# Counties in North Carolina by business revenue: information (Economic Census), 2022

All 69 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2022, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `business_revenue_usd_information`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in information (publishing, media, telecommunications and data processing) (NAICS 51), 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 information (NAICS 51), 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 information (NAICS 51), 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-information/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Wake County | 15,543 |
| 2 | Mecklenburg County | 14,826.9 |
| 3 | Durham County | 3,242.4 |
| 4 | Guilford County | 1,770.5 |
| 5 | New Hanover County | 1,622 |
| 6 | Cumberland County | 649.6 |
| 7 | Buncombe County | 605.3 |
| 8 | Forsyth County | 553.1 |
| 9 | Davidson County | 527.1 |
| 10 | Pitt County | 395.3 |
| 11 | Orange County | 352 |
| 12 | Catawba County | 343.8 |
| 13 | Cabarrus County | 290.8 |
| 14 | Iredell County | 241.4 |
| 15 | Watauga County | 177.4 |
| 16 | Gaston County | 174.4 |
| 17 | Brunswick County | 172 |
| 18 | Union County | 166.7 |
| 19 | Onslow County | 163.3 |
| 20 | Macon County | 146.8 |
| 21 | Wilkes County | 128.8 |
| 22 | Alamance County | 119.5 |
| 23 | Caldwell County | 114.9 |
| 24 | Henderson County | 89.2 |
| 25 | Carteret County | 86.9 |
| 26 | Rowan County | 86.2 |
| 27 | Wayne County | 80.4 |
| 28 | Rutherford County | 74.2 |
| 29 | Craven County | 69.2 |
| 30 | Vance County | 68.7 |
| 31 | Wilson County | 68.5 |
| 32 | Lee County | 66.8 |
| 33 | Harnett County | 66.7 |
| 34 | Haywood County | 63.1 |
| 35 | Ashe County | 62.9 |
| 36 | Pasquotank County | 54.8 |
| 37 | Lincoln County | 53.8 |
| 38 | Stanly County | 52.1 |
| 39 | Columbus County | 50.9 |
| 40 | Moore County | 47.5 |
| 41 | Johnston County | 45.5 |
| 42 | Dare County | 44.8 |
| 43 | Surry County | 40.6 |
| 44 | Beaufort County | 36.6 |
| 45 | Sampson County | 28.2 |
| 46 | Burke County | 26.6 |
| 47 | Halifax County | 22.7 |
| 48 | Transylvania County | 19.8 |
| 49 | Scotland County | 16 |
| 50 | Lenoir County | 15.7 |
| 51 | Jackson County | 14.7 |
| 52 | Cherokee County | 11.6 |
| 53 | Richmond County | 11.2 |
| 54 | Pender County | 10.1 |
| 55 | Polk County | 9.2 |
| 56 | Avery County | 8 |
| 57 | Granville County | 7.9 |
| 58 | Franklin County | 7.4 |
| 59 | Hoke County | 6.3 |
| 60 | Alleghany County | 5.5 |
| 61 | Clay County | 4.1 |
| 62 | Madison County | 2.7 |
| 63 | Davie County | 2.5 |
| 64 | Swain County | 2.1 |
| 65 | Perquimans County | 2.1 |
| 66 | Alexander County | 2 |
| 67 | Greene County | 1 |
| 68 | Bertie County | 0.7 |
| 69 | Hyde County | 0.5 |