NORTHEAST PARTNERSHIP.

                           NORTHEAST PARTNERSHIP
                                POPULATION
                                 (in 000s)
COUNTY            1989    1999 [*]    2009 [*]
Beaufort          42.4    44.7        46.5
Bertie            20.5    20.4        19.8
Camden             5.9     7.0         8.5
Chowan            13.4    14.3        15.2
Currituck         13.5    18.4        24.2
Dare              21.8    30.0        42.7
Gates              9.3    10.1        11.1
Halifax           55.3    56.4        55.9
Hertford          22.6    22.3        21.9
Hyde               5.5     5.7         6.5
Martin            25.2    26.2        26.2
Northampton       20.9    21.3        22.5
Pasquotank        30.9    36.0        42.5
Perquimans        10.4    11.4        13.1
Tyrrell            3.9     3.7         3.4
Washington        14.0    13.6        13.0
REGION           315.5   341.4       373.0
NORTH CAROLINA 6,555.6 7,660.2     9,061.0
                             PER-CAPITA INCOME
                                 (in 000s)
COUNTY          1989  1999 [*]  2009 [*]
Beaufort       $13.4 $20.2     $30.6
Bertie          11.4  17.5      27.8
Camden          12.9  19.0      24.8
Chowan          13.4  20.2      30.2
Currituck       14.5  20.5      25.2
Dare            16.8  22.1      27.3
Gates           12.3  17.1      21.3
Halifax         11.8  18.0      28.1
Hertford        11.0  18.4      29.3
Hyde            13.2  19.2      25.2
Martin          12.5  18.6      28.8
Northampton     11.1  18.4      26.4
Pasquotank      13.3  20.0      29.1
Perquimans      11.4  16.4      20.6
Tyrrell         11.7  19.7      31.2
Washington      12.7  19.7      31.0
REGION          12.7  19.2      27.9
NORTH CAROLINA  15.9  24.9      36.1
                                EMPLOYMENT
                                 (in 000s)
COUNTY            1989    1999 [*]    2009 [*]
Beaufort          19.5    18.2        18.4
Bertie             8.4     8.1         8.2
Camden             2.6     3.0         3.2
Chowan             5.8     6.1         6.4
Currituck          6.9     8.4         9.6
Dare              13.9    16.2        18.3
Gates              3.8     4.4         4.7
Halifax           22.5    20.3        20.3
Hertford           9.4     9.5        10.0
Hyde               2.3     2.7         3.4
Martin            11.4    10.3        10.2
Northampton        7.7     7.4         7.5
Pasquotank        12.8    13.8        15.4
Perquimans         4.1     4.5         4.7
Tyrrell            1.6     1.6         1.6
Washington         5.8     5.4         5.5
REGION           138.4   140.0       147.4
NORTH CAROLINA 3,278.6 3,735.5     4,023.3
Source:Problem-Solving
Research Inc. except where noted
(*.)projected
                       EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY SECTOR
Agriculture                3,350
Construction               5,265
Finance/insurance/
  real estate              4,239
Government                27,925
Manufacturing             24,718
Retail/wholesale          30,049
Services                  19,636
Transportation/utilities/
  communications           3,786
Source: N.C. Departmentof Commerce, 1997 data