Counties in North Carolina by business revenue: health care and social assistance (Economic Census)

Mecklenburg County had the highest business revenue: health care and social assistance (Economic Census) of 96 counties in 2017, at $11.32 billion. Tyrrell County had the lowest, at $1.26 million. The median was $233.25 million and the figure for North Carolina was $72.73 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest11,317.4Mecklenburg County
Median233.396 counties
North Carolina72,732.3History

Map of counties, 2017

Alamance County: 1,705.6 USD millionAlexander County: 42.5 USD millionAlleghany County: 27 USD millionAnson County: 54 USD millionAshe County: 84.1 USD millionAvery County: 58.3 USD millionBeaufort County: 218.4 USD millionBertie County: 64.9 USD millionBladen County: 47.7 USD millionBrunswick County: 400.5 USD millionBuncombe County: 3,678 USD millionBurke County: 644.9 USD millionCabarrus County: 1,119.5 USD millionCaldwell County: 271.5 USD millionCarteret County: 372.3 USD millionCaswell County: 32 USD millionCatawba County: 1,390.3 USD millionChatham County: 215.8 USD millionCherokee County: 143.1 USD millionClay County: 22.2 USD millionCleveland County: 636.6 USD millionColumbus County: 262.7 USD millionCraven County: 825 USD millionCumberland County: 2,318.6 USD millionCurrituck County: 20.4 USD millionDare County: 145.5 USD millionDavidson County: 398.2 USD millionDavie County: 133.9 USD millionDuplin County: 149.1 USD millionDurham County: 4,835.1 USD millionEdgecombe County: 231.9 USD millionForsyth County: 4,304.1 USD millionFranklin County: 66.8 USD millionGaston County: 1,321.5 USD millionGates County: 6.9 USD millionGraham County: 14.8 USD millionGranville County: 299.4 USD millionGreene County: 39.7 USD millionGuilford County: 4,243.5 USD millionHalifax County: 222.9 USD millionHarnett County: 461.9 USD millionHaywood County: 303.1 USD millionHenderson County: 659.3 USD millionHertford County: 177.1 USD millionHoke County: 117.6 USD millionIredell County: 964.9 USD millionJackson County: 219.2 USD millionJohnston County: 605.9 USD millionJones County: 18.7 USD millionLee County: 275.5 USD millionLenoir County: 323.8 USD millionLincoln County: 316.1 USD millionMcDowell County: 157 USD millionMacon County: 165.8 USD millionMadison County: 42.2 USD millionMartin County: 82.4 USD millionMecklenburg County: 11,317.4 USD millionMitchell County: 80.2 USD millionMontgomery County: 67.2 USD millionMoore County: 1,243.4 USD millionNash County: 515.3 USD millionNew Hanover County: 2,310.5 USD millionNorthampton County: 31.9 USD millionOnslow County: 642.5 USD millionOrange County: 2,030.8 USD millionPamlico County: 21.4 USD millionPasquotank County: 299 USD millionPender County: 122.4 USD millionPerson County: 106.2 USD millionPitt County: 2,158.5 USD millionPolk County: 123.5 USD millionRandolph County: 383.6 USD millionRichmond County: 187.8 USD millionRobeson County: 588.2 USD millionRockingham County: 326.4 USD millionRowan County: 1,079.7 USD millionRutherford County: 234.6 USD millionSampson County: 183.5 USD millionScotland County: 252.2 USD millionStanly County: 282.2 USD millionStokes County: 107.8 USD millionSurry County: 408.6 USD millionSwain County: 109 USD millionTransylvania County: 182.9 USD millionTyrrell County: 1.3 USD millionUnion County: 629.4 USD millionVance County: 222.2 USD millionWake County: 7,715.6 USD millionWarren County: 23 USD millionWashington County: 39.9 USD millionWatauga County: 1,073.3 USD millionWayne County: 781.9 USD millionWilkes County: 239.1 USD millionWilson County: 414.4 USD millionYadkin County: 69.7 USD millionYancey County: 33.8 USD million
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USD million, 2017. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all establishments. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2017

Mecklenburg County: 11,317.4 USD millionMecklenburg County11,317.4Wake County: 7,715.6 USD millionWake County7,715.6Durham County: 4,835.1 USD millionDurham County4,835.1Forsyth County: 4,304.1 USD millionForsyth County4,304.1Guilford County: 4,243.5 USD millionGuilford County4,243.5Buncombe County: 3,678 USD millionBuncombe County3,678Cumberland County: 2,318.6 USD millionCumberland County2,318.6New Hanover County: 2,310.5 USD millionNew Hanover County2,310.5Pitt County: 2,158.5 USD millionPitt County2,158.5Orange County: 2,030.8 USD millionOrange County2,030.8Alamance County: 1,705.6 USD millionAlamance County1,705.6Catawba County: 1,390.3 USD millionCatawba County1,390.3Gaston County: 1,321.5 USD millionGaston County1,321.5Moore County: 1,243.4 USD millionMoore County1,243.4Cabarrus County: 1,119.5 USD millionCabarrus County1,119.5Rowan County: 1,079.7 USD millionRowan County1,079.7Watauga County: 1,073.3 USD millionWatauga County1,073.3Iredell County: 964.9 USD millionIredell County964.9Craven County: 825 USD millionCraven County825Wayne County: 781.9 USD millionWayne County781.9Henderson County: 659.3 USD millionHenderson County659.3Burke County: 644.9 USD millionBurke County644.9Onslow County: 642.5 USD millionOnslow County642.5Cleveland County: 636.6 USD millionCleveland County636.6Union County: 629.4 USD millionUnion County629.4Johnston County: 605.9 USD millionJohnston County605.9Robeson County: 588.2 USD millionRobeson County588.2Nash County: 515.3 USD millionNash County515.3Harnett County: 461.9 USD millionHarnett County461.9Wilson County: 414.4 USD millionWilson County414.4Surry County: 408.6 USD millionSurry County408.6Brunswick County: 400.5 USD millionBrunswick County400.5Davidson County: 398.2 USD millionDavidson County398.2Randolph County: 383.6 USD millionRandolph County383.6Carteret County: 372.3 USD millionCarteret County372.3Rockingham County: 326.4 USD millionRockingham County326.4Lenoir County: 323.8 USD millionLenoir County323.8Lincoln County: 316.1 USD millionLincoln County316.1Haywood County: 303.1 USD millionHaywood County303.1Granville County: 299.4 USD millionGranville County299.4Mecklenburg County: 11,317.4 USD millionMecklenburg County11,317.4Wake County: 7,715.6 USD millionWake County7,715.6Durham County: 4,835.1 USD millionDurham County4,835.1Forsyth County: 4,304.1 USD millionForsyth County4,304.1Guilford County: 4,243.5 USD millionGuilford County4,243.5Buncombe County: 3,678 USD millionBuncombe County3,678Cumberland County: 2,318.6 USD millionCumberland County2,318.6New Hanover County: 2,310.5 USD millionNew Hanover County2,310.5Pitt County: 2,158.5 USD millionPitt County2,158.5Orange County: 2,030.8 USD millionOrange County2,030.8Alamance County: 1,705.6 USD millionAlamance County1,705.6Catawba County: 1,390.3 USD millionCatawba County1,390.3Gaston County: 1,321.5 USD millionGaston County1,321.5Moore County: 1,243.4 USD millionMoore County1,243.4Cabarrus County: 1,119.5 USD millionCabarrus County1,119.5Rowan County: 1,079.7 USD millionRowan County1,079.7Watauga County: 1,073.3 USD millionWatauga County1,073.3Iredell County: 964.9 USD millionIredell County964.9Craven County: 825 USD millionCraven County825Wayne County: 781.9 USD millionWayne County781.9Henderson County: 659.3 USD millionHenderson County659.3Burke County: 644.9 USD millionBurke County644.9Onslow County: 642.5 USD millionOnslow County642.5Cleveland County: 636.6 USD millionCleveland County636.6Union County: 629.4 USD millionUnion County629.4Johnston County: 605.9 USD millionJohnston County605.9Robeson County: 588.2 USD millionRobeson County588.2Nash County: 515.3 USD millionNash County515.3Harnett County: 461.9 USD millionHarnett County461.9Wilson County: 414.4 USD millionWilson County414.4Surry County: 408.6 USD millionSurry County408.6Brunswick County: 400.5 USD millionBrunswick County400.5Davidson County: 398.2 USD millionDavidson County398.2Randolph County: 383.6 USD millionRandolph County383.6Carteret County: 372.3 USD millionCarteret County372.3Rockingham County: 326.4 USD millionRockingham County326.4Lenoir County: 323.8 USD millionLenoir County323.8Lincoln County: 316.1 USD millionLincoln County316.1Haywood County: 303.1 USD millionHaywood County303.1Granville County: 299.4 USD millionGranville County299.4
USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2017
USD million
1Mecklenburg County11,317.4
2Wake County7,715.6
3Durham County4,835.1
4Forsyth County4,304.1
5Guilford County4,243.5
6Buncombe County3,678
7Cumberland County2,318.6
8New Hanover County2,310.5
9Pitt County2,158.5
10Orange County2,030.8
11Alamance County1,705.6
12Catawba County1,390.3
13Gaston County1,321.5
14Moore County1,243.4
15Cabarrus County1,119.5
16Rowan County1,079.7
17Watauga County1,073.3
18Iredell County964.9
19Craven County825
20Wayne County781.9
21Henderson County659.3
22Burke County644.9
23Onslow County642.5
24Cleveland County636.6
25Union County629.4
26Johnston County605.9
27Robeson County588.2
28Nash County515.3
29Harnett County461.9
30Wilson County414.4
31Surry County408.6
32Brunswick County400.5
33Davidson County398.2
34Randolph County383.6
35Carteret County372.3
36Rockingham County326.4
37Lenoir County323.8
38Lincoln County316.1
39Haywood County303.1
40Granville County299.4
41Pasquotank County299
42Stanly County282.2
43Lee County275.5
44Caldwell County271.5
45Columbus County262.7
46Scotland County252.2
47Wilkes County239.1
48Rutherford County234.6
49Edgecombe County231.9
50Halifax County222.9
51Vance County222.2
52Jackson County219.2
53Beaufort County218.4
54Chatham County215.8
55Richmond County187.8
56Sampson County183.5
57Transylvania County182.9
58Hertford County177.1
59Macon County165.8
60McDowell County157
61Duplin County149.1
62Dare County145.5
63Cherokee County143.1
64Davie County133.9
65Polk County123.5
66Pender County122.4
67Hoke County117.6
68Swain County109
69Stokes County107.8
70Person County106.2
71Ashe County84.1
72Martin County82.4
73Mitchell County80.2
74Yadkin County69.7
75Montgomery County67.2
76Franklin County66.8
77Bertie County64.9
78Avery County58.3
79Anson County54
80Bladen County47.7
81Alexander County42.5
82Madison County42.2
83Washington County39.9
84Greene County39.7
85Yancey County33.8
86Caswell County32
87Northampton County31.9
88Alleghany County27
89Warren County23
90Clay County22.2
91Pamlico County21.4
92Currituck County20.4
93Jones County18.7
94Graham County14.8
95Gates County6.9
96Tyrrell County1.3

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Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census.

Economic Census, taken every five years: values exist for 2017 and 2022 only, and the 2027 census publishes about 2029. Revenue of employer establishments located in the place, in millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; nonemployers (nonemployer_receipts_usd_*) are not included, and government owned establishments are generally out of scope. Manufacturing is the value of shipments and wholesale and retail trade are sales, so an establishment selling to another counts in both and sectors do not add up to output or GDP. Cells that would disclose individual companies (flag D) or that Census does not publish are missing here, not zero; counties are published for 14 of the 18 sectors. Sectors follow NAICS 2017 for 2017 and NAICS 2022 for 2022.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 3 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Which county has the highest business revenue: health care and social assistance (Economic Census)?

Mecklenburg County, with $11.32 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest business revenue: health care and social assistance (Economic Census)?

Tyrrell County, with $1.26 million in 2017.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of health care and social assistance (NAICS 62), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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