SOUTHEAST.

                                 SOUTHEAST
                                POPULATION
                                 (in 000s)
COUNTY            1989    1999 [*]    2009 [*]
Bladen            28.8    31.0        34.3
Brunswick         49.7    70.7        99.6
Columbus          49.7    53.0        57.2
Cumberland       272.7   286.3       306.2
Hoke              22.7    31.2        40.9
New Hanover      118.8   153.1       194.4
Pender            28.1    40.8        57.3
Richmond          44.6    46.4        48.9
Robeson          104.7   116.7       130.3
Sampson           47.4    53.0        59.6
Scotland          33.6    36.0        38.9
REGION           800.9   918.4     1,067.7
NORTH CAROLINA 6,555.6 7,660.2     9,061.0
                             PER-CAPITA INCOME
                                 (in 000s)
COUNTY          1989  1999 [*]  2009 [*]
Bladen         $11.8 $22.4     $36.9
Brunswick       12.9  17.8      20.4
Columbus        12.1  20.3      30.4
Cumberland      12.7  22.0      34.3
Hoke            10.1  13.4      16.6
New Hanover     16.1  25.4      34.7
Pender          13.0  19.3      26.3
Richmond        12.3  17.8      25.9
Robeson         10.6  17.5      25.9
Sampson         13.4  24.4      42.9
Scotland        12.1  19.8      30.2
REGION          12.8  21.0      30.8
NORTH CAROLINA  15.9  24.9      36.1
                       EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY SECTOR
Agriculture                7,162
Construction              19,928
Finance/insurance/
  real estate             11,869
Government                70,355
Manufacturing             72,089
Retail/Wholesale          82,361
Services                  67,580
Transportation/utilities/
  communications          13,000
Source: N.C. Department of Commerce, 1997 data
                                EMPLOYMENT
                                 (in 000s)
COUNTY            1989    1999 [*]   2009 [*]
Bladen            12.7    18.8        25.5
Brunswick         20.8    29.1        33.2
Columbus          21.1    21.2        21.6
Cumberland        96.3   110.6       116.3
Hoke               9.2    10.4        11.3
New Hanover       60.1    75.7        84.4
Pender            12.9    15.3        18.3
Richmond          20.7    17.1        17.3
Robeson           44.9    49.2        51.6
Sampson           22.2    21.7        22.1
Scotland          15.1    15.9        16.0
REGION           336.0   385.0       417.7
NORTH CAROLINA 3,278.6 3,735.5     4,023.3
                               RETAIL SALES
                               (in millions)
COUNTY             1989      1999 [*]      2009 [*]
Bladen           $163.2    $251.7        $338.1
Brunswick         335.8     786.2       1,502.8
Columbus          332.9     489.5         613.5
Cumberland      1,937.5   3,199.1       5,044.3
Hoke               62.1      94.6         151.4
New Hanover     1,607.6   3,217.5       5,792.0
Pender            101.7     246.5         389.3
Richmond          289.1     405.0         686.5
Robeson           677.5   1,017.7       1,650.1
Sampson           281.4     504.8         976.8
Scotland          235.6     358.0         488.0
REGION          6,024.3  10,570.7      17,632.9
NORTH CAROLINA 65,493.3 131,854.1     230,820.5
Source: Problem-Solving Research Inc. except where noted
(*.)projected