019	83.1%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	14%
Homicide rate	22.8 /100k2020	20.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−8.8%	Within the margin of error	29%
Income adjusted for local prices	$42,9902019	$56,9622024	+32%	Improved	55%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4432015-2019	0.4642020-2024	+0.021	Within the margin of error	23%
Median household income	$40,8262019	$57,3242024	+40%	Improved	96%
New business applications	9.3 /1k2020	12.9 /1k2025	+39%	Improved	43%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−23%	Within the margin of error	20%
Poverty rate	21.4%2019	21.3%2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Property crime rate	2,760 /100k2020	1,860 /100k2025	−33%	Improved	44%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.9 /10k2024	+9.4%	Within the margin of error	89%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Rent as share of income	31.8%2015-2019	26.1%2020-2024	−5.7 points	Improved	93%
Rent-burdened households	53.2%2015-2019	39.6%2020-2024	−14 points	Improved	95%
Restaurants and bars	5.4 /10k2020	5.1 /10k2025	−6.3%	Within the margin of error	32%
Students per teacher	15.3×2019	16.7×2024	+1.4×	Declined	5%
Traffic deaths	14.6 /100k2015-2019	39.5 /100k2020-2024	+171%	Declined	2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%2020	4.5%2025	−4.3 points	Improved	87%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.3%2019	12.1%2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Violent crime rate	766 /100k2020	674 /100k2025	−12%	Within the margin of error	46%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Anson County, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Anson County, North Carolina in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Anson County, North Carolina itself moved −0.5 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

22,289 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

22,289 residents

Anson County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

White44%9,749
Black45%9,936
Hispanic or Latino4.2%932
Asian1.6%351
American Indian and Alaska Native0.4%†97
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†2
Other or two or more races5.5%†1,222

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+4.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

16,147 residents (±143)

Anson County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

No high school diploma17%2,728
High school or GED46%7,404
Some college18%2,864
Associate degree9.6%1,551
Bachelor's degree7.2%1,156
Graduate degree2.8%†444

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: High school or GED (+5.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

8,548 households (±366)

Anson County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k30%2,545
$25k–50k21%1,819
$50k–75k21%1,825
$75k–100k11%945
$100k–150k11%907
$150k–200k3.3%†279
$200k or more2.7%†228

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (+4.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

8,548 households (±366)

Anson County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own69%5,857
Rent31%2,691

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

2,273 households (±387)

Anson County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $75042%946
$750–1,00032%735
$1,000–1,50023%†518

Home values

5,857 homes (±335)

Anson County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $150k50%2,941
$150k–250k25%1,482
$250k–400k14%843

Age of homes

9,954 homes (±226)

Anson County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

2010 or later4.3%426
2000–20096.8%679
1980–199927%2,713

Size of homes

9,954 homes (±226)

Anson County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Studio0.8%†80
1 bedroom4.2%†415
2 bedrooms29%2,902

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

8,866 workers (±696)

Anson County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone74%6,541
Carpool17%1,478
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.5%†40
Bike0.0%†2
Work from home8.9%786
Other0.2%†19

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−10.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

8,080 workers (±723)

Anson County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under 15 min22%1,797
15–29 min31%2,495
30–44 min23%1,891

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Anson County has 380 employer establishments, 174 for every 10,000 residents (0.70× the US rate of 248; 0.73× North Carolina's), with 4,477 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,052. The Census Bureau also counts 1,635 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 380; 1,635 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 174; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 4,477
Average annual pay: $43,052; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Anson County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	32	14.7	0.80×About typical	478	$16,393	10
Religious organizations	30	13.8	2.48×More than typical	78	$14,962	—
Specialty trade contractors	26	11.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	201	$57,109	141
Ambulatory health care services	20	9.2	0.44×Fewer than typical	189	$35,249	65
Limited-service restaurants	19	8.7	1.09×About typical	384	$16,909	4
Building equipment contractors	15	6.9	1.14×About typical	164	$59,415	31
Gasoline stations	15	6.9	2.12×More than typical	90	$27,089	—
Truck transportation	14	6.4	1.27×More than typical	45	$34,467	90
Construction of buildings	12	5.5	0.73×Fewer than typical	19	$50,368	54
Full-service restaurants	10	4.6	0.60×Fewer than typical	70	$12,729	3
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	10	4.6	1.39×More than typical	153	$60,922	17
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	4.1	0.82×Too few to compare	20	$33,000	40

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 21,778 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated -$8,638 on contracts performed in Anson County, North Carolina: -$0.40 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: -$8,638; −101% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$0.40; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$8,7980.0%

Top recipients

WEST COAST WIRE ROPE & RIGGING, INC.$16.4K0.0%
SILVA TECH II, INC.$8,7980.0%
CAROLINA APPAREL GROUP, INC.-$33.8K0.0%

Spending by fiscal year

707.7KFY2017
406.4KFY2018
393.9KFY2019
484.2KFY2020
543.2KFY2021
90KFY2022
56.2KFY2023
17.6K

Top industries (NAICS)

Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$16.4K0.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (NAICS 1131) · 1131$8,7980.0%

Largest awards

8508549329!DRAWERS,FLYERS'$430.2K
CAROLINA APPAREL GROUP, INC.· Anson County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 23, 2021 – Mar 20, 2026· SPE1C121F6296
CHAIN HOIST$16.4K
WEST COAST WIRE ROPE & RIGGING, INC.· Anson County, NC· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 5, 2026 – Jan 5, 2026· SPMYM226P5124
HERBICIDE APPLICATION, PEE DEE NWR, NC$8,798
SILVA TECH II, INC.· Anson County, NC· Facilities & utilities· Sep 10, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026· 140FS326P0249

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

Explore contracts in Anson County, North Carolina

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $157.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Anson County, North Carolina: $7,249 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $157.7M; −6.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,249; US $12,957
Loan face value: $13.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.8%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$89.3M57%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$19.6M12%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$13.3M8.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$9.2M5.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$7.6M4.8%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$6.4M4.1%
93.224 · Health Center Program$1.3M0.8%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$1.3M0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

SOUTH PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE INC$6.5M4.1%
WADESBORO, NC
WADESBORO HOUSING AUTHORITY$1.9M1.2%
WADESBORO, NC
ANSON REGIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES INC$1.3M0.8%
WADESBORO, NC
THE WORKING LANDS TRUST INC$862.5K0.5%
GOLD HILL, NC
OAK HILL APARTMENTS INC$517.7K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$125.7M80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$15.2M9.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$6.5M4.1%
Farm Service Agency$2.2M1.4%
Department of Agriculture
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$1.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

144.7MFY2021
142.8MFY2022
146.2MFY2023
165.4MFY2024
168.8MFY2025
157.7MFY2026

County aggregates

90%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in Anson County, North Carolina

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Anson County, North Carolina compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Anson County, North Carolina
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Anson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Anson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2017	$28.47	$1,436
FY2018	$16.60	$1,552
FY2019	$16.73	$1,654
FY2020	$21.78	$1,880
FY2021	$25.09	$1,810
FY2022	$4.14	$1,917
FY2023	$2.58	$2,079
FY2024	$0.82	$2,047
FY2025	$32.18	$2,165
FY2026	-$0.40 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Anson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Anson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2017	$0.65	$93.28
FY2018	$0.59	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$0	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Anson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Anson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$491	$5,748
FY2022	$197	$5,221
FY2023	$227	$5,364
FY2024	$180	$5,501
FY2025	$164	$5,732
FY2026	$143

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Anson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Anson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$20.49	$298
FY2022	$69.01	$357
FY2023	$78.60	$301
FY2024	$50.17	$319
FY2025	$9.69	$360
FY2026	$20.81

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Anson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Anson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$129	$239
FY2022	$139	$185
FY2023	$132	$229
FY2024	$163	$229
FY2025	$165	$249
FY2026	$120

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Anson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Anson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$131	$2,304
FY2022	$60.96	$2,197
FY2023	$52.22	$2,274
FY2024	$63.02	$2,267
FY2025	$58.20	$2,397
FY2026	$60.91

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Anson County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Anson County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$860	$1,186
FY2022	$61.78	$465
FY2023	-$6.19	$76.52
FY2024	$9.29	$120
FY2025	$30.12	$148
FY2026	$473

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Anson County, North Carolina
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Anson County, North Carolina and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Anson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	1.7%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/37007

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Anson County, North Carolina is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mark HarrisR-NC-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Anson County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC75Outlying county

Cities and towns in Anson County

Places whose residents live mostly in Anson County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-06
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Anson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−3.5%	−4.2%
2015	−2.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.7%	+3.3%
2018	+6.8%	+6.8%
2019	+9.5%	+10.5%
2020	+16.6%	+19.4%
2021	+22.6%	+26.1%
2022	+32.0%	+30.6%
2023	+35.3%	+35.0%
2024	+45.4%	+41.0%
2025	+48.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Anson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	1.3/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.4/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.4/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Anson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−9.2%	−6.9%
2015	−1.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+15.2%	+4.7%
2018	+6.2%	+7.5%
2019	+14.0%	+14.0%
2020	+14.0%	+16.9%
2021	+13.9%	+21.0%
2022	+34.8%	+29.7%
2023	+41.0%	+34.9%
2024	+60.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Anson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	25.0%	15.5%
2015	25.2%	14.7%
2016	25.1%	14.0%
2017	22.2%	13.4%
2018	20.5%	13.1%
2019	21.4%	12.3%
2020	20.7%	11.9%
2021	21.2%	12.8%
2022	22.4%	12.6%
2023	24.1%	12.5%
2024	21.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Anson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−10.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+7.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+14.9% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+38.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+58.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+80.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+102.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+96.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+80.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Anson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	6.9%	6.2%
2015	6.5%	5.3%
2016	6.3%	4.9%
2017	5.7%	4.4%
2018	5.0%	3.9%
2019	4.7%	3.7%
2020	8.8%	8.1%
2021	7.2%	5.4%
2022	4.8%	3.7%
2023	4.4%	3.6%
2024	4.4%	4.0%
2025	4.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Anson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−6.3%	−5.5%
2015	0.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.9%	+4.1%
2018	+11.1%	+8.9%
2019	+21.1%	+13.5%
2020	+25.1%	+20.8%
2021	+42.2%	+32.1%
2022	+51.0%	+35.4%
2023	+51.6%	+42.9%
2024	+65.4%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Anson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	16.7%	13.5%
2015	13.7%	10.9%
2016	13.2%	10.0%
2017	13.1%	10.2%
2018	13.4%	10.4%
2019	13.3%	10.8%
2020	12.8%	10.4%
2021	13.0%	10.2%
2022	12.5%	9.5%
2023	12.9%	9.5%
2024	12.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Anson County, North Carolina	United States
2014	3.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.1/1k	9.8/1k
2018	4.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.3/1k	13.1/1k
2021	13.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	14.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.8/1k	16.2/1k
2024	12.7/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.9/1k	16.6/1k

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Declined3

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