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North Carolina's estimated median family income has lagged behind the United States' for years. The gap narrowed between 1990 and 2000, but while the state median grew 20% in the last decade it did not keep pace with the national growth rate of 28.3%. Consequently, the difference between the state and country more than doubled--from $3,300 in 1990 to $6,800 in 2010--due to North Carolina's reliance on manufacturing and construction, industries that haven't completely rebounded from the recession, says UNC Charlotte economics professor Ron Madsen.

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TOP 2000-2010 County 2000 2010 %Growth Tyrrell $25,300 $40,300 59.3 Yancey 29,100 44,600 53.3 Watauga 38,800 56,800 46.4 Hyde 30,300 44,200 45.9 Bladen 29,000 42,300 45.9 Alleghany 33,100 47,800 44.4 Warren 29,300 41,800 42.7 Avery 33,400 46,600 39.5 Currituck 49,300 68,200 38.3 Haywood 36,400 50,200 37.9 BOTTOM 2000-2010 County 2000 2010 %Growth Rowan $57,100 $54,900 (3.9) Lincoln 57,100 57,700 1.1 Orange 62,800 66,500 5.9 Chatham 62,800 66,500 5.9 Durham 62,800 66,500 5.9 Alamance 51,000 53,800 5.5 Davidson 51,000 55,800 9.4 Washington 39,400 43,400 10.2 Anson 39,600 44,300 11.9 Rutherford 41,400 46,500 112.3 [GRAPHIC OMITTED]

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COUNTRY INDEX

1. Alamance

2. Alexander

3. Alleghany

4. Anson

5. Ashe

6. Avery

7. Beaufort

8. Bertie

9. Bladen

10. Brunswick

11. Buncombe

12. Burke

13. Cabarrus

14. Caldwell

15. Camden

16. Carteret

17. Caswell

18. Catawba

19. Chatham

20. Cherokee

21. Chowan

22. Clay

23. Cleveland

24. Columbus

25. Craven

26. Cumberland

27. Currituck

28. Dare

29. Davidson

30. Davie

31. Duplin

32. Durham

33. Edgecombe

34. Forsyth

35. Franklin

36. Gaston

37. Gates

38. Graham

39. Granville

40. Greene

41. Guilford

42. Halifax

43. Harnett

44. Haywood

45. Henderson

46. Hertford

47. Hoke

48. Hyde

49. Iredell

50. Jackson

51. Johnston

52. Jones

53. Lee

54. Lenoir

55. Lincoln

56. McDowell

57. Macon

58. Madison

59. Martin

60. Mecklenburg

61. Mitchell

62. Montgomery

63. Moore

64. Nash

65. New Hanover

66. Northampton

67. Onslow

68. Orange

69. Pamlico

70. Pasquotank

71. Pender

72. Perquimans

73. Person

74. Pitt

75. Polk

76. Randolph

77. Richmond

78. Robeson

79. Rockingham

80. Rowan

81. Rutherford

82. Sampson

83. Scotland

84. Stanly

85. Stokes

86. Surry

87. Swain

88. Transylvania

89. Tyrrell

90. Union

91. Vance

92. Wake

93. Warren

94. Washington

95. Watauga

96. Wayne

97. Wilkes

98. Wilson

99. Yadkin

100. Yancey

WORKING CAPITAL WESTERN CHARLOTTE TRIAD TRIANGLE EASTERN Employed: 455,372 982,843 714,876 910,665 1,015,953 YTD change: 10,491 11,598 8,563 12,500 36,244 Index: 93.9 102.9 94.5 111.9 106.0