Counting by counties: measuring the vital statistics of North Carolina's 100 counties.

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POPULATION Net migration Avg. annual Density per 1990-2002 (000s) change square mile vs. 1990 2002 1992-2002 2002 population North Carolina 8,323.9 1.9% 170.9 17.7% Alamance 136.2 2.0 316.6 21.0 Alexander 34.2 1.9 131.5 18.0 Alleghany 10.9 0.9 46.3 16.7 Anson 25.4 0.7 47.7 4.3 Ashe 24.7 0.9 58.0 12.8 Avery 17.9 1.8 72.7 19.8 Beaufort 45.7 0.6 55.2 5.9 Bertie 19.8 (0.3) 28.3 (3.9) Bladen 32.7 1.2 37.3 10.5 Brunswick 79.0 3.7 92.5 51.3 Buncombe 210.6 1.5 321.0 18.5 Burke 89.4 1.4 176.3 13.0 Cabarrus 140.2 3.0 384.7 33.1 Caldwell 77.9 0.8 165.2 4.8 Camden 7.3 1.9 30.5 22.0 Carteret 60.1 0.9 115.5 13.3 Caswell 23.7 1.2 55.9 13.1 Catawba 146.6 1.8 366.4 16.6 Chatham 52.6 2.5 77.0 29.5 Cherokee 25.0 1.9 55.1 25.1 Chowan 14.3 0.2 82.9 7.4 Clay 9.1 2.4 42.9 33.3 Cleveland 97.3 1.1 209.4 9.3 Columbus 54.6 0.8 58.6 6.2 Craven 91.9 0.9 129.7 (0.1) Cumberland 305.8 0.8 468.6 (5.7) Currituck 19.6 3.0 75.0 39.3 Dare 32.4 3.2 83.9 35.8 Davidson 150.8 1.4 273.1 13.1 Davie 36.8 2.4 138.7 28.0 Duplin 50.6 1.9 61.9 20.0 Durham 233.6 2.0 804.5 17.3 Edgecombe 55.0 (0.4) 108.8 (8.4) Forsyth 314.9 1.5 768.7 11.0 Franklin 50.3 2.7 102.3 32.5 Gaston 191.9 0.7 538.7 4.0 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Avg. Avg. Avg. annual Jobless hourly annual (000s) change rate wage* change 2002 1992-2002 2002 2002 '92-02 Alamance 71.9 1.6 7.2 13.78 3.9 Alexander 17.6 0.9 7.9 11.70 3.2 Alleghany 5.1 0.4 9.1 10.42 3.7 Anson 10.9 (1.1) 11.0 12.02 3.4 Ashe 11.9 0.5 9.6 11.20 3.8 Avery 8.2 1.3 5.1 9.74 2.4 Beaufort 18.8 (0.8) 10.3 12.20 3.0 Bertie 8.4 (0.7) 8.6 9.90 3.3 Bladen 20.5 3.8 8.0 10.74 2.9 Brunswick 36.5 3.2 6.8 12.38 1.4 Buncombe 107.8 1.3 4.3 13.50 2.8 Burke 43.9 0.4 8.1 12.96 3.2 Cabarrus 74.5 2.9 5.5 15.10 4.0 Caldwell 39.9 (0.1) 8.9 12.63 3.7 Camden 3.5 2.4 3.4 10.56 2.8 Carteret 28.8 0.7 5.8 9.67 3.1 Caswell 12.6 1.4 7.3 10.23 2.3 Catawba 78.5 0.8 9.4 13.85 3.3 Chatham 28.9 2.5 4.8 12.29 2.9 Cherokee 10.5 1.6 10.4 10.70 2.9 Chowan 6.6 0.3 5.6 11.38 2.5 Clay 3.6 1.7 5.0 10.34 3.0 Cleveland 44.5 (0.2) 12.9 13.25 3.0 Columbus 22.2 (0.9) 10.1 12.69 3.0 Craven 37.2 0.7 5.8 12.60 1.9 Cumberland 127.6 1.7 6.4 12.48 2.5 Currituck 10.1 3.6 2.7 9.53 2.3 Dare 21.2 3.7 5.6 10.22 3.4 Davidson 81.3 1.0 6.5 12.61 3.0 Davie 18.9 2.1 5.4 12.31 3.5 Duplin 23.2 1.1 7.8 11.38 3.2 Durham 126.4 2.0 5.7 23.17 4.8 Edgecombe 26.4 (0.5) 12.6 13.07 3.1 Forsyth 158.5 1.0 5.6 17.13 3.3 Franklin 24.9 2.4 6.4 13.27 4.7 Gaston 105.1 1.0 8.2 14.15 3.3 PER CAPITA INCOME Income from Avg. annual Percent Percent government change of state of U.S. work 2001 1991-2001 average average 2001 Alamance 26,160 3.8 96 86 6.3 Alexander 23,046 3.8 84 76 5.7 Alleghany 24,798 5.4 91 82 7.5 Anson 22,752 4.3 83 75 13.1 Ashe 22,928 5.1 84 75 6.6 Avery 23,535 4.8 86 77 9.3...