Eastern Region.

• Position: Demographic information for several counties in North Carolina - Illustration

EASTERN REGION POPULATION (in 000s) COUNTY 1981 1991 2001 Carteret 42.4 53.5 59.6 Craven 72.2 83.4 92.0 Duplin 40.6 40.8 49.6 Edgecombe 56.3 57.0 54.7 Greene 16.0 15.6 19.0 Jones 9.7 9.4 10.3 Lenoir 59.8 57.7 59.3 Nash 68.1 78.0 88.3 Onslow 116.1 151.8 148.5 Pamlico 10.4 11.5 12.8 Pitt 92.0 111.0 134.9 Wayne 98.1 106.4 113.2 Wilson 63.4 66.8 74.4 REGION 745.2 843.1 916.6 NORTH CAROLINA 5,955.6 6,781.3 8,188.0 Source: N.C. Office of State Budget and Management PER-CAPITA INCOME (in 000s) COUNTY 1981 1991 2000 Carteret $8.7 $16.2 $26.1 Craven 8.7 16.6 25.3 Duplin 6.0 15.8 20.6 Edgecombe 8.2 14.4 20.8 Greene 7.4 15.2 20.9 Jones 5.5 13.5 20.0 Lenoir 8.3 16.2 23.0 Nash 9.4 17.6 27.0 Onslow 9.0 13.5 22.8 Pamlico 8.1 14.7 22.8 Pitt 8.5 16.7 24.6 Wayne 7.8 14.7 21.6 Wilson 9.4 16.8 24.5 REGION 8.4 15.6 23.6 NORTH CAROLINA 9.2 17.9 26.9 Source: N.C. Office of State Budget and Management EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY SECTOR Agriculture/mining 11,744 Construction 23,932 Finance/insurance/real estate 12,618 Government 87,953 Manufacturing 62,011 Retail/wholesale 89,293 Services 74,845 Transportation 12,320 Source: Employment Security Commission, 2001 Note: Table made from pie chart EMPLOYMENT (in 000s) COUNTY 1981 1991 2001 Carteret 15.7...