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• Position: BY THE NUMBERS - Statistical table

POPULATION (000s) COUNTY 1986 1996 2006 Carteret 49.7 57.8 63.6 Craven 79.8 88.0 95.6 Duplin 40.3 45.8 52.7 Edgecombe 58.2 57.1 52.6 Greene 15.9 17.4 20.8 Jones 9.4 9.9 10.3 Lenoir 58.2 59.9 58.2 Nash 71.6 84.3 92.2 Onslow 138.1 150.0 161.2 Pamlico 11.1 12.2 13.1 Pitt 99.9 121.5 146.4 Wayne 100.2 112.1 114.9 Wilson 64.5 70.5 77.5 REGION 796.9 886.5 959.1 NORTH CAROLINA 6,323.2 7,490.8 8,860.3 Source: N.C. Office of Budget and Management PER CAPITA INCOME (000s) COUNTY 1985 1995 2005 Carteret $11.6 $19.3 $31.0 Craven 12.4 20.1 30.8 Duplin 8.8 19.6 23.9 Edgecombe 10.4 16.6 25.4 Greene 9.1 17.0 23.4 Jones 8.3 15.7 27.1 Lenoir 11.2 19.1 27.3 Nash 13.2 20.5 29.1 Onslow 12.6 18.0 32.7 Pamlico 11.3 18.3 28.2 Pitt 11.6 19.7 28.2 Wayne 10.5 17.8 26.1 Wilson 12.6 19.4 28.3 REGION 11.7 19.0 28.8 NORTH CAROLINA 12.7 21.3 31.0 Source: N.C. Office of Budget and Management EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY SECTOR Accommodation/food services 33,494 Administrative/waste services 19,656 Construction 23,229 Educational services 37,137 Health care/social assistance 57,527 Manufacturing 49,697 Public administration 28,994 Retail trade 47,726 Other 83,363 Source: Employment Security Commission, 2006 EMPLOYMENT (000s) COUNTY 1986 1996 2006 Carteret 20.7 27.0 32.0 Craven 28.7 33.6 40.0 Duplin 17.8 20.8 22.3 Edgecombe 27.2 24.7...