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North Carolina #33
45.3 composite of 100 Sourced metrics: 68%
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Josh Stein D
Governor · since 2025-01-01
Source: Wikidata (P6 head of government), retrieved 2026-06-18
Median household income70,804 · ACS 1-year 2023 ·
30.7
Income growth (YoY)4.92% · 2022→2023 ·
57.7
Poverty rate12.8% · SAIPE 2023 ·
52.6
Income inequality (Gini)0.473 · ACS 1-year 2023 ·
46.0
Not yet sourced: Real (cost-of-living-adjusted) income (BEA Regional Price Parities API key pending); Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights dataset download pending).