The table below gives the rank of each of the 11 counties in North Carolina's Southeast based on a composite index of economic development. The index is available for all 100 counties in the state.
Low values mean higher levels of economic development.
Factors in the composite ranking included ability to create jobs, ability to earn an adequate income, ability to keep the local labor force employed, ability to attract income from other regions, and ability to reduce poverty. North Carolina's Southeast has had a surge of new and expanded industry investment over the 1990s. North Carolina Department of Commerce.