Poverty Line 2024 Nc. Union county has the lowest poverty rate, at 6.9%, while anson county has the highest, at. โ in north carolina in 2022, there were 198,000 people aged 65 and older in poverty, slightly more than half the number of children in poverty.
A living wage is defined as earning a family income equivalent to 300% or more of the federal poverty line. Poverty is measured by comparing the income of an individual or family to annual poverty thresholds.