Sales tax across North Carolina

100 counties shaded by the rate typically charged in each, with 853 ZIP codes marked as dots. A dot's colour is that ZIP code's own rate, so a dark dot in a pale county is a town charging more than the county around it.

County boundaries from Census TIGER/Line 2024. A ZIP code is drawn at the Census internal point for its ZCTA, which is guaranteed to fall inside it. Codes with no census geography — PO boxes and single-building codes — are not drawn at all rather than placed at a guess.

Combined rate

under 5%
5 – 6.5%
6.5 – 7.5%
7.5 – 8.5%
8.5 – 9.5%
9.5 – 10.5%
10.5% and over
no general sales tax
no rate on record

North Carolina rates in full Back to the national map