RESEARCH TRIANGLE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP.

                            RESEARCH TRIANGLE
                           REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP
                                POPULATION
                                 (in 000s)
COUNTY            1989    1999 [*]    2000 [*]
Chatham           38.2    46.3        57.2
Durham           179.0   204.7       233.0
Franklin          35.8    45.8        59.0
Granville         37.8    43.5        51.4
Harnett           67.0    84.4       109.5
Johnston          80.3   110.3       157.1
Lee               41.1    50.3        62.5
Moore             58.0    72.7        87.2
Orange            92.1   111.6       129.4
Person            30.1    34.1        39.6
Vance             38.7    42.6        47.3
Wake             411.8   588.7       824.7
Warren            17.2    18.4        20.0
REGION         1,127.0 1,453.8     1,877.9
NORTH CAROLINA 6,555.6 7,660.2     9,061.0
                             PER-CAPITA INCOME
                                 (in 000s)
COUNTY          1989  1999 [*]  2009 [*]
Chathamn       $17.2 $24.1     $28.5
Durham          18.5  32.4      59.5
Franklin        12.6  19.3      25.6
Granville       12.5  20.4      30.2
Harnett         11.8  18.3      24.3
Johnston        14.6  22.2      25.8
Lee             15.7  24.1      34.0
Moore           18.7  28.4      38.9
Orange          18.8  31.1      48.1
Person          13.5  21.4      29.7
Vance           13.2  19.9      29.1
Wake            20.8  33.3      46.0
Warren          10.3  17.4      27.0
REGION          17.7  28.7      41.6
NORTH CAROLINA  15.9  24.9      36.1
                                EMPLOYMENT
                                 (in 000s)
COUNTY            1989    1999 [*]    2009 [*]
Chatham           20.3    26.5        29.8
Durham           100.1   116.8       128.5
Franklin          17.1    23.0        26.0
Granville         18.9    22.0        25.4
Harnett           28.7    35.2        39.9
Johnston          40.9    57.7        65.3
Lee               19.3    24.9        29.2
Moore             27.3    27.7        27.5
Orange            51.2    64.4        71.6
Person            14.6    16.6        18.1
Vance             18.7    17.4        17.5
Wake             241.8   343.6       414.4
Warren             6.9     6.4         6.3
REGION           605.7   782.2       899.7
NORTH CAROLINA 3,278.6 3,735.5     4,023.3
                               RETAIL SALES
                               (in millions)
COUNTY             1989      1999 [*]      2009 [*]
Chatham          $188.8    $380.3        $609.9
Durham           1667.1   3,342.2       5,632.6
Franklin          155.1     307.1         433.4
Granville         178.8     338.0         535.5
Harnett           371.0     561.1         916.1
Johnston          644.1   1,218.4       2,114.5
Lee               456.5     768.9       1,372.8
Moore             503.5     952.0       1,605.6
Orange            655.1   1,104.5       1,804.4
Person            184.2     326.0         533.9
Vance             312.6     526.5         879.8
Wake            5,329.3  12,136.3      24,312.8
Warren             57.8      71.5          95.0
REGION         10,703.8  22,032.6      40,846.4
NORTH CAROLINA 65,493.3 131,854.1     230,820.5
Source: Problem-Solving Research Inc. except where noted
(*.)projected
                       EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY SECTOR
Agriculture                9,084
Construction              40,796
Finance/insurance/
  real estate             31,622
Government               134,869
Manufacturing            127,565
Retail/wholesale         157,261
Services                 206,333
Transportation/utilities
  communications          29,593
Source: N.C. Department of Commerce, 1997 data