Fips County County Population County Population Rank County Population 2000 County Population 2000 Rank County Unemployment Percent Rate YTD County Unemployment Percent Rate 2002 County Percent High School Graduates 2000 County Average SAT Score 2003 County Percent Bachelor's or Higher 2000 County Median Household Income 2000 County Per Capita Personal Income 1990 County Per Capita Personal Income 2001 County Percent Poverty 2000 County Average Weekly Wage All Industries County Average Weekly Wage Private Industry FY Gross Retail Sales Current Population to physician ratio 2002 Population to RN ratio 2002 Population to Dentist ratio 2002 Dentist Ratio Year 00100 Alamance 136144 16 130800 15 6.4 7.2 76.5 975 19.2 39168 17545 26160 11.1 549 547.00 1628.0 760 169 2345 2002 00300 Alexander 34224 65 33603 65 7.3 7.9 68.7 977 9.3 38684 15671 23046 8.5 470 458.00 199.9 2473 438 4947 2002 00500 Alleghany 10860 93 10677 93 6.5 9.1 68 972 11.7 29244 13897 24798 17.2 415 388.00 64.7 776 134 10866 2002 00700 Anson 25358 72 25275 73 10.7 11 70.2 886 9.2 29849 14198 22752 17.8 476 459.00 152.3 1275 202 8499 2002 00900 Ashe 24734 75 24384 74 4.5 9.6 68.6 987 12.1 28824 13333 22928 13.5 437 424.00 227.2 1135 185 6243 2002 01100 Avery 17946 85 17167 86 3.3 5.1 70.6 994 14.5 30627 13696 23535 15.3 400 381.00 189.4 541 109 4461 2002 01300 Beaufort 45672 53 44958 53 8.8 10.3 75 983 16 31066 14941 22592 19.5 512 504.00 474.2 680 122 3255 2002 01500 Bertie 19807 81 19773 80 8.9 8.6 63.8 790 8.8 25177 12702 21158 23.5 438 412.00 72.1 1411 196 19753 2002 01700 Bladen 32656 67 32278 67 5.6 8 70.6 882 11.3 26877 12497 21612 21.0 451 431.00 267.4 1641 209 6564 2002 01900 Brunswick 79054 31 73143 34 4.6 6.8 78.3 998 16.1 35888 14090 23046 12.6 523 513.00 882.6 1051 192 4379 2002 02100 Buncombe 210550 7 206330 7 3.3 4.3 81.9 1072 25.3 36666 17951 28013 11.4 551 535.00 3431.3 308 63 1752 2002 02300 Burke 89354 29 89148 29 7.9 8.1 67.6 1031 12.8 35629 15731 22505 10.7 526 515.00 727.4 545 101 3016 2002 02500 Cabarrus 140176 13 131063 14 9.6 5.5 78.2 1037 19.1 46140 18015 28917 7.1 606 596.00 2035.6 466 102 3329 2002 02700 Caldwell 77926 32 77415 31 9.8 8.9 66.2 1033 10.4 35739 15173 24224 10.7 504 499.00 651.6 966 205 4118 2002 02900 Camden 7328 98 6885 98 2.1 3.4 82.1 980 16.2 39493 13811 23126 10.1 476 459.00 26.8 2390 341 . 2002 03100 Carteret 60064 40 59383 41 4.2 5.8 82.1 1018 19.8 38344 15219 26800 10.7 433 396.00 812.7 716 139 2005 2002 03300 Caswell 23718 77 23501 76 8.5 7.3 69.2 870 8.3 35018 12600 19658 14.4 461 398.00 60.8 1847 353 8005 2002 03500 Catawba 146548 12 141685 12 7.9 9.4 74.8 1016 17 40536 18762 27381 9.1 551 545.00 2299.8 456 95 2499 2002 03700 Chatham 52582 47 49329 47 3.9 4.8 77.9 1000 27.6 42851 18512 31479 9.7 499 488.00 384.1 1332 234 5196 2002 03900 Cherokee 25080 74 24298 75 5.1 10.4 73.3 1032 11 27992 12165 19193 15.3 446 416.00 349.0 627 111 2280 2002 04100 Chowan 14304 88 14526 88 4.8 5.6 73.1 976 16.4 30928 14788 23789 17.6 460 439.00 116.1 562 111 4867 2002 04300 Clay 9216 96 8775 96 3.2 5 76.5 1009 15.4 31397 12931 22057 11.4 438 405.00 100.3 1828 179 3046 2002 04500 Cleveland 97271 24 96287 24 9.5 12.9 72.2 978 13.3 35283 15716 21975 13.3 542 540.00 960.7 671 124 2720 2002 04700 Columbus 54890 46 54749 45 7.2 10.1 68.6 888 10.1 26805 13218 22261 22.7 515 512.00 443.7 1045 117 5540 2002 04900 Craven 91902 28 91436 26 5 5.8 82.1 998 19.3 35966 15881 25772 13.1 592 504.00 900.4 485 105 2105 2002 05100 Cumberland 305851 5 302963 5 4.9 6.4 85 946 19.1 37466 15117 25729 12.8 540 496.00 2974.1 673 141 2771 2002 05300 Currituck 19632 82 18190 84 2.4 2.7 77.6 988 13.3 40822 15636 26174 10.7 442 406.00 257.2 3216 306 9647 2002 05500 Dare 32177 68 29967 68 4 5.6 88.6 1006 27.7 42411 16273 26772 8.0 467 439.00 1119.3 860 157 1988 2002 05700 Davidson 150799 11 147246 11 7.5 6.5 72 997 12.8 38640 16525 25909 10.1 503 494.00 1252.4 1249 213 5397 2002 05900 Davie 36770 60 34835 63 5 5.4 78.1 1035 17.6 40174 19323 29511 8.6 506 494.00 264.7 1677 310 3074 2002 06100 Duplin 50612 49 49063 48 6.1 7.8 65.8 913 10.5 29890 14338 20807 19.4 453 439.00 339.2 1536 188 5070 2002 06300 Durham 233548 6 223314 6 4.7 5.7 83 999 40.1 43337 20231 30494 13.4 986 1007.00 4057.4 148 49 1653 2002 06500 Edgecombe 54945 45 55606 44 9.6 12.6 65.6 896 8.5 30983 13520 21244 19.6 539 522.00 388.1 1401 196 5463 2002 06700 Forsyth 314853 4 306067 4 4.8 5.6 82 1005 28.7 42097 22187 32213 11.0 714 725.00 5487.6 253 67 1787 2002 06900 Franklin 50326 50 47260 51 5.4 6.4 73.6 953 13.2 38968 14286 23204 12.6 534 524.00 294.1 1722 242 7135 2002 07100 Gaston 191874 8 190365 8 6.5 8.2 71.4 980 14.2 39482 16618 25653 10.9 563 556.00 2041.8 589 146 2791 2002 07300 Gates 10708 94 10516 94 2.7 3.2 71.4 890 10.5 35647 13555 18924 17.0 445 387.00 36.8 3536 589 10609 2002 07500 Graham 8030 97 7993 97 6.3 9.7 68.4 982 11.2 26645 10453 19235 19.5 466 456.00 40.7 2027 246 4054 2002 07700 Granville 51540 48 48498 50 7 6.6 73 1012 13 39965 14026 21798 11.7 594 569.00 354.4 658 102 2979 2002 07900 Greene 19471 83 18974 82 5.1 6.6 65.4 921 8.2 32074 15050 20192 20.2 430 362.00 50.1 3241 304 4861 2002 08100 Guilford 428794 3 421048 3 6 6.4 83 996 30.3 42618 21266 30932 10.6 669 665.00 8546.0 444 94 1872 2002 08300 Halifax 57105 43 57370 43 9.4 12 65.4 782 11.1 26459 12992 19702 23.9 469 429.00 510.3 753 133 5202 2002 08500 Harnett 96152 25 91025 27 6.2 8.7 75 976 12.8 35105 13384 20081 14.9 478 449.00 549.3 1528 289 5068 2002 08700 Haywood 55114 44 54033 46 3.5 6.8 77.7 1043 16 33922 15215 23243 11.5 506 481.00 620.6 588 147 2630 2002 08900 Henderson 92988 26 89173 28 3.3 4.2 83.2 1049 24.1 38109 18334 26916 9.7 547 537.00 1011.6 421 106 2525 2002 09100 Hertford 23863 76 22601 77 4.1 5.6 65.6 799 11.1 26422 12269 20992 18.3 468 456.00 253.3 585 88 2779 2002 09300 Hoke 36000 62 33646 64 7.6 9.2 73.5 899 10.9 33230 11431 13096 17.7 444 404.00 95.6 2780 457 7228 2002 09500 Hyde 5846 99 5826 99 8.6 6.9 68.4 1007 10.6 28444 13594 20479 15.4 447 374.00 51.1 5784 214 . 2002 09700 Iredell 130362 20 122660 20 6.2 6.8 78.4 991 17.4 41920 16815 25399 8.2 561 557.00 1677.4 545 96 2145 2002 09900 Jackson 34132 66 33121 66 2.5 4.1 78.8 1042 25.5 32552 13657 22573 15.1 473 423.00 320.0 475 114 2280 2002 10100 Johnston 132660 19 121965 21 3.9 4.9 75.9 1015 15.9 40872 15927 24620 12.8 533 525.00 1247.4 1486 291 5292 2002 10300 Jones 10243 95 10381 95 4.3 6.6 72.2 829 9.5 30882 12240 20419 16.9 481 464.00 32.5 519 260 . 2002 10500 Lee 49810 51 49040 49 7 7.9 76.3 985 17.2 38900 17190 26680 12.8 589 592.00 664.5 598 147 1859 2002 10700 Lenoir 59294 41 59648 40 5.7 8.2 71.9 960 13.3 31191 15441 23792 16.6 507 485.00 839.1 527 108 2126 2002 10900 Lincoln 66598 37 63780 37 6.5 7.4 71.7 981 13 41421 16061 20970 9.2 505 489.00 553.7 1095 264 4771 2002 11100 McDowell 42960 57 42151 57 7 11.1 70.2 1019 9 32396 13543 19818 11.6 487 483.00 366.5 1208 171 4350 2002 11300 Macon 30936 69 29811 69 2.3 4.2 77.3 1003 16.2 32139 14454 23779 12.6 466 451.00 421.7 493 135 3449 2002 11500 Madison 19856 80 19635 81 2.9 5.3 69.3 1036 16.1 30985 12710 20717 15.4 436 417.00 87.3 1671 318 6682 2002 11700 Martin 25082 73 25593 72 8.2 7 70.7 928 11.6 28793 13787 20730 20.2 542 549.00 223.5 1209 208 5079 2002 11900 Mecklenburg 734365 1 695454 1 5.3 5.9 86.2 1001 37.1 50579 23262 38404 9.2 934 952.00 15372.0 414 86 1621 2002 12100 Mitchell 15934 87 15687 87 6.8 12 68.6 998 12.2 30508 13053 20492 13.8 460 455.00 169.2 725 119 3190 2002 12300 Montgomery 27282 71 26822 71 8.3 8.9 64.2 914 10 32903 13425 20600 15.4 459 444.00 272.5 1823 260 6837 2002 12500 Moore 77424 33 74769 32 5.8 6.8 82.6 1044 26.8 41240 20744 31472 11.4 511 506.00 968.0 357 77 2104 2002 12700 Nash 89185 30 87420 30 6.8 8.7 75.6 929 17.2 37147 17165 27611 13.4 566 558.00 1336.5 562 106 2128 2002 12900 New Hanover 166072 9 160307 9 4.7 6.3 86.3 1037 31 40172 17781 28969 13.1 567 541.00 3183.2 316 73 1457 2002 13100 Northampton 21773 78 22086 78 8 10.5 62.5 790 10.8 26652 12255 20013 21.3 458 427.00 63.2 2457 299 22112 2002 13300 Onslow 152424 10 150355 10 5.1 5.8 84.3 994 14.8 33756 13130 23945 12.9 443 372.00 1101.2 1092 200 3116 2002 13500 Orange 122526 22 118227 22 2.8 3.2 87.6 1007 51.5 42372 21393 30238 14.1 714 626.00 1256.0 113 52 1010 2002 13700 Pamlico 13024 91 12934 91 4 4.6 75.2 962 14.7 34084 14210 22956 15.3 424 382.00 62.7 2166 302 2599 2002 13900 Pasquotank 35816 63 34897 62 3.7 4.7 76.8 929 16.4 30444 14722 22985 18.4 488 428.00 474.0 347 80 2720 2002 14100 Pender 43135 56 41082 58 6.1 8.6 76.8 965 13.6 35902 14045 19962 13.6 441 405.00 246.4 2406 262 4330 2002 14300 Perquimans 11607 92 11368 92 3.3 4.3 71.9 924 12.3 29538 12388 20295 17.9 409 348.00 40.4 5806 283 5806 2002 14500 Person 36764 61 35623 61 7.9 9.2 74.9 952 10.3 37159 15188 21836 12.0 556 564.00 333.8 1146 218 4073 2002 14700 Pitt 137901 15 133798 13 6.2 6.6 79.9 993 26.4 32868 16422 24854 20.3 554 491.00 1855.8 233 56 2640 2002 14900 Polk 18866 84 18324 83 3.6 4 80.6 1063 25.7 36259 20786 29914 10.1 454 436.00 113.5 1066 116 2741 2002 15100 Randolph 133836 17 130454 16 5.2 6.3 70 966 11.1 38348 15968 23372 9.1 512 510.00 1039.6 1087 271 3745 2002 15300 Richmond 46721 52 46564 52 10.1 12.8 69.2 935 10.1 28830 13613 21125 19.6 485 478.00 369.9 898 124 3593 2002 15500 Robeson 125206 21 123339 19 9 11.9 64.9 869 11.4 28202 11623 17546 22.8 463 440.00 867.4 927 180 5042 2002 15700 Rockingham 92589 27 91928 25 9.9 8.5 68.9 957 10.8 33784 15513 22148 12.8 529 523.00 699.7 872 171 3850 2002 15900 Rowan 132921 18 130340 17 10.7 6 74.2 989 14.2 37494 15986 23688 10.6 584 570.00 1081.3 842 137 3189 2002 16100 Rutherford 63345 38 62899 38 13 11.3 70.4 950 12.5 31122 14275 21165 13.9 493 489.00 504.9 752 153 3553 2002 16300 Sampson 61768 39 60161 39 5.5 7.8 69.1 932 11.1 31793 15290 20334 17.6 480 459.00 529.6 1358 186 6940 2002 16500 Scotland 35766 64 35998 60 10.3 9.9 71.4 907 15.9 31010 13058 20660 20.6 465 453.00 287.8 643 116 5142 2002 16700 Stanly 58974 42 58100 42 8.5 8.5 73.4 960 12.7 36898 15760 22953 10.7 489 476.00 623.5 743 166 3714 2002 16900 Stokes 45355 54 44711 54 5.5 6.1 73.2 969 9.3 38808 15273 22434 9.1 466 450.00 175.0 2707 346 7671 2002 17100 Surry 72028 35 71219 35 7.2 8.8 67 1015 12 33046 16268 22912 12.4 474 461.00 906.7 703 127 3017 2002 17300 Swain 13287 90 12968 90 4.3 8.9 70.5 1032 13.9 28608 10583 17774 18.3 484 439.00 83.8 1028 139 6682 2002 17500 Transylvania 29400 70 29334 70 8.5 7.7 82.5 1087 23.7 38587 16492 24908 9.5 509 500.00 249.0 724 127 3300 2002 17700 Tyrrell 4170 100 4149 100 5.3 9.5 66.3 905 10.6 25684 13556 18490 23.3 431 355.00 18.6 4184 299 . 2002 17900 Union 138928 14 123677 18 4.2 5.2 80.2 1008 21.3 50638 16944 24890 8.1 556 555.00 1403.2 1063 230 5442 2002 18100 Vance 44378 55 42954 55 12.9 12.4 68.1 873 10.7 31301 14395 20728 20.5 471 458.00 516.6 689 173 3675 2002 18300 Wake 679510 2 627846 2 4.1 5.3 89.3 1067 43.9 54988 22462 36870 7.8 742 740.00 12017.6 462 101 1572 2002 18500 Warren 20000 79 19972 79 9.7 10 67.5 862 11.6 28351 11304 16663 19.4 445 402.00 74.3 2251 413 4051 2002 18700 Washington 13600 89 13723 89 8.8 8.5 69.9 816 11.6 28865 13713 19555 21.8 415 356.00 96.5 1696 256 4522 2002 18900 Watauga 42892 58 42695 56 1.6 2.4 81.6 1078 33.2 32611 14356 24378 17.9 453 397.00 651.9 474 116 1877 2002 19100 Wayne 113844 23 113329 23 5 6.1 77.2 951 15 33942 14195 21738 13.8 492 468.00 1118.3 631 122 2595 2002 19300 Wilkes 66660 36 65632 36 7.1 9 66 1009 11.3 34258 15630 25088 11.9 661 686.00 707.9 1011 156 3706 2002 19500 Wilson 75374 34 73814 33 7.6 8.3 69.4 977 15.1 33116 16356 25072 18.5 612 616.00 987.4 716 133 4177 2002 19700 Yadkin 36958 59 36348 59 5.7 5.8 72 997 10.3 36660 15877 22291 10.0 444 432.00 211.8 2071 303 7456 2002 19900 Yancey 17944 86 17774 85 7 13 71.1 1034 13.1 29674 12374 19134 15.8 418 398.00 105.8 1401 289 4554 2002