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NC Stimulus Watch

Stimulus Spending: Are You Getting Your Fair Share?

At the Capitol Monitor, we're not only tracking stimulus spending by project – we’re tracking it county-by-county, comparing the government's spending choices with North Carolina’s needs.  But the counties with the highest unemployment don’t always get the most money for “job creation.” See how your county fares in this chart, which is updated monthly as new unemployment figures are released.  HERE'S THE CHART, reflecting June's unemployment & spending.

County Population % Unemp

Per Capita
Spending

Alamance
146,889
11.1
$656.28
Alexander
37,372
13.1
$609.51
Alleghany
11,256
9.9
$625.89
Anson
24,994
13.4
$851.95
Ashe
26,560
10.9
$562.05
Avery
18,395
8
$547.55
Beaufort
46,431
10.7
$549.45
Bertie
19,729
10.6
$803.18
Bladen
32,531
11.8
$550.52
Brunswick
108,419
10.2
$650.42
Buncombe
232,718
8.2
$803.15
Burke
88,460
12.8
$662.64
Cabarrus
175,821
10.8
$581.98
Caldwell
80,052
13.4
$591.84
Camden
10,249
7.1
$1,099.09
Carteret
64,428
7.4
$879.27
Caswell
23,459
11.7
$530.75
Catawba
157,190
12.9
$559.26
Chatham
61,869
6.9
$602.47
Cherokee
27,958
13.2
$761.30
Chowan
14,856
10.2
$737.99
Clay
10,800
9.9
$697.97
Cleveland
97,104
13.1
$662.16
Columbus
54,267
11.8
$559.74
Craven
98,212
9.7
$619.50
Cumberland
315,955
9
$1036.21
Currituck
25,158
4.8
$502.46
Dare
34,822
6.9
$975.15
Davidson
158,855
12
$556.50
Davie
42,171
10.2
$587.26
Duplin
54,359
8.5
$805.44
Durham
263,857
7.6
$841.89
Edgecombe
50,748
15
$592.42
Forsyth
349,449
9.5
$625.34
Franklin
206,538
9.9
$685.53
Gaston
206,538
11.6
$560.52
Gates
12,353
7.6
$480.64
Graham
8,206
12.6
$2,080.48
Granville
57,127
10.3
$566.41
Greene
21,353
10.3
$707.16
Guilford
475,826
10.9
$635.15
Halifax
54,684
12.5
$635.44
Harnett
110,943
10.7
$503.09
Haywood
57,666
8.9
$502.07
Henderson
106,214
8.1
$514.99
Hertford
23,762
9.6
$615.69
Hoke
46,099
8.7
$548.61
Hyde
5,325
6.3
$972.23
Iredell
159,443
11.6
$645.77
Jackson
37,731
8.6
$759.15
Johnston
167,849
9.2
$657.80
Jones
10,411
9.9
$773.43
Lee
58,606
12.3
$1,084.94
Lenoir
57,255
10.6
$1,413.58
Lincoln
75,787
12.2
$494.60
Macon
34,808
9.2
$579.54
Madison
20,778
10
$571.44
Martin
23,514
10.3
$923.20
McDowell
44,709
12.2
$551.04
Mecklenburg
919,372
10.6
$810.78
Mitchell
15,948
10.4
$641.75
Montgomery
27,852
12.3
$660.79
Moore
86,942
9.1
$566.54
Nash
94,723
12
$691.66
New Hanover
199,351
9.2
$642.91
Northampton
21,123
11.1
$980.83
Onslow
173,460
8
$929.92
Orange
130,626
6.5
$897.91
Pamlico
12,963
9.8
$490.82
Pasquotank
42,753
9.4
$593.02
Pender
53,783
10.1
$659.02
Perquimans
13,301
8.5
$943.77
Person
38,145
10.5
$551.99
Pitt
158,197
9.9
$701.43
Polk
19,099
8
$967.96
Randolph
141,696
9.9
$523.09
Richmond
46,928
12.8
$598.46
Robeson
131,368
12
$678.02
Rockingham
91,511
12.1
$614.38
Rowan
138,515
11.7
$569.22
Rutherford
62,842
14.7
$608.87
Sampson
65,853
8.4
$747.42
Scotland
37,038
16.3
$753.31
Stanly
59,471
11.5
$714.66
Stokes
46,596
9.8
$597.29
Surry
73,876
11.3
$615.64
Swain
14,274
9.7
$2,366.48
Transylvania
31,420
8.5
$583.51
Tyrrell
4,326
9.4
$672.02
Union
201,666
9.4
$516.50
Vance
43,641
12.2
$893.44
Wake
898,818
8.2
$907.40
Warren
19,851
11.6
$579.77
Washington
13,107
11.2
$552.67
Watauga
45,472
7.5
$826.02
Wayne
116,139
8.7
$907.40
Wilkes
67,509
12.8
$608.78
Wilson
79,272
12.6
$775.58
Yadkin
38,412
9.1
$507.61
Yancey
18,920
10.6
$487.98

North
Carolina

9,397,397
10.1%
$722.48


Unemployment Statistics for June 2010 from the NC Employment Security Commission.

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