The percentage of households that own their homes declined in 96 of North Carolina's 100 counties between 2000 and 2010, part of the most significant decline in the homeownership rate since the great depression.

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TRIAD 3.1%

Top

Davidson (1.6%)

Bottom

Stokes Yadkin (4.1%)

Percent change in homeownership 2000-2010

* .1% and higher

* 0 to (.9)

* (1) to (1.9)

* (2) to (2.9)

* (3) to (3.9)

* (4) to (4.9)

* (5) and lower

WESTERN 3.6%

Top

Madison.1%

Bottom

Jackson (7.9%)

CHARLOTTE

2.6%

Top

Union .8%

Bottom

Anson (7.2%)

582,373

Vacant homes in North Carolina, a 48.6% increase since 2000.

2.7%

Drop in state homeowner rate between 2000 and 2010 to 66.7%, only the second decennial census decline in 60 years and the largest in 80 years.

$16 billion

Total spent on Tar Heel home purchases last year, down from $30 billion in 2006.

TRIANGLE 2.1%

Top

Orange 2.5%

Bottom

Lee (5.2%)

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

EASTERN3.6%

Top

Gates Pasquotank (.5%)

Bottom

Robeson (7.5%)

County Index

1. Alamance

2. Alexander

3. Alleghany

4. Anson

5. Ashe

6. Avery

7. Beaufort

8. Bertie

9. Blade

10. Brunswick

11. Buncombe

12. Burke

13. Cabarrus

14. Caldwell

15. Camden

16. Carteret

17. Caswell

18. catawba

19. Chatham

20. Cherokee

21. Choewan

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. Henderso

46. Hertford

47. Hoke

48. Hyde

49. Iredell

50. Jackson

51. Johnston

52. Jones

53. Lee

54. Lenoir

55. Lincoin

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. Orande

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. stoke

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

Source: U.S census Bereau NC Association of Realtors

WORKING CAPITAL WESTERN CHARLOTTE TRIAD TRIANGLE EASTERN Employed: 449,152 978,084 713,746 904,806 1,000,468 YTD change: 4.271 6,839 7,433 6,641 20,759 Index: 92 6 . 102.4 94.3 11.2 104.4 Source; Employment Security Commission, April. Figures are not seasonally adjusted. The index is the number of jobs as a percentage of the average in 2000.