Counties in North Carolina by business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census)
Forsyth County had the highest business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census) of 96 counties in 2017, at $26.16 billion. Jones County had the lowest, at $5.26 million. The median was $932.34 million and the figure for North Carolina was $200.38 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Map of counties, 2017
- Under 100
- 100 to 400
- 400 to 900
- 900 to 1,700
- 1,700 to 3,300
- 3,300 and over
- No data
Top 40 counties, 2017
Full ranking
Other periods
- 2022
- 2017
About this ranking
Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), 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.
How to cite
U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments (Counties in North Carolina by business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census), 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip
MLA 9
Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments, Counties in North Carolina by business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census), 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 May 2021, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-manufacturing/north-carolina-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Census Bureau. 2021. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments. Counties in North Carolina by business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census), 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-manufacturing/north-carolina-counties?period=2017.
Harvard
U.S. Census Bureau (2021) Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments, Counties in North Carolina by business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census), 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-manufacturing/north-carolina-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which county has the highest business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census)?
Forsyth County, with $26.16 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest business revenue: manufacturing (Economic Census)?
Jones County, with $5.26 million in 2017.
Where does this ranking come from?
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 manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.
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