Outage Almanac

North Carolina power outages

100 counties with outage records. Pick one to see its history.

North Carolina averaged 1.23 times the US outage time per person

That ranks 11 of 50 states and DC, where 1 has the most. September and October made up 51% of outage time. Records run from 2015 to 2023, and some counties start later.

Jones County had the most outage time per resident of 95 rated counties.

Counties ranked by outage time

RankCountyMajor outages per yearLongest (hours)Times US rate
1Jones County1.11844.31
2Columbus County1.92804.20
3Moore County3.11423.46
4Caswell County2.31183.45
5Robeson County3.22143.41
6Bladen County1.81203.22
7Sampson County2.11223.19
8New Hanover County1.92523.10
9Swain County4.7433.09
10Carteret County1.91622.98
11Polk County3.31072.93
12Rockingham County4.71242.76
13Brunswick County1.42312.75
14Anson County2.9932.74
15Jackson County4.8992.60
16Graham County1.9522.59
17Macon County5.1962.49
18Scotland County2.61392.48
19Washington County1.0762.45
20Transylvania County3.4922.40
21Duplin County2.01602.36
22Montgomery County2.71082.34
23Currituck County1.3942.19
24Stokes County4.31002.18
25Onslow County1.01782.04
26Richmond County2.01682.01
27Rutherford County3.91061.96
28Mitchell County2.7371.94
29Wilkes County3.6811.89
30Chatham County4.11081.88
31Beaufort County1.91631.82
31Clay County1.6331.82
33Bertie County1.3641.78
33Henderson County5.6941.78
35Vance County2.4831.76
36Cherokee County2.6601.72
37Person County1.8891.70
38Warren County2.0741.64
39Craven County1.81851.61
40Harnett County3.91261.58
41Lee County4.9981.49
42Yadkin County2.2541.43
43Guilford County3.91271.36
44Lenoir County1.61411.33
45Granville County2.8911.31
46Hoke County1.31411.24
47Wayne County1.61881.23
48Forsyth County4.21051.20
48Haywood County3.1921.20
50Gates County1.4381.19
51Johnston County3.31211.16
51Orange County3.3781.16
53Camden County0.9651.14
54Franklin County2.9941.12
55Alexander County1.6791.08
56Martin County1.0701.06
57Rowan County3.2981.04
58Randolph County3.31210.99
59Durham County2.6740.98
60Nash County2.9910.97
61McDowell County3.1610.95
62Catawba County2.01040.91
63Buncombe County4.0880.90
64Alamance County2.4990.85
65Hertford County1.8430.82
66Burke County2.2840.81
66Davie County1.9730.81
68Mecklenburg County3.3820.80
69Wake County2.2980.77
70Greene County0.8480.74
71Davidson County2.71040.73
71Stanly County2.11140.73
73Surry County3.2470.72
74Northampton County0.8180.69
75Caldwell County2.1750.68
76Alleghany County0.3500.67
77Cumberland County1.21350.66
78Iredell County2.3810.65
79Cleveland County2.7720.56
79Gaston County3.3550.56
81Avery County1.4250.53
81Lincoln County2.2560.53
83Halifax County2.0370.52
84Cabarrus County2.3870.48
84Chowan County0.2400.48
86Ashe County0.8560.47
87Union County2.7770.45
88Perquimans County0.7160.43
89Madison County1.0490.36
90Watauga County0.4660.33
90Yancey County0.9240.33
92Edgecombe County1.0610.27
93Wilson County0.4660.26
94Pasquotank County0.6410.22
95Pitt County0.41380.19

Rank uses outage time per resident. Times US rate compares each county with the national average.

When outages hit North Carolina

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These counties have short histories, very small populations, or customer counts that look too high for the population.