County accounting: Here's a paint-by-numbers economic portrait of each of the state's 100 counties.

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DATA BY COUNTY COUNTY ACCOUNTING Here's a pain-by-numbers economic portrait of each of the state's 100 counties. POPULATIO Net migration Avg. annual Density per '90-00 (000s) change square mile vs. 1990 2000 '90-00 2000 population North Carolina 8,049.3 2.0% 165.2 15.1% Alamance 130.8 1.9 304.2 17.2 Alexander 33.6 2.0 129.2 16.8 Alleghany 10.7 1.1 45.5 14.4 Anson 25.3 0.7 47.5 4.3 Ashe 24.4 0.9 57.2 11.0 Avery 17.2 1.4 69.5 14.4 Beaufort 45.0 0.6 54.3 4.6 Bertie 19.8 (0.3) 28.3 (4.3) Bladen 32.3 1.2 36.9 10.0 Brunswick 73.1 3.7 85.6 40.3 Buncombe 206.3 1.7 314.5 16.5 Burke 89.1 1.6 175.9 13.4 Cabarrus 131.1 2.9 359.7 26.4 Caldwell 77.4 0.9 164.2 4.7 Camden 6.9 1.5 28.6 15.0 Carteret 59.4 1.3 114.2 11.8 Caswell 23.5 1.3 55.3 12.4 Catawba 141.7 1.8 354.2 14.0 Chatham 49.3 2.4 72.2 22.1 Cherokee 24.3 1.9 53.4 20.8 Chowan 14.5 0.7 84.1 6.4 Clay 8.8 2.1 40.9 25.7 Cleveland 96.3 1.3 207.2 8.9 Columbus 54.7 1.0 58.4 6.6 Craven 91.4 1.1 129.1 1.4 Cumberland 303.0 1.0 464.2 (3.9) Currituck 18.2 2.8 69.5 29.8 Dare 30.0 2.8 78.1 26.8 Davidson 147.2 1.5 266.7 11.2 Davie 34.8 2.3 131.4 22.0 Duplin 49.1 2.1 60.0 17.9 Durham 223.3 2.1 769.2 14.4 Edgecombe 55.6 (0.2) 110.1 (6.6) Forsyth 306.1 1.4 747.2 9.2 Franklin 47.3 2.6 96.1 25.3 Gaston 190.4 0.9 534.4 3.9 Gates 10.5 1.2 30.9 12.7 Graham 8.0 1.1 27.4 10.4 Granville 48.5 2.4 91.3 22.5 Greene 19.0 2.1 71.5 18.8 Guilford 421.0 1.9 648.3 15.3 Halifax 57.4 0.3 79.1 0.3 Harnett 91.0 3.0 153.0 24.7 Haywood 54.0 1.4 97.6 15.8 Henderson 89.2 2.5 238.4 29.0 Hertford 22.6 0.1 64.0 (0.6) Hoke 33.6 3.9 86.0 33.6 Hyde 5.8 0.7 9.5 9.0 Iredell 122.7 2.8 213.1 25.9 Jackson 33.1 2.1 67.5 21.4 Johnston 122.0 4.1 154.0 41.5 Jones 10.4 1.0 22.0 9.7 Lee 49.0 1.7 190.6 11.4 Lenoir 59.6 0.4 149.2 0.7 Lincoln 63.8 2.4 213.5 20.8 Macon 29.8 2.4 57.7 29.3 Madison 19.6 1.5 43.7 15.5 Martin 25.6 0.2 55.5 (0.4) McDowell 42.2 1.7 95.4 15.3 Mecklenburg 695.5 3.1 1,321.5 25.5 Mitchell 15.7 0.8 70.8 9.9 Montgomery 26.8 1.4 54.6 8.7 Moore 74.8 2.4 107.2 25.1 Nash 87.4 1.3 161.8 8.6 New Hanover 160.3 2.9 805.8 27.9 Northampton 22.1 0.5 41.2 4.8 Onslow 150.4 0.0 196.1 (16.8) Orange 118.2 2.4 295.7 20.6 Pamlico 12.9 1.3 38.4 15.5 Pasquotant 34.9 1.1 153.8 8.0 Pender 41.1 3.6 47.2 38.5 Perquimans 11.4 0.8 46.0 10.1 Person 35.6 1.7 90.8 14.3 Pitt 133.8 2.1 205.3 15.8 Polk 18.3 2.4 77.0 31.4 Randolph 130.5 2.0 165.7 16.2 Richmond 46.6 0.5 98.2 0.8 Robeson 123.3 1.6 130.0 8.6 Rockingham 91.9 0.7 162.3 4.4 Rowan 130.3 1.7 254.9 15.2 Rutherford 62.9 1.0 111.5 8.0 Sampson 60.2 2.4 63.6 23.1 Scotland 36.0 0.6 112.8 (0.1) Stanly 58.1 1.2 147.1 9.3 Stokes 44.7 1.8 99.0 16.1 Surry 71.2 1.4 132.7 12.5 Swain 13.0 1.4 24.6 12.6 Transylvania 29.3 1.4 77.5 15.2 Tyrrell 4.1 0.7 10.6 8.1 Union 123.7 3.9 194.0 35.6 Vance 43.0 1.0 169.4 5.1 Wake 627.8 3.9 754.7 35.3 Warren 20.0...