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Travel
statistics for individual counties released
Tourists
spent nearly $2.6 billion in Mecklenburg County last year,
making it the state’s top travel destination. The Department
of Commerce, which earlier released a report showing that the
travel industry grew 5.8 percent statewide last year to more
than $12 billion, has released county-by-county statistics. In
the chart below, counties are ranked according to how much
business they get from travel and tourism:
|
County
|
Tourism
Expenditures
|
Payroll
|
No.
of Tourism
Related Jobs
|
State
Taxes
|
Local
Taxes
|
|
|
in millions
|
in millions
|
in thousands
|
in millions
|
in millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mecklenburg
|
$2,595.72
|
$1,368.86
|
47.90
|
$148.82
|
$71.90
|
|
Wake
|
1,167.01
|
547.77
|
21.71
|
65.92
|
34.54
|
|
Guilford
|
851.68
|
295.05
|
14.45
|
49.23
|
21.27
|
|
Dare
|
499.19
|
131.27
|
9.79
|
26.18
|
24.46
|
|
Buncombe
|
454.29
|
133.29
|
8.12
|
25.41
|
14.99
|
|
Forsyth
|
443.98
|
96.25
|
5.87
|
27.54
|
9.01
|
|
Durham
|
400.64
|
104.02
|
7.26
|
23.14
|
12.55
|
|
New
Hanover
|
309.77
|
93.10
|
5.63
|
16.80
|
12.50
|
|
Moore
|
274.85
|
79.91
|
5.48
|
15.36
|
8.98
|
|
Cumberland
|
256.67
|
66.73
|
3.80
|
14.97
|
5.83
|
|
Brunswick
|
243.51
|
58.41
|
4.10
|
12.36
|
16.27
|
|
Carteret
|
210.09
|
48.10
|
3.29
|
10.34
|
13.94
|
|
Catawba
|
184.22
|
42.88
|
2.67
|
10.68
|
6.11
|
|
Nash
|
173.36
|
43.36
|
3.04
|
9.77
|
4.99
|
|
Cabarrus
|
157.25
|
45.44
|
2.66
|
9.72
|
2.68
|
|
Henderson
|
152.69
|
34.82
|
2.11
|
7.45
|
7.34
|
|
Watauga
|
151.29
|
41.79
|
2.72
|
8.22
|
6.37
|
|
Pitt
|
143.70
|
36.23
|
2.18
|
8.03
|
3.47
|
|
Gaston
|
139.61
|
27.82
|
1.72
|
8.42
|
2.53
|
|
Iredell
|
122.38
|
24.72
|
1.55
|
7.19
|
4.12
|
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Orange
|
108.04
|
25.40
|
1.70
|
6.42
|
2.35
|
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Alamance
|
105.33
|
20.85
|
1.31
|
6.50
|
2.00
|
|
Onslow
|
102.18
|
25.92
|
1.37
|
5.79
|
3.84
|
|
Haywood
|
99.96
|
24.75
|
1.59
|
5.53
|
4.42
|
|
Rowan
|
95.48
|
19.96
|
1.29
|
5.42
|
3.25
|
|
Rutherford
|
92.86
|
16.89
|
1.11
|
5.80
|
3.01
|
|
Wayne
|
91.55
|
15.67
|
0.97
|
5.90
|
1.53
|
|
Davidson
|
90.80
|
16.64
|
0.98
|
5.35
|
3.20
|
|
Macon
|
89.68
|
19.90
|
1.17
|
4.41
|
7.79
|
|
Robeson
|
87.68
|
16.66
|
1.13
|
5.30
|
1.72
|
|
Randolph
|
76.84
|
15.22
|
0.90
|
4.85
|
1.31
|
|
Avery
|
75.74
|
22.34
|
1.36
|
4.16
|
3.58
|
|
Craven
|
74.09
|
19.86
|
1.05
|
4.37
|
1.78
|
|
Currituck
|
72.59
|
17.24
|
1.22
|
3.41
|
3.68
|
|
Union
|
66.21
|
13.15
|
0.84
|
3.94
|
1.30
|
|
Johnston
|
65.95
|
12.76
|
0.84
|
3.91
|
1.82
|
|
Cleveland
|
65.64
|
11.87
|
0.71
|
4.06
|
1.24
|
|
Wilson
|
61.45
|
11.73
|
0.74
|
3.79
|
1.27
|
|
Transylvania
|
59.61
|
13.78
|
0.82
|
2.53
|
2.94
|
|
Surry
|
58.41
|
10.80
|
0.66
|
3.44
|
1.36
|
|
Burke
|
57.92
|
10.76
|
0.69
|
3.37
|
1.84
|
|
Lenoir
|
54.42
|
11.99
|
0.67
|
3.21
|
1.15
|
|
Wilkes
|
51.72
|
9.60
|
0.61
|
2.70
|
1.26
|
|
Swain
|
51.67
|
13.46
|
0.89
|
2.70
|
2.47
|
|
Jackson
|
50.48
|
10.60
|
0.65
|
2.48
|
4.25
|
|
Halifax
|
50.12
|
7.86
|
0.48
|
3.21
|
1.20
|
|
Pender
|
49.78
|
10.72
|
0.69
|
2.47
|
3.65
|
|
Lee
|
48.56
|
10.93
|
0.67
|
2.93
|
1.02
|
|
Beaufort
|
47.97
|
7.87
|
0.45
|
2.56
|
3.12
|
|
Rockingham
|
47.08
|
9.49
|
0.59
|
2.65
|
1.23
|
|
Stanly
|
45.83
|
7.73
|
0.48
|
2.78
|
1.50
|
|
Harnett
|
42.50
|
7.75
|
0.50
|
2.49
|
1.04
|
|
Caldwell
|
41.88
|
7.89
|
0.45
|
2.39
|
1.43
|
|
Columbus
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36.36
|
5.51
|
0.33
|
2.19
|
1.09
|
|
Pasquotank
|
35.33
|
6.90
|
0.47
|
2.07
|
0.86
|
|
Lincoln
|
35.06
|
7.18
|
0.41
|
2.04
|
1.13
|
|
Vance
|
33.73
|
5.89
|
0.34
|
2.07
|
1.10
|
|
Edgecombe
|
33.46
|
5.83
|
0.34
|
1.94
|
0.62
|
|
Richmond
|
32.51
|
7.39
|
0.46
|
1.85
|
0.66
|
|
McDowell
|
31.78
|
6.05
|
0.39
|
1.77
|
1.25
|
|
Ashe
|
29.06
|
5.39
|
0.36
|
1.60
|
1.71
|
|
Scotland
|
28.14
|
5.86
|
0.39
|
1.64
|
0.54
|
|
Sampson
|
27.04
|
4.46
|
0.26
|
1.59
|
0.94
|
|
Granville
|
26.32
|
4.20
|
0.27
|
1.60
|
0.80
|
|
Cherokee
|
25.52
|
5.01
|
0.33
|
1.31
|
1.65
|
|
Bladen
|
24.58
|
3.38
|
0.20
|
1.52
|
0.77
|
|
Hyde
|
23.66
|
5.77
|
0.43
|
1.22
|
1.36
|
|
Yadkin
|
23.66
|
5.15
|
0.36
|
1.35
|
0.63
|
|
Duplin
|
22.77
|
3.33
|
0.19
|
1.39
|
0.73
|
|
Yancey
|
22.18
|
4.73
|
0.26
|
1.08
|
1.70
|
|
Person
|
21.37
|
3.39
|
0.21
|
1.30
|
0.52
|
|
Davie
|
21.23
|
4.75
|
0.27
|
1.25
|
0.41
|
|
Martin
|
20.65
|
3.90
|
0.25
|
1.19
|
0.56
|
|
Madison
|
20.25
|
5.00
|
0.30
|
1.12
|
1.00
|
|
Hertford
|
19.44
|
3.18
|
0.20
|
1.20
|
0.52
|
|
Graham
|
19.38
|
4.29
|
0.31
|
0.99
|
1.37
|
|
Mitchell
|
17.95
|
3.48
|
0.21
|
0.85
|
0.83
|
|
Warren
|
16.79
|
2.59
|
0.13
|
0.67
|
1.56
|
|
Chatham
|
16.60
|
2.56
|
0.15
|
1.04
|
0.33
|
|
Montgomery
|
15.81
|
2.03
|
0.10
|
0.79
|
1.59
|
|
Stokes
|
15.00
|
2.43
|
0.14
|
0.81
|
0.64
|
|
Alleghany
|
14.31
|
3.25
|
0.18
|
0.74
|
1.03
|
|
Polk
|
14.24
|
2.61
|
0.17
|
0.78
|
0.88
|
|
Franklin
|
13.78
|
2.03
|
0.12
|
0.81
|
0.37
|
|
Chowan
|
13.62
|
2.57
|
0.16
|
0.71
|
0.93
|
|
Alexander
|
13.42
|
2.40
|
0.13
|
0.78
|
0.61
|
|
Pamlico
|
11.53
|
1.74
|
0.09
|
0.52
|
1.38
|
|
Anson
|
11.51
|
1.80
|
0.11
|
0.70
|
0.31
|
|
Washington
|
9.70
|
1.63
|
0.10
|
0.57
|
0.44
|
|
Northampton
|
9.39
|
1.38
|
0.06
|
0.45
|
0.85
|
|
Clay
|
8.29
|
1.15
|
0.06
|
0.37
|
0.99
|
|
Bertie
|
7.96
|
1.03
|
0.05
|
0.46
|
0.49
|
|
Perquimans
|
7.01
|
1.07
|
0.05
|
0.32
|
0.85
|
|
Hoke
|
6.54
|
1.02
|
0.07
|
0.39
|
0.11
|
|
Caswell
|
5.27
|
0.69
|
0.04
|
0.27
|
0.40
|
|
Gates
|
4.19
|
0.46
|
0.02
|
0.27
|
0.17
|
|
Greene
|
3.75
|
0.47
|
0.03
|
0.22
|
0.14
|
|
Tyrrell
|
2.94
|
0.36
|
0.02
|
0.14
|
0.30
|
|
Jones
|
2.65
|
0.46
|
0.02
|
0.17
|
0.09
|
|
Camden
|
1.29
|
0.18
|
0.01
|
0.07
|
0.12
|
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Totals
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$12,068.94
|
3,953.79
|
195.18
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$684.55
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$399.73
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