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WIC in North Carolina

Who meets the WIC income and category tests? Figures below use the 2026 poverty guideline of $33,000 for a household of four in North Carolina, unless the program uses its own dollar table.

The largest 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent gap among ranked metros in North Carolina is $514: Charlotte at $1,785 and Greensboro at $1,271.

North Carolina taxes wages at a flat 3.99%. Combined state and local sales tax is 7.0%. The ACS effective property tax rate is 0.61%.

A household of four with $48,000 of income is about 145 percent of the $33,000 poverty guideline and is likely eligible for WIC. Likely on the 185 percent income test.

Limits behind the page

2026 poverty guideline in North Carolina
Household100%138%185%
1$15,960$22,025$29,526
2$21,640$29,863$40,034
3$27,320$37,702$50,542
4$33,000$45,540$61,050

An illustrative household

Two adults, ages 34 and 32, filing jointly, plus children ages 8 and 3. Gross income $48,000 a year, about 145 percent of the poverty guideline in North Carolina. They rent. Nobody is marked disabled or pregnant.

WIC

Likely eligible

Likely on the 185 percent income test

  • Someone is pregnant or under age 5, which is the categorical test. Household income is 145 percent of poverty. The federal WIC income standard is 185 percent.
  • Postpartum status was not asked. Adjunctive eligibility through SNAP, Medicaid, or TANF can waive the income test. Those links are not fully chained here.
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