Mecklenburg County is first in per capita personal income for 1992, according to a Bureau of Economic Analysis report that ranked the state's 100 counties for the periods 1980-82 and 1990-92.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates the state's 1995 median family income at $36,100, compared to the national figure of $40,200.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates the state's 1996 median family income at $39,100, compared to the national figure of $41,600.
Between 1990 and 1995, the state's metropolitan areas grew faster than non-metropolitan ones, with the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill and Wilmington areas showing the largest growth rate.
Between 1987 and 1992, the number of businesses owned by women across the country increased by 43 percent. The state ranked 38th, with 32.4 percent of businesses owned by women.
Fourteen percent of the state's population, or 950,000 people, were without full-year health insurance coverage in 1993. Of those covered, 71 percent had private health insurance and 28 percent government health insurance.
The 1995 Municipal Estimates lists 527 municipalities in the state. Of these, 14 have populations above 50,000 and 384 have populations of less than 1,000, with Delview, in Gaston County, the smallest at ten.
Wake County is profiled in such areas as population and housing, health status, education status, government safety, economic conditions, and environment and infrastructure.
The state's Hispanic population has steadily increased for the period 1990-93, as reflected in population and birth statistics. Although Hispanics live in all 100 counties, the bulk of the population is found in the south-central agricultural counties.