# North Carolina Senior Housing & Health Data
North Carolina has 1,436 federally subsidized senior housing properties totaling 54,385 elderly units, of which 918 are rural and 1,066 sit inside a federally designated health professional shortage area.
## Portfolio at a glance
- Subsidized senior properties: 1,436
- Elderly units: 54,385
- HUD Section 202: 181 properties (12,038 units)
- USDA Section 515: 588 properties (21,705 units)
- Rural properties: 918 across 93 rural counties
- HPSA shortage-area properties: 1,066 (37,120 units)
- Population 65+: 1,787,027 (est. 693,164 living alone)
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Source: HUD, USDA RD, HRSA, CDC BRFSS/PLACES, HHS emPOWER, CMS. Snapshot 2026-08-04.
Canonical page: https://community.connective.care/data/state/NC