Counties in North Carolina by GDP (US dollars)

Name: Counties in North Carolina by GDP (US dollars), 2022
Creator: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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Mecklenburg County had the highest GDP (US dollars) of 100 counties in 2022, at $156.35 billion. Tyrrell County had the lowest, at $131.65 million. The median was $2.34 billion and the figure for North Carolina was $731.65 billion. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Highest156,345Mecklenburg County

Lowest131.7Tyrrell County

Median2,340.2100 counties

North Carolina731,652.6History

Top 40 counties, 2022

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USD million. Source: BEA. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2022 USD million	Change on 2021
1	Mecklenburg County	156,345	+11.9%
2	Wake County	109,073.9	+11%
3	Durham County	45,115.3	+8.4%
4	Guilford County	41,346.5	+10.6%
5	Forsyth County	30,634.7	+7.9%
6	Cumberland County	21,719.6	+6.4%
7	Buncombe County	18,290.2	+10.3%
8	New Hanover County	18,018.6	+10.1%
9	Iredell County	12,282.7	+7.5%
10	Orange County	11,402.9	+9.3%
11	Catawba County	11,394.4	+11.6%
12	Union County	11,130.9	+18.3%
13	Pitt County	11,031	+7.8%
14	Onslow County	11,023.7	+7.7%
15	Cabarrus County	10,544.7	+11%
16	Gaston County	9,710.4	+11.1%
17	Johnston County	9,654.9	+14.6%
18	Alamance County	7,950.2	+6.8%
19	Rowan County	7,042.3	+8.5%
20	Brunswick County	6,982.3	+11.4%
21	Davidson County	6,278.9	+11.1%
22	Nash County	6,243.4	+8.6%
23	Wayne County	6,164.7	+8.2%
24	Craven County	6,023.3	+5.1%
25	Cleveland County	5,353.9	+13%
26	Henderson County	5,271.6	+11.6%
27	Randolph County	5,177.8	+9.9%
28	Moore County	5,019.6	+16%
29	Robeson County	4,691.3	+8.9%
30	Wilson County	4,601.5	+9.5%
31	Granville County	4,237.6	+10.8%
32	Lincoln County	3,957.1	+14.8%
33	Rockingham County	3,482.7	+10.6%
34	Harnett County	3,412	+9.6%
35	Lee County	3,398.6	+9.5%
36	Lenoir County	3,334.5	+10.4%
37	Burke County	3,245.6	+11.7%
38	Surry County	3,219	+10.9%
39	Carteret County	3,133.3	+10.7%
40	Wilkes County	3,089.9	+10.8%
41	Caldwell County	2,983.4	+10%
42	Dare County	2,881	+5.3%
43	Duplin County	2,878.1	+16.5%
44	Watauga County	2,822.4	+9%
45	Sampson County	2,540.3	+16.6%
46	Richmond County	2,528.8	+18.2%
47	Chatham County	2,432.1	+16.4%
48	McDowell County	2,422.7	+16.7%
49	Franklin County	2,413.7	+12.4%
50	Stanly County	2,341.3	+12%
51	Haywood County	2,339.2	+8.3%
52	Rutherford County	2,246.2	+10.3%
53	Pender County	2,192.8	+9.5%
54	Beaufort County	2,148.6	+7.1%
55	Transylvania County	2,026.3	+6.9%
56	Jackson County	1,982.2	+7.6%
57	Pasquotank County	1,977.1	+9.2%
58	Macon County	1,866.4	+9.9%
59	Columbus County	1,837.9	+8%
60	Edgecombe County	1,818.2	+3.1%
61	Person County	1,816.6	+9.1%
62	Bladen County	1,798.4	+12.2%
63	Halifax County	1,731.2	+5.5%
64	Davie County	1,708.5	+6.1%
65	Stokes County	1,566.5	+13.7%
66	Vance County	1,503.2	+5.8%
67	Hoke County	1,462.5	+17.2%
68	Scotland County	1,418.2	+11.2%
69	Montgomery County	1,404.9	+11.7%
70	Yadkin County	1,173.1	+10.9%
71	Alexander County	1,134.3	+18.6%
72	Anson County	1,121.5	+27.8%
73	Currituck County	1,029	+9.8%
74	Hertford County	1,020.7	+7.2%
75	Cherokee County	1,009.6	+11.5%
76	Ashe County	905.5	+6%
77	Swain County	837.5	+5.3%
78	Bertie County	790.7	+11.1%
79	Avery County	770	+7.9%
80	Martin County	732.2	-0%
81	Northampton County	671.1	+9.6%
82	Chowan County	657.4	+12.5%
83	Mitchell County	636.2	+2.3%
84	Polk County	634.3	+9.5%
85	Greene County	580.1	+10.8%
86	Madison County	517.6	+9.2%
87	Yancey County	504.6	+7%
88	Caswell County	413	+7.1%
89	Alleghany County	385.7	+10.2%
90	Perquimans County	379.3	+11.5%
91	Warren County	365.7	-1.8%
92	Pamlico County	352.5	+3.9%
93	Washington County	326.1	-2.2%
94	Jones County	322.2	+20.6%
95	Graham County	282.1	+2.2%
96	Clay County	278.5	+13.7%
97	Gates County	250	+5.2%
98	Hyde County	224.9	+12.2%
99	Camden County	205.7	+2.6%
100	Tyrrell County	131.7	-1.3%

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About this ranking

GDP at current prices, millions of US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis GDP by state (the national figure is the total of the same table) and GDP by county. Other countries and the World: World Bank, converted from national currency at official annual average exchange rates.

US dollars, for the United States, its states and counties, and for every country and the World from the World Bank. For Spain and the EU in euros use gdp. Exchange rate swings move dollar values even when output does not.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAGDP1: county GDP summary, current-dollar GDP (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions). https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAGDP1.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which county has the highest GDP (US dollars)?

Mecklenburg County, with $156.35 billion in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Which county has the lowest GDP (US dollars)?

Tyrrell County, with $131.65 million in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAGDP1: county GDP summary, current-dollar GDP (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions). Retrieved 2026-10-08.