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Durham County ranked fifth in North Carolina for resident earnings in 2018

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Durham County ranked fifth among counties in North Carolina by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The median income of Durham County residents was $32,412 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 123,444 households with a population of 306,457.

The county with the highest median resident income in the state was Wake County with $37,825 per year after adjusting for inflation – $5,413 more than Durham County. It had 390,498 households with a population of 1,046,558.

The county with the lowest median resident income in the state was Avery County with $18,401 per year after adjusting for inflation – $14,011 less than Durham County. It had 6,587 households with a population of 17,501.

Top 100 counties by earnings per resident (2018)

RankCountyEarnings per resident
1Wake County$37,825
2Camden County$34,341
3Currituck County$34,263
4Mecklenburg County$33,663
5Durham County$32,412
6Union County$32,128
7Cabarrus County$31,473
8Chatham County$31,413
9Orange County$30,556
10Dare County$30,036
11Moore County$29,867
12Iredell County$28,696
13Forsyth County$28,440
14Franklin County$28,407
15Henderson County$28,200
16Carteret County$28,095
17Gates County$28,044
18Lincoln County$27,886
19Guilford County$27,752
20Johnston County$27,723
21New Hanover County$27,694
22Buncombe County$27,675
23Davie County$27,500
24Granville County$27,488
25Person County$27,125
26Craven County$26,990
27Harnett County$26,911
28Pender County$26,786
29Catawba County$26,753
30Pasquotank County$26,597
31Brunswick County$26,533
32Haywood County$26,428
33Davidson County$26,298
34Cumberland County$26,224
35Alamance County$26,220
36Stokes County$26,094
37Hoke County$26,050
38Polk County$25,937
39Gaston County$25,725
40Stanly County$25,668
41Nash County$25,555
42Rowan County$25,528
43Randolph County$25,423
44Onslow County$25,345
45Chowan County$25,298
46Yadkin County$25,090
47Lee County$24,827
48Transylvania County$24,641
49Perquimans County$24,624
50Macon County$24,484
51Pamlico County$24,416
52Caswell County$24,319
53Wilson County$24,299
54Alexander County$24,233
55Beaufort County$24,194
56Wayne County$24,092
57Yancey County$23,956
58Mitchell County$23,908
59Rockingham County$23,899
60Pitt County$23,895
61Clay County$23,623
62Cleveland County$23,181
63Surry County$22,989
64Martin County$22,807
65Montgomery County$22,754
66Burke County$22,693
67Wilkes County$22,440
68Caldwell County$22,414
69Ashe County$22,105
70McDowell County$22,069
71Cherokee County$21,981
72Madison County$21,869
73Lenoir County$21,849
74Warren County$21,797
75Rutherford County$21,747
76Anson County$21,655
77Hyde County$21,498
78Columbus County$21,442
79Edgecombe County$21,295
80Jones County$21,291
81Jackson County$21,213
82Greene County$21,174
82Sampson County$21,174
84Bladen County$21,072
85Northampton County$20,873
86Richmond County$20,862
87Vance County$20,861
88Scotland County$20,762
89Duplin County$20,685
90Robeson County$20,655
91Hertford County$20,067
92Halifax County$19,978
93Alleghany County$19,643
94Graham County$19,474
95Swain County$19,366
96Washington County$19,093
97Bertie County$18,673
98Tyrrell County$18,547
99Watauga County$18,421
100Avery County$18,401

* All values are inflation-adjusted

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