2020 State of North Carolina and 2018-2020 County Life Expectancy at Birth
  
  Sex Race
  Total Male Female White African American
Geographic Area L.E. C.I. (95%) L.E. C.I. (95%) L.E. C.I. (95%) L.E. C.I. (95%) L.E. C.I. (95%)
State of North Carolina 76.4 76.3-76.5 73.5 73.3-73.6 79.3 79.2-79.4 77.6 77.5-77.7 73.1 72.9-73.3
Alamance County 76.8 76.4-77.2 74.0 73.4-74.6 79.4 78.9-79.9 77.8 77.3-78.2 73.5 72.6-74.4
Alexander County 76.9 76.0-77.8 74.9 73.7-76.2 79.0 77.7-80.2 77.2 76.3-78.1 74.7 71.2-78.2
Alleghany County 77.3 75.4-79.2 74.6 71.9-77.3 80.2 77.6-82.9 78.1 76.3-79.9 N/A     N/A    
Anson County 73.3 72.0-74.5 70.0 68.3-71.6 76.8 75.1-78.6 74.4 72.7-76.2 72.3 70.5-74.1
Ashe County 78.1 77.1-79.2 75.2 73.8-76.6 81.4 79.9-82.8 78.2 77.1-79.2 N/A     N/A    
Avery County 77.5 76.5-78.6 76.6 75.2-78.0 78.7 77.1-80.2 77.3 76.3-78.4 N/A     N/A    
Beaufort County 76.0 75.1-76.9 73.3 72.0-74.6 78.5 77.3-79.8 76.8 75.7-77.8 74.3 72.6-76.0
Bertie County 75.6 74.2-77.0 73.0 71.2-74.8 78.4 76.3-80.5 77.1 75.0-79.3 74.7 72.9-76.5
Bladen County 74.5 73.4-75.5 71.5 70.0-73.1 77.4 75.9-78.8 75.9 74.6-77.2 72.5 70.6-74.4
Brunswick County 79.3 78.7-79.8 75.8 75.0-76.6 82.7 82.1-83.4 79.5 78.9-80.1 76.2 74.8-77.6
Buncombe County 78.4 78.1-78.7 75.5 75.0-76.0 81.2 80.8-81.7 78.8 78.4-79.1 73.5 72.1-74.8
Burke County 76.3 75.7-76.9 73.4 72.5-74.2 79.5 78.8-80.3 76.5 75.9-77.1 74.7 72.1-77.3
Cabarrus County 78.3 77.9-78.7 76.0 75.5-76.5 80.4 80.0-80.9 78.9 78.4-79.3 76.1 75.2-77.0
Caldwell County 75.4 74.8-76.0 73.0 72.1-73.9 77.9 77.1-78.8 75.8 75.2-76.4 73.2 70.3-76.1
Camden County 79.4 78.0-80.8 77.8 75.8-79.7 81.1 79.1-83.0 79.1 77.6-80.6 80.3 76.2-84.4
Carteret County 77.1 76.4-77.9 74.7 73.6-75.7 79.7 78.7-80.7 77.4 76.6-78.2 74.3 71.3-77.3
Caswell County 75.3 74.1-76.6 72.7 70.9-74.4 78.2 76.4-79.9 75.3 73.8-76.7 75.6 73.3-77.9
Catawba County 76.6 76.2-77.0 73.9 73.2-74.5 79.4 78.9-80.0 77.2 76.8-77.6 73.0 71.5-74.4
Chatham County 80.5 79.8-81.2 77.9 76.9-79.0 82.9 82.1-83.8 81.9 81.2-82.6 74.7 72.6-76.8
Cherokee County 76.3 75.1-77.6 73.4 71.6-75.3 79.4 77.9-81.0 76.3 75.1-77.6 N/A     N/A    
Chowan County 75.6 74.1-77.2 71.7 69.3-74.1 79.6 77.9-81.4 77.4 75.7-79.0 72.6 69.6-75.5
Clay County 78.2 76.4-80.0 75.2 72.4-78.0 81.5 79.4-83.5 78.2 76.4-80.1 N/A     N/A    
Cleveland County 73.7 73.2-74.3 71.0 70.2-71.8 76.4 75.7-77.2 74.2 73.6-74.8 71.6 70.4-72.8
Columbus County 73.6 72.8-74.4 70.9 69.8-72.0 76.5 75.4-77.5 74.0 73.0-75.0 72.8 71.4-74.3
Craven County 75.6 75.1-76.2 72.7 71.9-73.5 78.7 78.0-79.5 76.7 76.0-77.3 72.1 70.9-73.3
Cumberland County 75.7 75.4-76.0 72.4 71.9-72.8 78.9 78.4-79.3 76.4 76.0-76.8 75.1 74.6-75.6
Currituck County 78.1 77.1-79.0 75.4 74.0-76.9 81.1 80.0-82.2 78.3 77.3-79.2 76.4 72.5-80.3
Dare County 79.0 78.1-79.8 76.4 75.2-77.6 81.6 80.4-82.8 78.9 78.0-79.8 79.6 75.5-83.7
Davidson County 75.7 75.3-76.2 73.0 72.4-73.6 78.6 78.0-79.2 76.0 75.6-76.5 74.4 73.1-75.7
Davie County 78.2 77.3-79.1 74.9 73.6-76.3 81.6 80.5-82.8 78.6 77.6-79.5 74.2 70.6-77.8
Duplin County 77.8 77.0-78.6 75.1 73.9-76.3 80.6 79.5-81.6 79.4 78.5-80.3 75.4 73.7-77.1
Durham County 80.0 79.7-80.3 77.2 76.7-77.7 82.5 82.1-82.9 82.5 82.1-82.9 76.6 76.1-77.2
Edgecombe County 71.9 71.0-72.8 67.2 65.9-68.5 76.5 75.4-77.6 73.2 71.9-74.5 71.4 70.3-72.6
Forsyth County 77.6 77.3-77.9 74.6 74.2-75.1 80.3 80.0-80.7 78.9 78.6-79.3 74.9 74.3-75.4
Franklin County 77.3 76.6-78.0 74.6 73.6-75.6 80.1 79.2-81.0 78.2 77.4-78.9 75.7 74.3-77.0
Gaston County 75.0 74.7-75.4 72.0 71.4-72.5 78.1 77.6-78.6 75.2 74.8-75.6 74.4 73.5-75.3
Gates County 76.0 74.1-77.8 72.7 70.1-75.3 79.4 76.8-81.9 76.6 74.4-78.7 73.9 70.2-77.5
Graham County 76.1 74.2-77.9 74.1 71.6-76.6 78.0 75.3-80.8 76.6 74.6-78.5 N/A     N/A    
Granville County 77.5 76.7-78.2 75.6 74.6-76.6 79.4 78.4-80.4 78.1 77.2-78.9 76.6 75.3-77.9
Greene County 76.9 75.7-78.1 73.8 72.1-75.5 80.4 78.8-82.0 78.9 77.6-80.3 74.4 72.1-76.7
Guilford County 77.7 77.5-78.0 75.0 74.6-75.3 80.3 80.0-80.6 79.1 78.8-79.4 75.1 74.7-75.5
Halifax County 73.0 72.1-73.8 69.0 67.7-70.3 77.1 76.1-78.2 74.6 73.2-75.9 71.8 70.6-72.9
Harnett County 76.5 76.0-76.9 74.2 73.5-74.9 78.7 78.0-79.4 77.5 77.0-78.0 73.8 72.7-74.8
Haywood County 76.5 75.8-77.2 74.3 73.2-75.4 78.7 77.8-79.6 76.5 75.8-77.3 73.7 66.6-80.7
Henderson County 79.0 78.4-79.5 76.3 75.5-77.1 81.6 80.9-82.2 79.3 78.8-79.8 74.6 72.1-77.1
Hertford County 74.8 73.5-76.0 71.6 69.7-73.4 78.2 76.6-79.9 74.5 72.6-76.5 74.7 73.0-76.4
Hoke County 75.3 74.5-76.0 72.4 71.3-73.6 78.0 77.0-79.1 76.8 75.8-77.8 74.0 72.7-75.4
Hyde County 75.6 72.6-78.6 72.5 68.2-76.7 78.6 74.0-83.1 79.1 75.8-82.4 69.7 63.6-75.9
Iredell County 77.9 77.5-78.3 75.7 75.1-76.2 80.1 79.6-80.6 78.5 78.1-78.9 74.0 72.8-75.2
Jackson County 77.9 77.0-78.8 75.9 74.6-77.1 80.1 78.8-81.3 79.9 79.0-80.8 N/A     N/A    
Johnston County 77.7 77.4-78.1 75.2 74.7-75.7 80.2 79.7-80.7 78.7 78.3-79.1 76.1 75.2-77.1
Jones County 75.4 73.5-77.3 72.4 69.7-75.1 78.5 75.9-81.2 75.5 73.4-77.5 75.4 71.5-79.3
Lee County 76.2 75.4-76.9 72.9 71.8-74.0 79.6 78.6-80.5 78.3 77.5-79.1 71.1 69.4-72.9
Lenoir County 73.8 73.1-74.6 69.9 68.7-71.0 77.9 76.9-78.8 75.5 74.5-76.4 72.3 71.0-73.5
Lincoln County 77.2 76.6-77.8 74.4 73.5-75.3 80.1 79.3-80.8 77.3 76.7-77.9 76.0 73.2-78.7
McDowell County 76.7 75.9-77.5 74.4 73.4-75.5 79.0 77.9-80.1 76.7 75.9-77.4 77.4 74.0-80.7
Macon County 78.3 77.4-79.3 75.6 74.2-77.0 81.2 80.0-82.3 78.2 77.2-79.1 N/A     N/A    
Madison County 76.6 75.5-77.8 74.3 72.5-76.1 79.0 77.5-80.5 76.5 75.3-77.7 N/A     N/A    
Martin County 74.0 72.7-75.3 69.9 68.0-71.9 78.1 76.4-79.8 75.4 73.8-77.1 72.7 70.6-74.8
Mecklenburg County 80.1 79.9-80.2 77.3 77.1-77.6 82.6 82.3-82.8 82.2 82.1-82.4 76.5 76.1-76.8
Mitchell County 74.7 73.2-76.1 71.7 69.6-73.9 77.8 75.9-79.7 74.6 73.1-76.1 N/A     N/A    
Montgomery County 75.3 74.1-76.4 72.0 70.2-73.7 78.9 77.4-80.3 77.2 76.0-78.4 70.6 68.0-73.3
Moore County 79.1 78.5-79.7 76.4 75.5-77.2 81.9 81.1-82.6 79.9 79.3-80.5 74.4 72.8-76.1
Nash County 75.0 74.4-75.6 71.5 70.6-72.3 78.5 77.8-79.2 75.6 74.8-76.3 74.7 73.8-75.6
New Hanover County 79.1 78.7-79.5 76.2 75.7-76.8 81.8 81.4-82.3 79.9 79.5-80.2 74.8 73.7-75.8
Northampton County 75.7 74.3-77.2 71.5 69.2-73.7 80.2 78.6-81.9 78.5 76.5-80.5 73.9 72.0-75.9
Onslow County 76.1 75.7-76.5 73.6 73.0-74.2 78.7 78.1-79.3 76.3 75.8-76.8 75.7 74.7-76.8
Orange County 82.1 81.6-82.5 79.6 78.9-80.3 84.3 83.7-84.9 83.3 82.8-83.7 75.5 74.0-77.1
Pamlico County 75.9 73.8-78.1 70.3 66.9-73.7 82.9 81.0-84.8 76.6 74.4-78.9 71.6 65.6-77.7
Pasquotank County 74.9 74.0-75.8 72.3 71.0-73.6 77.6 76.4-78.8 75.4 74.3-76.5 74.0 72.4-75.5
Pender County 77.2 76.5-77.9 74.4 73.4-75.5 80.2 79.3-81.1 78.0 77.3-78.7 73.2 71.1-75.4
Perquimans County 76.6 74.8-78.3 72.4 69.7-75.2 80.9 78.9-82.9 77.2 75.2-79.2 74.8 71.3-78.3
Person County 75.9 75.1-76.8 72.9 71.7-74.2 79.0 77.8-80.2 77.1 76.1-78.0 73.5 71.7-75.3
Pitt County 77.6 77.1-78.0 74.3 73.6-75.0 80.6 80.0-81.2 79.9 79.3-80.4 74.3 73.5-75.0
Polk County 79.4 78.1-80.6 75.6 73.6-77.5 83.3 81.8-84.9 80.1 78.8-81.3 71.0 64.1-78.0
Randolph County 75.0 74.5-75.4 72.0 71.3-72.8 78.0 77.4-78.6 75.4 74.9-75.9 72.0 70.1-73.9
Richmond County 73.1 72.3-74.0 70.7 69.5-72.0 75.6 74.5-76.8 73.7 72.6-74.7 72.0 70.4-73.5
Robeson County 71.6 71.1-72.2 67.9 67.1-68.7 75.4 74.7-76.2 74.4 73.5-75.3 70.1 69.0-71.2
Rockingham County 74.3 73.7-74.9 70.9 70.0-71.8 77.8 77.1-78.6 74.9 74.3-75.6 72.0 70.6-73.5
Rowan County 74.9 74.4-75.3 72.2 71.6-72.9 77.6 77.0-78.3 75.3 74.8-75.8 73.0 71.9-74.2
Rutherford County 75.2 74.5-75.9 72.6 71.7-73.6 77.8 76.9-78.7 75.7 75.0-76.4 71.5 69.4-73.6
Sampson County 75.9 75.2-76.6 72.6 71.6-73.6 79.3 78.4-80.2 76.3 75.5-77.2 75.3 73.8-76.7
Scotland County 73.1 72.1-74.1 70.7 69.3-72.0 75.6 74.2-77.0 75.9 74.5-77.2 70.5 68.9-72.2
Stanly County 75.3 74.6-76.0 73.1 72.0-74.1 77.6 76.6-78.6 75.8 75.0-76.6 72.0 69.8-74.3
Stokes County 76.4 75.6-77.3 73.4 72.2-74.6 79.6 78.4-80.7 76.5 75.6-77.3 75.6 70.9-80.4
Surry County 75.3 74.6-75.9 72.8 71.9-73.7 77.8 77.0-78.6 75.3 74.7-76.0 75.4 72.7-78.2
Swain County 70.6 69.1-72.1 67.7 65.4-70.0 73.5 71.5-75.5 72.9 71.0-74.8 N/A     N/A    
Transylvania County 80.9 79.9-82.0 78.0 76.4-79.6 83.9 82.8-85.1 80.9 79.9-82.0 79.1 73.7-84.4
Tyrrell County 78.7 76.4-81.0 77.3 74.1-80.5 80.5 77.2-83.9 77.2 74.0-80.4 80.5 76.9-84.0
Union County 80.0 79.7-80.3 77.5 76.9-78.0 82.5 82.1-82.9 80.8 80.4-81.2 76.8 75.7-77.8
Vance County 73.2 72.3-74.2 68.7 67.3-70.0 77.7 76.5-78.8 75.4 74.1-76.7 71.4 70.1-72.6
Wake County 81.7 81.5-81.8 79.5 79.3-79.8 83.6 83.4-83.8 82.8 82.6-82.9 77.8 77.4-78.2
Warren County 75.5 74.0-77.0 71.2 69.0-73.4 80.5 78.5-82.5 78.6 76.6-80.6 74.4 72.3-76.5
Washington County 75.0 73.2-76.9 70.2 67.2-73.2 79.9 77.9-81.9 77.7 75.3-80.1 72.9 70.1-75.6
Watauga County 81.4 80.7-82.2 79.4 78.3-80.5 83.6 82.5-84.6 81.4 80.6-82.2 N/A     N/A    
Wayne County 74.6 74.1-75.1 72.1 71.3-72.8 77.2 76.4-77.9 76.0 75.4-76.6 72.9 72.0-73.9
Wilkes County 75.9 75.2-76.6 72.8 71.8-73.8 79.2 78.3-80.1 76.2 75.4-76.9 73.0 69.7-76.4
Wilson County 75.2 74.6-75.8 72.0 71.1-72.9 78.2 77.4-79.0 77.3 76.6-78.0 73.3 72.3-74.3
Yadkin County 75.8 74.8-76.7 73.6 72.2-74.9 78.1 76.8-79.4 76.2 75.2-77.2 73.9 69.3-78.4
Yancey County 77.8 76.7-79.0 75.4 73.9-77.0 80.3 78.8-81.9 77.8 76.7-78.9 N/A     N/A    
 
L.E.: Life Expectancy at Birth.
C.I.(95%): 95 percent Confidence Interval
 
Life expectancy is the average number of additional years that someone at a given age would be expected to live if
current mortality conditions remained constant throughout their lifetime