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The North CarolinaThe North CarolinaRural Economic Rural Economic Development CenterDevelopment Center
One Perspective on One Perspective on
North CarolinaNorth Carolina
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Rural and Urban CountiesRural and Urban Counties
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Why a Rural Why a Rural Center?Center?
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Big versus SmallBig versus Small
Category Mecklenburg TyrrellPopulation 2000 695,454 4,149 Population Change 90-00 130,608 314 % Change 90-00 36% 8%Population per Sq Mile 1,319 11
Unemp Rate 01 % 4.1% 8.7%Per Capita Income 96 37,321 16,581 Poverty Rate 97 9.7% 25.5%Child Poverty Rate 97 14.7% 34.4%
65+ Total % 10% 18%0-18 and 65+ % 36% 44%
% Completed High School 90 83% 62%
Persons/Physicians 365 3,886
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Political Power follows PeoplePolitical Power follows People
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Median Family Income, 1997Median Family Income, 1997
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Child Poverty Rates, 1997Child Poverty Rates, 1997
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North CarolinaNorth CarolinaDemographicsDemographics
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Population ConcentrationsPopulation Concentrations
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Population GrowthPopulation Growth
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African-American PopulationAfrican-American Population
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North CarolinaNorth CarolinaEconomic Economic StructureStructure
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Tobacco, of courseTobacco, of course
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Tobacco ProductionTobacco Production
Pitt
Wake
Bladen
Duplin
Hyde
Bertie
Wilkes
Pender
Moore
Halifax
Union
Nash
Surry
RobesonOnslow
Iredell
Sampson
Columbus
Swain
Burke
Johnston
Ashe
Guilford
Anson
Randolph
Harnett
Brunswick
Wayne
Jones
Chatham
Macon
Rowan
Martin
Hoke
Stokes
LeeStanly
LenoirCraven
Granville
Franklin
Warren
Tyrrell
Buncombe
Davidson
Haywood
PersonGates
Jackson
Dare
Caswell
Forsyth
Caldwell
Carteret
Beaufort
Cumberland
Orange
Madison
Rutherford
Wilson
Polk
Yadkin
Gaston
Rockingham
Cherokee
Catawba
Davie
Hertford
McDowell
Richmond
Northampton
Cleveland
Vance
Clay
Avery
Alamance
Mecklenburg
Edgecombe
Lincoln
Yancey
Montgomery
Pamlico
Cabarrus
Durham
Graham
Greene
Scotland
Watauga
Henderson
Washington
Mitchell
Transylvania
Camden
Alexander
CurrituckAlleghany
ChowanPerquimans
New Hanover
Pasquotank
Tobacco Growing CountiesNo tobaccoUp to 2 m pounds2 to 10 m ppounds10 to 20 m poundsAbove 20 m pounds
Sources: 1997 Census of Agriculture,U.S. Department of Commerce; and1999 North Carolina Manufacturers Directory
Location of manufacturing plants in SIC 21, including stemming anddrying and cigarette production.
Plants employ over 17,000full and part time employees.
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Traditional and Emerging Traditional and Emerging ManufacturingManufacturing
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Locations of Traditional Locations of Traditional Manufacturing Manufacturing
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Layoffs in North CarolinaLayoffs in North Carolina
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Textile Layoffs in NC, 2001Textile Layoffs in NC, 2001
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Unemployment Rate IncreasesUnemployment Rate IncreasesDecember 2000 to December 2001December 2000 to December 2001
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Unemployment Rate IncreasesUnemployment Rate IncreasesDecember 2000 to December 2001December 2000 to December 2001
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Work Force Skills Rural vs Work Force Skills Rural vs UrbanUrban
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A Sample of North Carolina’s Think A Sample of North Carolina’s Think Tanks, Policy and Advocacy GroupsTanks, Policy and Advocacy Groups
Common Sense Foundation http://www.common-sense.org/
John Locke Foundation http://www.johnlocke.org/
NC Justice & Community Development Center http://www.ncjustice.org/
MDC, Inc. http://www.mdcinc.org/
RTS , Inc. http://www.rtsinc.org/
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North Carolina’s Philanthropic North Carolina’s Philanthropic OrganizationsOrganizations
Duke Endowment http://www.dukeendowment.org/
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation http://www.zsr.org/
Mary Babcock Reynolds http://www.mrbf.org/
Golden Leaf Foundation http://www.goldenleaf.org/
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Contact InformationContact Information
Chris BeachamChris BeachamResearch DirectorResearch DirectorNC Rural Economic Development CenterNC Rural Economic Development CenterRaleigh, NC 27610Raleigh, NC 27610(919) 250-4314(919) 250-4314(919) 250-4325 (fax)(919) 250-4325 (fax)[email protected]@ncruralcenter.org
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