Married Couple (% of all Households) by Zip Code (ZCTA5) — North Carolina

NOTE: Gray indicates insufficient data or a suppressed estimate.

Married-couple households concentrate most heavily in the suburban and exurban zip codes ringing Charlotte, Raleigh, and the Triad metros, as well as in several rural mountain-west communities, where shares frequently exceed 60–70%. In contrast, urban cores—particularly downtown Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Fayetteville, and Asheville—along with parts of the northeastern Coastal Plain and select Outer Banks zip codes register the lowest rates, often falling below 30%. A broad swath of the southeastern Coastal Plain and Sandhills region also trends below the statewide median, reflecting a mix of military-adjacent demographics and higher poverty rates that correlate with lower marriage prevalence.

Data: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 ACS

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