Halifax named loneliest county in North Carolina; Chatham named least lonely: Study

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Central North Carolina has both the loneliest and least lonely county in the state, a study has found.

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The study was conducted by Mood.com by analyzing Center for Disease Control estimates of 1,996 counties across 39 states and 184.2 million adults and ranking them by the number of adults who say they always, usually, or sometimes feel lonely.

According to the study, Halifax County is the loneliest in North Carolina, with 37.7% of adults feeling lonely and 29.3% not having social support.

Additionally, according to the study, Vance County and Warren County are tied for the sixth loneliest. Both have 36.6% of adults feeling lonely, while 27.4% in Vance County and 28.4% in Sampson County do not have social support.

The top 10 loneliest counties are rounded out by Northampton County at seventh (36.5% of adults feeling lonely and 28.4% not having social support), Sampson County at eighth (36.4% of adults feeling lonely and 26% not having social support), Edgecombe County at ninth (36.3% of adults feeling lonely and 28.3% not having social support), and Cumberland County at 10th (36.1% of adults feeling lonely and 26.1% not having social support), according to the study.

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The study found the least lonely in North Carolina is Chatham County, where 30.1% of adults feel lonely and 20.8% do not have social support.

Also among the least lonely are Orange County, with 31.1% of adults feeling lonely and 20% not having social support; Moore County, with 31.4% of adults feeling lonely and 21.1% not having social support; Wake County, with 31.8% of adults feeling lonely and 20.6% not having social support; and Durham County, with 32% of adults feeling lonely and 22.2% not having social support, according to the study.

According to the study, North Carolina ranks 26th in loneliness among the 39 states covered by the CDC at 33.2%, 1.7% below the national figure of 34.9%.

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