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State Rollup · NC

North Carolina.

100 counties scored. Ranked by the Scout composite resilience index, which combines climate stability, water and food, social stability, infrastructure, and self-sufficiency.

MIN 34│MEDIAN 51│MAX 59
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Top 20 counties

Highest Scout composite scores in the state.
  1. #1
    Perquimans County
    FIPS 37143·POP 13,000·#762 US
    59
    good
  2. #2
    Chowan County
    FIPS 37041·POP 13,708·#782 US
    59
    good
  3. #3
    Polk County
    FIPS 37149·POP 19,286·#846 US
    59
    good
  4. #4
    Pasquotank County
    FIPS 37139·POP 40,457·#888 US
    58
    good
  5. #5
    Greene County
    FIPS 37079·POP 20,451·#989 US
    58
    good
  6. #6
    Lenoir County
    FIPS 37107·POP 55,112·#1,062 US
    57
    good
  7. #7
    Stanly County
    FIPS 37167·POP 62,476·#1,067 US
    57
    good
  8. #8
    Yadkin County
    FIPS 37197·POP 37,209·#1,071 US
    57
    good
  9. #9
    Clay County
    FIPS 37043·POP 11,079·#1,151 US
    56
    good
  10. #10
    Yancey County
    FIPS 37199·POP 18,463·#1,192 US
    56
    good
  11. #11
    Caswell County
    FIPS 37033·POP 22,714·#1,231 US
    56
    good
  12. #12
    Mitchell County
    FIPS 37121·POP 14,896·#1,238 US
    56
    good
  13. #13
    Gates County
    FIPS 37073·POP 10,454·#1,254 US
    56
    good
  14. #14
    Stokes County
    FIPS 37169·POP 44,503·#1,257 US
    56
    good
  15. #15
    Camden County
    FIPS 37029·POP 10,350·#1,313 US
    55
    good
  16. #16
    Martin County
    FIPS 37117·POP 21,994·#1,325 US
    55
    good
  17. #17
    Wilson County
    FIPS 37195·POP 78,695·#1,326 US
    55
    good
  18. #18
    Graham County
    FIPS 37075·POP 8,013·#1,361 US
    55
    good
  19. #19
    Alleghany County
    FIPS 37005·POP 10,876·#1,368 US
    55
    good
  20. #20
    Duplin County
    FIPS 37061·POP 48,624·#1,390 US
    55
    good
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Bottom 10 counties

Lowest composite scores. Included for transparency, not alarm.
  1. #91
    Mecklenburg County
    FIPS 37119·POP 1,114,693·#3,101 US
    34
    critical
  2. #92
    Gaston County
    FIPS 37071·POP 227,866·#2,981 US
    40
    poor
  3. #93
    Durham County
    FIPS 37063·POP 324,580·#2,962 US
    40
    poor
  4. #94
    Wake County
    FIPS 37183·POP 1,128,357·#2,913 US
    42
    poor
  5. #95
    Anson County
    FIPS 37007·POP 22,036·#2,845 US
    43
    poor
  6. #96
    Cumberland County
    FIPS 37051·POP 334,379·#2,836 US
    43
    poor
  7. #97
    Forsyth County
    FIPS 37067·POP 382,522·#2,820 US
    43
    poor
  8. #98
    Buncombe County
    FIPS 37021·POP 269,305·#2,807 US
    44
    poor
  9. #99
    Guilford County
    FIPS 37081·POP 540,974·#2,805 US
    44
    poor
  10. #100
    Catawba County
    FIPS 37035·POP 160,509·#2,793 US
    44
    poor
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Every county

Alphabetical · 100
Scout composite resilience index · Get Ready

Composite combines five sub-scores using a weighted average. Source datasets: FEMA National Risk Index, NOAA temperature anomaly, NOAA precipitation normals, IRS county-to-county migration, CDC Social Vulnerability Index, USDA Rural-Urban Continuum Codes. Open Scout map.