Divided by a hundred: counting by county, here's how the state stacks up statistically.

• Position: North Carolina - Statistical data

POPULATION CIVILIAN Avg. LABOR annual Density per Change from FORCE 2005 change square mile migration 2005 (000s) 1995-2005 2005 2000-05 (000s) North Carolina 8,663.7 1.7% 177.9 4.8% 4,332.7 Alamance 138.8 1.6 322.8 3.8 69.5 Alexander 35.5 1.5 136.6 4.8 18.1 Alleghany 10.9 0.7 46.5 4.0 4.8 Anson 25.8 0.5 48.6 1.1 10.8 Ashe 25.3 0.8 59.3 5.4 12.7 Avery 18.2 1.5 73.7 5.7 7.9 Beaufort 46.1 0.5 55.7 1.5 20.0 Bertie 19.7 (0.4) 28.2 (0.4) 8.7 Bladen 33.2 0.8 38.0 0.8 15.4 Brunswick 87.7 3.8 102.6 21.6 42.3 Buncombe 217.4 1.2 331.4 4.1 115.9 Burke 89.1 0.7 175.8 (2.1) 42.0 Cabarrus 150.2 3.0 412.3 10.6 78.1 Caldwell 78.8 0.7 167.1 (0.2) 40.1 Camden 8.9 3.4 36.9 28.9 4.2 Carteret 62.4 0.9 120.1 6.4 32.1 Caswell 23.9 0.9 56.2 1.1 10.6 Catawba 149.4 1.5 373.6 2.5 76.8 Chatham 56.3 2.5 82.4 11.6 30.7 Cherokee 26.1 1.7 57.3 8.8 10.3 Chowan 14.5 0.3 84.1 2.5 6.9 Clay 9.8 2.2 45.7 14.4 4.4 Cleveland 97.8 0.8 210.5 (0.4) 47.3 Columbus 54.6 0.5 58.3 (1.8) 23.7 Craven 92.2 0.7 130.1 (2.8) 40.5 Cumberland 313.0 0.6 479.5 (5.1) 129.7 Currituck 22.6 3.5 86.4 24.4 11.6 Dare 35.1 3.1 91.6 13.6 22.5 Davidson 154.8 1.3 280.4 2.9 78.2 Davie 38.6 2.4 145.7 10.2 19.7 Duplin 52.1 1.5 63.8 2.8 23.4 Durham 242.5 1.8 835.4 3.3 130.6 Edgecombe 53.6 (0.6) 106.0 (6.2) 24.5 Forsyth 324.4 1.2 791.9 3.5 169.5 Franklin 54.2 2.6 110.1 11.9 26.7 Gaston 192.6 0.5 540.8 0.1 99.2 Gates 11.1 1.1 32.5 7.2 4.9 Graham 8.1 0.5 27.8 1.7 4.0 Granville 54.0 2.5 101.6 8.3 23.7 Greene 20.3 1.6 76.4 4.4 9.2 Guilford 438.8 1.2 675.6 1.8 241.5 Halifax 56.3 (0.3) 77.7 (2.7) 23.4 Harnett 101.7 2.7 171.0 7.7 45.5 Haywood 57.1 1.2 103.1 5.6 27.6 Henderson 97.8 2.0 261.5 9.9 46.3 Hertford 23.8 0.5 67.5 4.0 9.7 Hoke 39.8 3.4 101.8 14.1 17.7 Hyde 5.6 0.5 9.2 (3.2) 2.9 Iredell 139.1 2.9 241.7 10.9 71.6 Jackson 36.2 1.9 73.9 7.1 21.1 Johnston 146.0 4.1 184.3 15.0 71.5 Jones 10.2 0.1 21.7 (0.4) 4.9 Lee 50.5 1.0 196.3 5.6 25.8 Lenoir 58.4 (0.2) 146.0 (3.0) 27.6 Lincoln 69.1 1.8 231.4 6.6 36.1 Macon 32.3 2.1 62.5 10.4 15.4 Madison 20.4 1.1 45.3 3.4 9.8 Martin 24.5 (0.6) 53.2 (3.6) 11.9 McDowell 43.6 1.3 98.7 1.5 21.1 Mecklenburg 786.7 2.8 1,494.7 8.5 430.1 Mitchell 16.1 0.7 72.7 2.5 7.7 Montgomery 27.3 0.9 55.5 (0.2) 12.3 Moore 80.5 1.7 115.4 8.1 35.5 Nash 91.5 0.9 169.4 2.8 43.9 New Hanover 177.7 2.1 893.2 10.3 98.7 Northampton 21.5 0.0 40.1 (1.2) 8.9 Onslow 162.0 1.0 211.2 (3.6) 56.5 Orange 122.5 1.2 306.3 2.8 65.8 Pamlico 13.1 0.9 39.0 2.6 5.6 Pasquotank 38.1 1.4 168.0 9.5 17.2 Pender 46.1 2.7 53.0 11.9 22.2 Perquimans 11.9 1.1 48.3 8.2 5.2 Person 37.3 1.3 95.2 3.1 18.9 Pitt 143.4 1.6 220.0 3.3 73.6 Polk 19.2 1.5 80.6 6.7 9.0 Randolph 137.3 1.6 174.4 2.5 74.6 Richmond 46.4 0.2 98.0 (1.0) 20.0 Robeson 127.5 1.0 134.4 (0.1) 51.9 Rockingham 92.2 0.3 162.8 (0.6) 46.3 Rowan 134.1 1.1 262.3 0.9 67.5 Rutherford 63.4 0.5 112.4 0.3 29.3 Sampson 63.4 1.7 67.0 3.2 31.0 Scotland 37.1 0.6 116.1 0.4 15.1 Stanly 59.4 0.8 150.3 0.0 29.3 Stokes 46.2 1.2 102.4 2.5 24.3 Surry 72.6 0.8 135.4 1.5 34.7 Swain 13.6 1.3 25.8 4.3 7.1 Transylvania 29.9 0.9 78.9 3.5 12.3 Tyrrell 4.2 0.9 10.7 1.3 2.2 Union 158.0 4.6 247.9 24.0 80.6 Vance 44.1 0.8 173.8 (1.0) 18.8 Wake 746.3 3.5 897.1 13.8 405.1 Warren 20.1 0.9 47.0 2.0 7.9 Washington 13.4 (0.6) 38.5 (2.6) 6.1 Watauga 43.0 0.6 137.5 (0.2) 24.4 Wayne 115.6 0.4 209.2 (1.0) 51.5 Wilkes 67.4 0.9 89.0 0.5 32.6 Wilson...