# Counties in North Carolina by business revenue: arts, entertainment and recreation (Economic Census), 2022

All 71 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2022, so the places are comparable. 14 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `business_revenue_usd_arts_entertainment`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all establishments (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of arts, entertainment, and recreation (NAICS 71), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-arts-entertainment/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 2,279.6 |
| 2 | Cabarrus County | 936 |
| 3 | Wake County | 932.5 |
| 4 | Iredell County | 500.9 |
| 5 | Guilford County | 360.4 |
| 6 | Buncombe County | 301.8 |
| 7 | New Hanover County | 234.1 |
| 8 | Forsyth County | 216.5 |
| 9 | Durham County | 198.5 |
| 10 | Brunswick County | 152.3 |
| 11 | Davidson County | 128.7 |
| 12 | Moore County | 84.4 |
| 13 | Union County | 73.3 |
| 14 | Rowan County | 72 |
| 15 | Watauga County | 71.4 |
| 16 | Cumberland County | 70.7 |
| 17 | Carteret County | 66.9 |
| 18 | Catawba County | 59.3 |
| 19 | Macon County | 58.4 |
| 20 | Orange County | 56.6 |
| 21 | Dare County | 50.9 |
| 22 | Henderson County | 41.3 |
| 23 | Randolph County | 39 |
| 24 | Gaston County | 36.8 |
| 25 | Alamance County | 36.3 |
| 26 | Onslow County | 34.6 |
| 27 | Pitt County | 34.5 |
| 28 | Transylvania County | 28.4 |
| 29 | Johnston County | 25.6 |
| 30 | Haywood County | 25.2 |
| 31 | Craven County | 23.9 |
| 32 | Davie County | 23.5 |
| 33 | Lee County | 19.3 |
| 34 | Nash County | 19.1 |
| 35 | Lincoln County | 19.1 |
| 36 | Wayne County | 18.9 |
| 37 | Caldwell County | 15.4 |
| 38 | Surry County | 15.3 |
| 39 | Beaufort County | 14.1 |
| 40 | Pender County | 13.7 |
| 41 | Polk County | 12.3 |
| 42 | Burke County | 11.9 |
| 43 | Harnett County | 11.4 |
| 44 | Rockingham County | 9.6 |
| 45 | Wilkes County | 9.6 |
| 46 | Alexander County | 6.4 |
| 47 | Lenoir County | 6.3 |
| 48 | Scotland County | 6.3 |
| 49 | Madison County | 6.2 |
| 50 | Vance County | 5.5 |
| 51 | Yadkin County | 5.4 |
| 52 | Ashe County | 5.3 |
| 53 | Franklin County | 4.8 |
| 54 | Richmond County | 4.5 |
| 55 | Pasquotank County | 4.2 |
| 56 | Sampson County | 4 |
| 57 | Pamlico County | 3.9 |
| 58 | Stokes County | 3.9 |
| 59 | Hyde County | 2.6 |
| 60 | Cherokee County | 1.9 |
| 61 | Bladen County | 1.9 |
| 62 | Clay County | 1.7 |
| 63 | Duplin County | 1.5 |
| 64 | Bertie County | 1.4 |
| 65 | Chowan County | 1.4 |
| 66 | Caswell County | 1.3 |
| 67 | Hertford County | 1.2 |
| 68 | Warren County | 1.1 |
| 69 | Edgecombe County | 1.1 |
| 70 | Washington County | 0.5 |
| 71 | Mitchell County | 0.4 |