What Really Counts.

• Position: Data by County

WHAT REALLY COUNTS Taking the full measure of each of North Carolina's 100 counties. POPULATION Net migration Avg. annua Density per 1990-2001 (000s) change square mile vs. 199 2001 1991-2001 2001 population North Carolina 8,188.0 1.9% 168.1 16.3% Alamance 133.6 1.9 310.7 19.1 Alexander 34.0 1.8 130.5 17.4 Alleghany 10.7 0.9 45.8 15.2 Anson 25.3 0.8 47.6 4.2 Ashe 24.8 1.0 58.2 13.0 Avery 17.7 1.7 71.7 18.0 Beaufort 45.3 0.6 54.8 5.3 Bertie 19.9 (0.2) 28.4 (3.7) Bladen 32.4 1.1 37.1 10.0 Brunswick 76.9 3.8 90.0 47.3 Buncombe 208.6 1.6 318.0 17.5 Burke 89.0 1.5 175.7 12.8 Cabarrus 136.3 3.0 374.1 30.3 Caldwell 77.6 0.9 164.6 4.6 Camden 7.0 1.6 29.2 17.1 Carteret 59.6 1.1 114.7 12.4 Caswell 23.7 1.3 55.8 13.3 Catawba 145.1 1.9 362.8 16.1 Chatham 51.0 2.5 74.6 25.8 Cherokee 24.7 1.9 54.3 23.0 Chowan 14.5 0.5 84.2 6.4 Clay 9.0 2.1 42.0 29.9 Cleveland 96.8 1.2 208.4 9.0 Columbus 54.8 0.9 58.5 6.3 Craven 92.0 1.0 129.8 0.9 Cumberland 301.1 0.7 461.3 (6.2) Currituck 18.8 2.9 72.0 34.0 Dare 31.2 3.0 81.4 31.8 Davidson 149.1 1.4 270.0 12.0 Davie 36.2 2.4 136.6 26.4 Duplin 49.6 2.0 60.7 18.2 Durham 228.1 2.0 785.6 15.6 Edgecombe 54.7 (0.4) 108.3 (8.6) Forsyth 310.3 1.4 757.7 10.0 Franklin 48.8 2.6 99.2 28.9 Gaston 191.1 0.7 536.5 3.9 Gates 10.6 1.1 31.0 13.4 Graham 8.0 0.9 27.5 11.2 Granville 49.7 2.4 93.5 25.0 Greene 19.0 2.0 71.6 18.3 Guilford 424.0 1.8 652.9 15.2 Halifax 57.1 0.1 78.8 (0.4) Harnett 93.7 3.1 157.4 27.3 Haywood 54.6 1.3 98.6 17.2 Henderson 91 .5 2.4 244.8 32.4 Hertford 22.2 (0.2) 62.7 (2.5) Hoke 34.8 4.2 89.1 36.5 Hyde 5.7 0.5 9.4 7.7 Iredell 127.9 2.9 222.2 30.5 Jackson 33.7 2.0 68.6 23.1 Johnston 127.8 4.2 161.4 47.0 Jones 10.3 0.9 21.8 9.3 Lee 49.4 1.7 192.1 10.9 Lenoir 59.3 0.3 148.3 (0.2) Lincoln 65.4 2.4 218.9 23.2 Macon 30.4 2.4 58.9 32.2 Madison 19.8 1.5 44.0 16.3 Martin 25.3 0.1 54.9 (1.5) McDowell 42.8 1.7 97.0 16.9 Mecklenburg 713.8 3.0 1,356.3 27.3 Mitchell 15.9 0.9 71.7 11.6 Montgomery 27.0 1.4 54.9 8.5 Moore 76.4 2.4 109.4 27.7 Nash 88.3 1.3 163.5 9.1 New Hanover 163.8 2.7 823.5 30.1 Northampton 22.0 0.4 41.0 4.6 Onslow 148.5 (0.2) 193.6 (20.2) Orange 121.0 2.3 302.5 22.7 Pamlico 12.8 1.1 38.1 15.1 Pasquotank 35.0 1.0 154.4 8.1 Pender 42.1 3.4 48.3 41.3 Perquimans 11.5 1.0 46.6 11.9 Person 36.1 1.7 92.1 15.8 Pitt 134.9 2.0 207.1 15.8 Polk 18.8 2.4 79.2 35.6 Randolph 132.1 2.0 167.8 16.9 Richmond 46.6 0.3 98.3 0.4 Robeson 124.1 1.6 130.8 8.2 Rockingham 91.8 0.6 162.1 4.0 Rowan 131.7 1.6 257.6 16.0 Rutherford 63.4 0.9 112.4 8.6 Sampson 60.9 2.3 64.4 23.9 Scotland 35.7 0.4 112.0 (1.3) Stanly 58.8 1.1 148.8 10.2 Stokes 45.3 1.8 100.2 17.3 Surry 71.4 1.3 133.1 12.4 Swain 13.2 1.5 25.0 14.4 Transylvania 29.3 1.3 77.6 15.5 Tyrrell 4.1 0.9 10.6 8.1 Union 132.1 4.2 207.2 43.5...