| Rank |
County |
Employees of Private Non-Farm Establishments |
| 1 |
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
|
508,744
|
| 2 |
Wake County, North Carolina
|
373,012
|
| 3 |
Guilford County, North Carolina
|
243,329
|
| 4 |
Durham County, North Carolina
|
159,417
|
| 5 |
Forsyth County, North Carolina
|
159,288
|
| 6 |
Buncombe County, North Carolina
|
97,718
|
| 7 |
Cumberland County, North Carolina
|
94,128
|
| 8 |
New Hanover County, North Carolina
|
83,669
|
| 9 |
Catawba County, North Carolina
|
76,028
|
| 10 |
Gaston County, North Carolina
|
58,661
|
| 11 |
Iredell County, North Carolina
|
57,570
|
| 12 |
Pitt County, North Carolina
|
55,958
|
| 13 |
Cabarrus County, North Carolina
|
54,912
|
| 14 |
Alamance County, North Carolina
|
50,394
|
| 15 |
Union County, North Carolina
|
43,741
|
| 16 |
Rowan County, North Carolina
|
39,502
|
| 17 |
Orange County, North Carolina
|
38,276
|
| 18 |
Randolph County, North Carolina
|
37,461
|
| 19 |
Johnston County, North Carolina
|
36,519
|
| 20 |
Nash County, North Carolina
|
35,462
|
| 21 |
Davidson County, North Carolina
|
34,286
|
| 22 |
Wayne County, North Carolina
|
34,069
|
| 23 |
Onslow County, North Carolina
|
32,898
|
| 24 |
Wilson County, North Carolina
|
31,201
|
| 25 |
Robeson County, North Carolina
|
30,669
|
| 26 |
Henderson County, North Carolina
|
29,509
|
| 27 |
Moore County, North Carolina
|
28,330
|
| 28 |
Cleveland County, North Carolina
|
27,683
|
| 29 |
Craven County, North Carolina
|
27,146
|
| 30 |
Surry County, North Carolina
|
26,633
|
| 31 |
Lee County, North Carolina
|
23,387
|
| 32 |
Brunswick County, North Carolina
|
23,021
|
| 33 |
Rockingham County, North Carolina
|
22,721
|
| 34 |
Burke County, North Carolina
|
21,782
|
| 35 |
Lenoir County, North Carolina
|
20,306
|
| 36 |
Caldwell County, North Carolina
|
18,997
|
| 37 |
Harnett County, North Carolina
|
18,107
|
| 38 |
Wilkes County, North Carolina
|
17,997
|
| 39 |
Carteret County, North Carolina
|
17,562
|
| 40 |
Lincoln County, North Carolina
|
16,299
|
| 41 |
Rutherford County, North Carolina
|
16,110
|
| 42 |
Watauga County, North Carolina
|
15,982
|
| 43 |
Stanly County, North Carolina
|
15,534
|
| 44 |
Haywood County, North Carolina
|
13,912
|
| 45 |
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
|
13,873
|
| 46 |
Granville County, North Carolina
|
13,764
|
| 47 |
Beaufort County, North Carolina
|
13,456
|
| 48 |
Sampson County, North Carolina
|
13,410
|
| 49 |
Chatham County, North Carolina
|
12,996
|
| 50 |
Vance County, North Carolina
|
12,989
|
| 51 |
Duplin County, North Carolina
|
12,873
|
| 52 |
Dare County, North Carolina
|
12,849
|
| 53 |
Halifax County, North Carolina
|
12,624
|
| 54 |
McDowell County, North Carolina
|
12,021
|
| 55 |
Columbus County, North Carolina
|
11,593
|
| 56 |
Pasquotank County, North Carolina
|
11,074
|
| 57 |
Richmond County, North Carolina
|
10,892
|
| 58 |
Bladen County, North Carolina
|
10,680
|
| 59 |
Scotland County, North Carolina
|
10,582
|
| 60 |
Macon County, North Carolina
|
9,162
|
| 61 |
Franklin County, North Carolina
|
8,983
|
| 62 |
Person County, North Carolina
|
8,609
|
| 63 |
Davie County, North Carolina
|
8,600
|
| 64 |
Yadkin County, North Carolina
|
8,091
|
| 65 |
Jackson County, North Carolina
|
7,749
|
| 66 |
Pender County, North Carolina
|
7,258
|
| 67 |
Hertford County, North Carolina
|
6,989
|
| 68 |
Transylvania County, North Carolina
|
6,876
|
| 69 |
Alexander County, North Carolina
|
6,710
|
| 70 |
Montgomery County, North Carolina
|
6,707
|
| 71 |
Cherokee County, North Carolina
|
6,274
|
| 72 |
Ashe County, North Carolina
|
6,095
|
| 73 |
Martin County, North Carolina
|
5,529
|
| 74 |
Hoke County, North Carolina
|
5,443
|
| 75 |
Swain County, North Carolina
|
5,322
|
| 76 |
Stokes County, North Carolina
|
5,240
|
| 77 |
Bertie County, North Carolina
|
5,132
|
| 78 |
Anson County, North Carolina
|
4,334
|
| 79 |
Avery County, North Carolina
|
4,317
|
| 80 |
Mitchell County, North Carolina
|
3,886
|
| 81 |
Northampton County, North Carolina
|
3,804
|
| 82 |
Currituck County, North Carolina
|
3,796
|
| 83 |
Chowan County, North Carolina
|
3,741
|
| 84 |
Polk County, North Carolina
|
3,693
|
| 85 |
Yancey County, North Carolina
|
3,250
|
| 86 |
Madison County, North Carolina
|
2,908
|
| 87 |
Washington County, North Carolina
|
2,848
|
| 88 |
Alleghany County, North Carolina
|
2,158
|
| 89 |
Graham County, North Carolina
|
1,899
|
| 90 |
Warren County, North Carolina
|
1,821
|
| 91 |
Pamlico County, North Carolina
|
1,805
|
| 92 |
Caswell County, North Carolina
|
1,775
|
| 93 |
Greene County, North Carolina
|
1,748
|
| 94 |
Clay County, North Carolina
|
1,414
|
| 95 |
Perquimans County, North Carolina
|
1,379
|
| 96 |
Jones County, North Carolina
|
912
|
| 97 |
Hyde County, North Carolina
|
859
|
| 98 |
Gates County, North Carolina
|
857
|
| 99 |
Camden County, North Carolina
|
570
|
| 100 |
Tyrrell County, North Carolina
|
392
|