Real* Gross Domestic Product Growth by Decade,
Counties of North Carolina, 2002-2021
Real* Gross Domestic Product Growth by County
Average Annual Percent Change, 2002-2021
Select a Time Period:2002-20212010-20192020-20212021
Real* Gross Domestic Product Growth by County
North Carolina:
2002-2021 = 2.10%
2021 = 6.96%
2010-2019 = 1.73%
2020-2021 = 2.88%
U.S.:
2002-2021 = 1.99%
2021 = 5.95%
2010-2019 = 2.25%
2020-2021 = 1.59%
View Distribution Totals as:Actual Percent
   
 
Real* Gross Domestic Product Growth of North Carolina's 100 Counties:
Average Growth Distributions by Decade over 2002-2021
2002-2021
2010-2019
2020-2021
2021
More than 2.5%
16
16
34
88
2.5% to 2.0%
6
7
11
1
2.0% to 1.5%
9
19
13
6
1.5% to 1.0%
15
7
8
1
1.0% to 0.5%
18
9
13
1
0.5% to 0.0%
13
12
3
0
0.0% to -0.5%
12
9
5
0
-0.5% or Below
11
21
13
3
Total
100
100
100
100
*Real gross domestic product estimates are measured in chained (2012) dollars.
 
   
   
 
North Carolina Real* Gross Domestic Product Growth by County:
Average Annual Percent Change, 2002-2021
 
2002-2021
2010-2019
2020-2021
2021
County
 
%
Rank
%
Rank
%
Rank
%
Rank
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Durham
 
4.32
1
2.14
23
5.91
4
8.96
11
Wake
 
4.22
2
4.98
3
3.83
14
9.45
8
Pender
 
3.91
3
4.14
5
3.61
18
6.97
40
Mecklenburg
 
3.68
4
2.46
17
4.26
11
5.97
51
Currituck
 
3.42
5
3.54
8
2.79
31
7.67
27
Iredell
 
3.06
6
3.31
13
6.26
2
10.30
6
Lincoln
 
3.03
7
3.97
6
2.85
30
6.84
42
Transylvania
 
2.98
8
7.50
1
1.07
66
6.02
50
Johnston
 
2.86
9
3.81
7
2.22
41
5.15
62
Macon
 
2.80
10
5.00
2
1.70
52
1.65
92
Franklin
 
2.77
11
1.04
49
2.27
39
2.69
87
New Hanover
 
2.58
12
1.86
28
4.40
10
8.03
21
Davie
 
2.48
13
4.40
4
2.27
40
7.80
25
Buncombe
 
2.47
14
3.37
12
1.66
54
8.32
17
Swain
 
2.47
15
1.86
27
3.27
22
4.40
73
Union
 
2.46
16
2.89
14
3.75
16
7.85
24
Hoke
 
2.40
17
-2.32
93
2.55
33
3.41
82
Pitt
 
2.34
18
1.65
36
2.03
45
5.80
53
Onslow
 
2.29
19
-0.49
79
3.34
21
6.79
43
Brunswick
 
2.15
20
1.78
31
1.77
51
4.85
70
Perquimans
 
2.13
21
2.20
22
4.02
13
7.09
38
Granville
 
2.07
22
-0.30
75
0.67
75
2.58
88
Jackson
 
1.96
23
1.94
25
3.61
19
7.95
23
Orange
 
1.86
24
1.99
24
0.80
71
5.36
58
Clay
 
1.81
25
1.52
41
4.98
8
8.64
14
Dare
 
1.70
26
2.73
16
2.90
28
7.34
33
Moore
 
1.67
27
2.84
15
2.61
32
7.62
28
Cleveland
 
1.64
28
3.47
9
0.77
72
4.49
72
Cumberland
 
1.62
29
-0.03
71
2.14
43
5.37
57
Watauga
 
1.62
30
1.40
43
1.90
49
8.25
19
Carteret
 
1.60
31
1.86
29
1.08
65
5.73
54
Harnett
 
1.53
32
1.87
26
1.60
57
5.48
56
Camden
 
1.48
33
-5.20
99
5.78
5
9.44
9
Montgomery
 
1.44
34
3.45
10
3.05
25
6.93
41
Alamance
 
1.41
35
1.68
34
3.42
20
8.07
20
Nash
 
1.35
36
0.69
53
4.82
9
8.36
16
Haywood
 
1.25
37
1.50
42
1.17
64
3.96
77
Henderson
 
1.23
38
1.69
33
1.61
56
7.37
31
Gaston
 
1.20
39
1.63
37
1.94
47
8.42
15
Rowan
 
1.19
40
1.62
38
3.03
26
7.30
35
Pasquotank
 
1.16
41
-0.27
74
2.91
27
4.91
69
Chowan
 
1.14
42
2.38
19
2.17
42
5.06
65
Craven
 
1.11
43
0.28
64
2.41
36
4.98
67
Yadkin
 
1.09
44
0.93
50
2.31
37
8.29
18
Richmond
 
1.08
45
2.44
18
-1.77
96
1.64
93
Polk
 
0.99
46
0.45
60
6.00
3
9.11
10
Cabarrus
 
0.98
47
1.31
45
4.02
12
9.49
7
Cherokee
 
0.95
48
0.57
58
3.09
23
7.69
26
Hertford
 
0.95
49
1.14
47
2.86
29
6.07
49
Pamlico
 
0.92
50
-0.46
78
0.89
69
4.67
71
Gates
 
0.85
51
1.53
40
0.74
73
-1.83
99
Lenoir
 
0.75
52
2.38
20
1.51
58
5.12
63
Forsyth
 
0.75
53
0.72
52
-0.54
88
7.36
32
Davidson
 
0.74
54
0.62
55
1.65
55
7.33
34
Ashe
 
0.72
55
0.35
63
1.35
61
4.94
68
Yancey
 
0.71
56
1.85
30
-1.29
95
1.99
90
Avery
 
0.63
57
0.57
57
1.96
46
6.23
47
Guilford
 
0.61
58
0.17
66
0.67
74
5.31
59
Greene
 
0.60
59
-0.21
73
3.08
24
12.46
3
Alexander
 
0.59
60
1.67
35
1.78
50
8.80
13
Catawba
 
0.54
61
1.04
48
2.07
44
8.03
22
Madison
 
0.53
62
0.01
70
1.21
63
3.97
76
Beaufort
 
0.45
63
0.65
54
0.87
70
2.85
85
Wayne
 
0.43
64
0.17
67
1.91
48
5.69
55
Stanly
 
0.43
65
1.38
44
-0.10
85
3.86
78
Jones
 
0.37
66
1.72
32
7.24
1
32.46
1
Columbus
 
0.30
67
-0.54
80
2.42
35
6.59
44
Stokes
 
0.27
68
-2.54
96
5.78
6
17.43
2
Tyrrell
 
0.24
69
3.37
11
-2.98
99
-6.47
100
Lee
 
0.21
70
-2.15
91
2.53
34
8.94
12
Graham
 
0.19
71
0.35
62
-2.54
98
1.60
94
Robeson
 
0.18
72
0.42
61
1.69
53
5.31
60
Edgecombe
 
0.12
73
-6.47
100
2.28
38
7.24
36
Randolph
 
0.07
74
0.13
68
0.61
78
5.00
66
Washington
 
0.04
75
-2.04
90
3.68
17
-1.67
98
Mitchell
 
0.00
76
2.23
21
-3.79
100
3.72
80
Caswell
 
-0.02
77
-0.91
84
-1.92
97
0.89
97
Chatham
 
-0.05
78
-2.22
92
3.80
15
7.07
39
Scotland
 
-0.08
79
0.11
69
0.60
79
7.42
30
Rutherford
 
-0.13
80
1.59
39
0.48
80
5.92
52
Halifax
 
-0.14
81
0.25
65
-0.66
89
4.14
75
Sampson
 
-0.17
82
-0.08
72
1.31
62
10.64
5
Northampton
 
-0.18
83
-0.69
83
-0.36
86
3.50
81
Anson
 
-0.19
84
1.16
46
-1.04
93
5.17
61
Surry
 
-0.22
85
0.73
51
1.40
60
7.17
37
Person
 
-0.23
86
-0.63
82
-1.19
94
7.46
29
Warren
 
-0.26
87
-2.49
95
0.62
77
1.83
91
Hyde
 
-0.33
88
0.50
59
0.67
76
6.53
45
Duplin
 
-0.35
89
-2.91
98
5.26
7
11.25
4
Alleghany
 
-0.47
90
-0.45
77
-0.87
91
2.87
84
Caldwell
 
-0.49
91
0.58
56
-0.10
84
1.43
96
Rockingham
 
-0.65
92
-1.60
87
0.28
81
3.81
79
Burke
 
-0.68
93
-0.57
81
0.94
68
5.11
64
McDowell
 
-0.81
94
-1.97
89
-0.92
92
1.54
95
Wilkes
 
-0.90
95
-0.44
76
0.98
67
6.20
48
Wilson
 
-0.96
96
-2.45
94
-0.68
90
2.09
89
Vance
 
-1.23
97
-1.03
86
0.03
82
4.30
74
Martin
 
-1.52
98
-1.02
85
-0.09
83
2.69
86
Bertie
 
-1.68
99
-1.68
88
-0.45
87
6.28
46
Bladen
 
-1.76
100
-2.60
97
1.48
59
2.93
83
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North Carolina
 
2.10
1.73
2.88
6.96
Metropolitan
 
2.40
1.92
3.10
7.16
Nonmetropolitan
 
0.34
0.53
1.33
5.56
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
 
1.99
2.25
1.59
5.95
Metropolitan U.S.
 
1.97
2.24
1.71
6.24
Nonmetropolitan U.S.
 
1.34
1.49
0.09
2.89
*Real gross domestic product growth estimates are measured in chained (2012) dollars.
Source: Calculations by the North Carolina Regional Economic Analysis Project (NC-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2022
REAP_PI_CA1400_DECADES_2102A
 
   
   
 
North Carolina Real* Gross Domestic Product Growth by Region:
Average Annual Percent Change, 2002-2021
 
2002-2021
2010-2019
2020-2021
2021
Metropolitan Statistical Areas
 
%
%
%
%
Asheville
 
2.03
2.75
1.59
7.64
Burlington
 
1.41
1.68
3.42
8.07
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia
 
3.12
2.55
3.94
6.62
Durham-Chapel Hill
 
3.28
1.56
4.39
7.84
Fayetteville
 
1.58
0.01
2.09
5.28
Goldsboro
 
0.43
0.17
1.91
5.69
Greensboro-High Point
 
0.43
0.01
0.63
5.17
Greenville
 
2.34
1.65
2.03
5.80
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton
 
0.13
0.69
1.49
6.45
Jacksonville
 
2.29
-0.49
3.34
6.79
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach
 
2.55
2.39
3.17
8.51
New Bern
 
1.03
0.25
2.42
5.78
Raleigh-Cary
 
4.06
4.78
3.67
8.98
Rocky Mount
 
0.67
-2.03
4.19
8.09
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News
 
0.95
0.00
1.94
6.34
Wilmington
 
2.69
2.05
4.32
7.92
Winston-Salem
 
0.77
0.68
0.16
7.72
 
 
 
 
 
 
North Carolina
 
2.10
1.73
2.88
6.96
Metropolitan
 
2.40
1.92
3.10
7.16
Nonmetropolitan
 
0.34
0.53
1.33
5.56
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States
 
1.99
2.25
1.59
5.95
Metropolitan U.S.
 
1.97
2.24
1.71
6.24
Nonmetropolitan U.S.
 
1.34
1.49
0.09
2.89
*Real gross domestic product growth estimates are measured in chained (2012) dollars.
Source: Calculations by the North Carolina Regional Economic Analysis Project (NC-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis
November 2022
REAP_PI_CA1400_DECADES_2102B
 
   
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