Scores by category

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

Safety5#2,933/3,096
Economy22#2,441/3,143
Housing45#1,718/3,140
Health10#2,815/3,144
Healthcare46#1,710/3,143
Environment69#954/3,108
Education9#2,862/3,144
Infrastructure22#2,462/3,144
Community56#1,380/3,144
Leisure & amenities37#1,989/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Comfortable days · high30.4%
84/100North Carolina 30.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Mammography screening · high52.0%
81/100North Carolina 50.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Suicide rate · low13.2 /100k
79/100North Carolina 14.7 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Days with unhealthy air · low0.0%
79/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Job growth · high1.8%
79/100North Carolina 0.8%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Hospital quality rating · high4.0
79/100North Carolina 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Weaknesses

Dental care shortage · high20.0
3/100North Carolina 11.5United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Property crime rate · high2,173 /100k
6/100North Carolina 1,780 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Drought exposure · high94%
6/100North Carolina 80%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Primary care shortage · high19.0
7/100North Carolina 9.9United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Premature death · high14,762 /100k
8/100North Carolina 9,400 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Lack of reliable transportation · high14.1%
9/100North Carolina 8.8%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
20% (2021) → 94% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+74 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
46.7% (2010 & 2021) → 78.1% (2022 & 2024)
+31 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
36.6 /100k (2021) → 16.4 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−55%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Child poverty rateImproving
37.1% (2019) → 27.6% (2024)
−9.5 pts5 yearsUS 16.8% → 15.5%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
15.8% (Dec 2021) → 24.6% (Aug 2026)
+8.8 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Preventable hospital staysImproving
5,913 /100k (2019) → 3,377 /100k (2023)
−43%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k

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, Lenoir County, North Carolina improved on 8 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 18 moved within the margin of error and 3 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.

Improved8

Uninsured−2.5 points14.9% → 12.4%
Household income+30%$39,947 → $52,084
Real income+36%$47,527 → $64,470
Overdose deaths−47%30.9 /100k → 16.4 /100k
Unemployment−2.9 points6.9% → 4.0%

Declined1

Traffic deaths+35%19.7 /100k → 26.6 /100k

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Lenoir County, North Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.7 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−21%	Within the margin of error	13%
Average commute time	23.4 min2015-2019	24.3 min2020-2024	+0.9 min	Within the margin of error	37%
Average weekly wage	$8122020	$1,0132025	+25%	Improved	56%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%2015-2019	16.3%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Broadband subscriptions	75.3%2015-2019	81.3%2020-2024	+6 points	Improved	15%
Child poverty rate	37.1%2019	27.6%2024	−9.5 points	Within the margin of error	99%
Distance to an airport	70 mi2020	70 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	30.9 /100k2020	16.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−47%	Improved	73%
Effective property tax rate	0.96%2015-2019	0.74%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	80%
Firearm deaths	23.6 /100k2020	17.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−25%	Within the margin of error	84%
Grocery stores	2.5 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	−8.4%	Within the margin of error	30%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	−26%	Within the margin of error	18%
High school diploma or higher	79.7%2015-2019	82.9%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	67%
Homicide rate	18.2 /100k2020	11.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−37%	Within the margin of error	60%
Income adjusted for local prices	$47,5272019	$64,4702024	+36%	Improved	72%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4802015-2019	0.4792020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	55%
Median household income	$39,9472019	$52,0842024	+30%	Improved	77%
New business applications	9.5 /1k2020	12.8 /1k2025	+34%	Improved	37%
Pharmacies	2.0 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−19%	Within the margin of error	25%
Poverty rate	23.1%2019	19.1%2024	−4 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	+35%	Within the margin of error	97%
Rent as share of income	28.7%2015-2019	29.0%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Rent-burdened households	47.6%2015-2019	46.5%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Restaurants and bars	5.6 /10k2020	6.4 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	79%
Students per teacher	15.6×2019	15.5×2024	−0.1×	Little change	27%
Suicide rate	13.6 /100k2020	13.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2.9%	Within the margin of error	64%
Traffic deaths	19.7 /100k2015-2019	26.6 /100k2020-2024	+35%	Declined	21%
Unemployment rate	6.9%2020	4.0%2025	−2.9 points	Improved	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.9%2019	12.4%2024	−2.5 points	Improved	77%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 1857 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; 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 Lenoir County, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lenoir 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, Lenoir County, North Carolina itself moved +0.9 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

54,919 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

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 women (+1.4 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

54,919 residents

Lenoir County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

White47%25,969
Black39%21,540
Hispanic or Latino8.8%4,843

Education

38,187 residents (±89)

Lenoir County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

No high school diploma17%6,528
High school or GED33%12,563
Some college21%7,973

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

23,351 households (±486)

Lenoir County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k27%6,356
$25k–50k28%6,443
$50k–75k14%3,365
$75k–100k13%2,964
$100k–150k10%2,383
$150k–200k4.6%1,085
$200k or more3.2%755

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−4.8 points).

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

23,351 households (±486)

Lenoir County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own59%13,826
Rent41%9,525

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

8,538 households (±689)

Lenoir County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $75035%3,020
$750–1,00033%2,842
$1,000–1,50026%2,261

Home values

13,826 homes (±652)

Lenoir County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $150k60%8,361
$150k–250k24%3,300
$250k–400k11%1,580

Age of homes

26,879 homes (±37)

Lenoir County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

2010 or later6.1%1,647
2000–20099.4%2,535
1980–199930%8,099

Size of homes

26,879 homes (±37)

Lenoir County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Studio1.5%†396
1 bedroom6.0%1,606
2 bedrooms27%7,386

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

22,044 workers (±797)

Lenoir County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone82%18,164
Carpool12%2,695
Public transit0.6%†136
Walk0.9%†207
Bike0.1%†13
Work from home3.4%750
Other0.4%†79

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+1.7 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

21,294 workers (±809)

Lenoir County, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under 15 min33%7,084
15–29 min36%7,578
30–44 min14%3,071

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 Kinston, NC

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.

Lenoir County has 1,220 employer establishments, 222 for every 10,000 residents (0.89× the US rate of 248; 0.93× North Carolina's), with 25,562 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,388. The Census Bureau also counts 3,789 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,220; 3,789 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 222; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 25,562
Average annual pay: $46,388; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	99	18	1.16×About typical	966	$55,584	313
Ambulatory health care services	93	16.9	0.81×About typical	1,590	$54,423	188
Restaurants and other eating places	83	15.1	0.82×About typical	1,623	$18,640	14
Religious organizations	64	11.6	2.10×More than typical	302	$23,642	—
Limited-service restaurants	47	8.5	1.07×About typical	1,021	$18,812	4
Building equipment contractors	44	8	1.33×More than typical	519	$60,497	44
Automotive repair and maintenance	38	6.9	1.37×More than typical	182	$36,511	98
Lessors of real estate	36	6.5	0.53×Fewer than typical	146	$131,856	273
Offices of physicians	33	6	0.93×About typical	399	$78,090	21
Services to buildings and dwellings	31	5.6	0.84×About typical	517	$31,948	384
Gasoline stations	30	5.5	1.68×More than typical	158	$26,481	—
Truck transportation	29	5.3	1.04×About typical	251	$57,940	79

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 54,983 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 $1M on contracts performed in Lenoir County, North Carolina: $18.56 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $1M; −82% vs FY2025
Per resident: $18.56; US $2,007
Sole-source: 45%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$369.4K36%
Defense Logistics Agency$245.9K24%
Department of the Air Force$220.2K21%
Department of the Navy$99.9K9.6%
U.S. Agency for Global Media$76.6K7.4%
U.S. Coast Guard$24.1K2.3%

Top recipients

LIONS INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND, INC.$467.9K45%
F & L ENVIRONMENTAL LLC$369.4K36%
MULTI-MAC JOINT VENTURE$99.9K9.6%
SOUTHERN POWER & LIGHTING LLC$51.3K4.9%
HIGHTOWER COMMUNICATIONS INC$25.4K2.5%

Spending by fiscal year

1.1MFY2017
7.9MFY2018
8.9MFY2019
1.5MFY2020
2.9MFY2021
2MFY2022
2MFY2023
3.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Waste treatment and disposal · 5622$369.4K36%
Other textile product mills · 3149$219.4K21%
Other miscellaneous manufacturing · 3399$198.5K19%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$99.9K9.6%
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211$51.3K4.9%
Utility system construction · 2371$25.4K

Largest awards

USAF AND USSF ACTIVE DUTY$601.3K
LIONS INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND, INC.· Lenoir County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 13, 2023 – Feb 20, 2026· FA301624F0063
CONTRACTOR TO CONSTRUCT WINDROWS AT WAYNE 09 AND 10 IN NC IN SUPPORT OF HPAI$369.4K
F & L ENVIRONMENTAL LLC· Lenoir County, NC· Facilities & utilities· Dec 3, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025· 12639526P0012
CLOTH AND PLASTIC NAME TAGS/TAPES$224.3K
LIONS INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND, INC.· Lenoir County, NC· Other equipment & supplies· Jan 7, 2026 – Feb 12, 2026· FA301626F0064
PLASTIC AND CLOTH NAME TAPES FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER BASE CONTRACT- FA301624D0001 ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BASE CONTRACT APPLY TO THIS DELIVERY ORDER

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

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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 $442.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Lenoir County, North Carolina: $7,928 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $442.7M; −3.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,928; US $12,975
Loan face value: $22.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$233.3M53%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$67.5M15%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$45.6M10%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$27.3M6.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$20M4.5%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$6.3M1.4%
64.015 · Veterans State Nursing Home Care$5.6M1.3%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$5.1M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF KINSTON$10.3M2.3%
KINSTON, NC
LENOIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE$6.5M1.5%
KINSTON, NC
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY & VETERANS AFFAIRS NORTH CAROLINA$5.6M1.3%
SALISBURY, NC
GREENE LAMP$3.3M0.8%
KINSTON, NC
KINSTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC

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$326.3M74%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$76.6M17%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$10.3M2.3%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education$6.5M1.5%
Under Secretary for Health/Veterans Health Administration$6.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

381.9MFY2021
399.8MFY2022
398.5MFY2023
417.2MFY2024
457.8MFY2025
442.7MFY2026

County aggregates

91%

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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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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 Lenoir 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.

Lenoir County, North Carolina
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lenoir County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lenoir County, North Carolina	United States
FY2017	$19.97	$1,436
FY2018	$141	$1,552
FY2019	$160	$1,654
FY2020	$26.69	$1,880
FY2021	$52.61	$1,810
FY2022	$36.99	$1,917
FY2023	$35.48	$2,079
FY2024	$55.68	$2,047
FY2025	$103	$2,165
FY2026	$18.56 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lenoir County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lenoir County, North Carolina	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0.12	$105
FY2019	$43.53	$128
FY2020	-$0.30	$145
FY2021	$0.29	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lenoir County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lenoir County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$654	$5,748
FY2022	$564	$5,221
FY2023	$408	$5,364
FY2024	$442	$5,501
FY2025	$475	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lenoir County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lenoir County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$52.46	$298
FY2022	$153	$357
FY2023	$10.06	$301
FY2024	$29.87	$319
FY2025	$22.68	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lenoir County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lenoir County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$225	$239
FY2022	$246	$185
FY2023	$246	$229
FY2024	$253	$229
FY2025	$282	$249
FY2026	$238

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lenoir County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lenoir County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$227	$2,304
FY2022	$167	$2,197
FY2023	$128	$2,274
FY2024	$109	$2,267
FY2025	$118	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lenoir County, North Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lenoir County, North Carolina	United States
FY2021	$563	$1,186
FY2022	$175	$465
FY2023	$9.89	$76.52
FY2024	$173	$120
FY2025	$48.17	$148
FY2026	$64.06

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.

Lenoir County, North Carolina
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Lenoir County, North Carolina and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Lenoir County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−1.1%	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/37107

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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.

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

House

Donald G. DavisD-NC-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 70%Missed 1.8%

Senate

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Metro area

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

Kinston, NC19Central county

Cities and towns in Lenoir County

Places whose residents live mostly in Lenoir 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 2026-10-09
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 2026-10-06
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
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
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	Lenoir County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−4.9%	−4.2%
2015	−1.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.1%	+3.3%
2018	+8.3%	+6.8%
2019	+11.7%	+10.5%
2020	+19.8%	+19.4%
2021	+26.1%	+26.1%
2022	+35.0%	+30.6%
2023	+37.3%	+35.0%
2024	+42.0%	+41.0%
2025	+49.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Lenoir County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−3.6%	−5.5%
2015	−2.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.7%	+4.1%
2018	+7.3%	+8.9%
2019	+12.2%	+13.5%
2020	+21.7%	+20.8%
2021	+36.4%	+32.1%
2022	+41.1%	+35.4%
2023	+46.3%	+42.9%
2024	+55.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Lenoir County, North Carolina	United States
2014	0.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.7/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.0/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.7/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.6/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.9/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	5.4/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Lenoir County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−8.5%	−6.9%
2015	−5.7%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.2%	+4.7%
2018	+2.8%	+7.5%
2019	+1.5%	+14.0%
2020	+3.2%	+16.9%
2021	+12.5%	+21.0%
2022	+18.0%	+29.7%
2023	+31.2%	+34.9%
2024	+32.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Lenoir County, North Carolina	United States
2014	−3.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−1.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.0% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+14.9% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+29.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+50.0% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+85.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+90.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+101.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+104.6% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Lenoir County, North Carolina	United States
2014	6.9%	6.2%
2015	6.3%	5.3%
2016	6.6%	4.9%
2017	5.0%	4.4%
2018	4.5%	3.9%
2019	4.2%	3.7%
2020	6.9%	8.1%
2021	5.7%	5.4%
2022	4.2%	3.7%
2023	3.9%	3.6%
2024	4.0%	4.0%
2025	4.0%	4.3%

Calendar years	Lenoir County, North Carolina	United States
2014	22.1%	15.5%
2015	22.7%	14.7%
2016	20.6%	14.0%
2017	24.7%	13.4%
2018	22.1%	13.1%
2019	23.1%	12.3%
2020	17.2%	11.9%
2021	21.1%	12.8%
2022	21.3%	12.6%
2023	23.1%	12.5%
2024	19.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	Lenoir County, North Carolina	United States
2014	15.8%	13.5%
2015	14.8%	10.9%
2016	14.0%	10.0%
2017	13.5%	10.2%
2018	14.2%	10.4%
2019	14.9%	10.8%
2020	13.5%	10.4%
2021	14.0%	10.2%
2022	12.9%	9.5%
2023	12.7%	9.5%
2024	12.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Lenoir County, North Carolina	United States
2014	5.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.4/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	13.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	13.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	11.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.8/1k	16.6/1k

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What changed in five years

Improved8

Declined1

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

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Representation in Congress

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Improved8

Declined1

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