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TABLE 5: RELATIVE EFFORT <br /> This is a measure comparing Actual Effort(from Table 2)and Ability to Pay(from Table 4).Actual effort includes county appropriations for current expenses,and,when <br /> appropriate,supplemental tax levies for schools.Low-wealth counties with comparatively high spending levels have tended to rank highest on this measure. <br /> COUNTY RELATIVE EFFORT ABILITY REVENUE EFFORT TOTAL EFFORT AS PERCENTAGE <br /> RANK:CURRENT RANK PER ADM RANK CURRENT SPENDING OF REVENUE PER STUDENT: <br /> SPENDING PER ADM CURRENT SPENDING <br /> Scotland 1 97 $2,146 28 $1,686.23 78.60% <br /> Gates 2 87 $2,959 27 $1,708.30 57.70% <br /> Johnston 3 85 $2,973 40 $1506.77 50.70% <br /> Orange 4 13 $8,827 1 $4,355.40 49.30% <br /> Franklin 5 86 $2,967 50 $1,408.78 47.50% <br /> Stokes 6 70 $3,346 36 $1557.15 46.50% <br /> Granville 7 77 $3,082 48 $1,415.62 45.90% <br /> Union 8 55 $4,071 19 $1,866.74 45.90% <br /> Hertford 9 82 $3,029 51 $1,377.86 45.50% <br /> Cleveland 10 80 $3,070 54 $1,330.93 43.40% <br /> Rowan 11 58 $3,795 34 $1,604.47 42.30% <br /> Vance 12 96 $2,321 85 $980.06 42.20% <br /> Guilford 13 30 $5,610 9 $2,351.08 41.90% <br /> Harnett 14 95 $2,464 80 $1,032.06 41.90% <br /> Pasquotank 15 49 $4,278 23 $1,771.40 41.40% <br /> Cumberland 16 59 $3,759 44 $1,478.35 39.30% <br /> Sampson 17 93 $2,555 83 $998.21 39.10% <br /> Lee 18 56 $3,946 38 $1,540.89 39.00% <br /> Caldwell 19 78 $3,077 67 $1,201.01 39.00% <br /> Bertie 20 94 $2,489 86 $961.21 38.60% <br /> Martin 21 57 $3,807 46 $1,463.16 38.40% <br /> Gaston 22 69 $3,399 57 $1,305.35 38.40% <br /> Randolph 23 79 $3,070 71 $1,169.36 38.10% <br /> Anson 24 90 $2,837 75 $1,071.06 37.80% <br /> Durham 25 15 $8,283 3 53,118.69 37.70% <br /> McDowell 26 73 $3,213 65 $1,203.53 37.50% <br /> Bladen 27 71 $3,305 64 $1,237.50 37.40% <br /> Nash 28 68 $3,463 60 $1,294.92 37.40% <br /> Forsyth 29 33 $5,330 17 $1,982.11 37.20% <br /> Robeson 30 100 $1,456 99 $522.06 35.80% <br /> Cherokee 31 43 $4,596 30 $1,643.53 35.80% <br /> Cabarrus 32 44 $4,543 31 $1,623.16 35.70% <br /> Pitt 33 52 $4,141 43 $1,479.33 35.70% <br /> Richmond 34 92 $2,570 90 $911.30 35.50% <br /> Wilson 35 60 $3,685 58 $1,304.48 35.40% <br /> Pender 36 50 $4,207 41 $1,486.97 35.30% <br /> Davidson 37 63 $3,612 62 $1,269.43 35.10% <br /> Halifax 38 84 $2,987 79 $1,040.23 34.80% <br /> Greene 39 99 $2,000 96 $688.25 34.40% <br /> Chowan 40 46 $4,502 37 $1,547.68 34.40% <br /> 0 Rockingham 41 66 $3,468 70 $1,185.15 34.20% <br /> I-1-1 Yadkin 42 76 $3,140 77 $1,061.77 33.80% <br /> Alexander 43 81 $3,048 81 $1,028.38 33.70% <br /> U Person 44 40 $4,775 33 $1,606.90 33.70% <br /> Burke 45 74 $3,204 76 $1,068.33 33.30% <br /> Q Rutherford 46 65 $3,587 68 $1,191.61 33.20% <br /> Z Edgecombe 47 88 $2,911 87 $957.06 32.90% <br /> Surry 48 61 $3,664 69 $1,190.71 32.50% <br /> W Alamance 49 51 $4,152 55 $1,316.89 31.70% <br /> CI_ Beaufort 50 31 $5,462 25 $1,717.99 31.50% <br /> a Northampton 51 48 $4,354 52 $1,344.76 30.90% <br /> Q Lenoir 52 67 $3,467 78 $1,061.66 30.60% <br /> Wilkes 53 64 $3,600 72 $1,098.38 30.50% <br /> ^ Haywood 54 24 $6,393 18 $1,938.01 30.30% <br /> Wayne 55 72 $3,287 84 $995.50 30.30% <br /> Warren 56 38 $4,923 42 $1,484.55 30.20% <br /> Washington 57 83 $3,008 91 $902.37 30.00% <br /> Stanly 58 62 $3,628 73 $1,086.61 30.00% <br /> Duplin 59 75 $3,165 89 $937.70 29.60% <br /> Chatham 60 12 $9,567 4 $2,822.08 29.50% <br /> Catawba 61 36 $5,012 45 $1,478.05 29.50% <br /> Caswell 62 89 $2,873 94 $846.85 29.50% <br /> Montgomery 63 53 $4,135 66 $1,202.50 29.10% <br /> Columbus 64 91 $2,628 95 $759.67 28.90% <br /> Lincoln 65 41 $4,691 53 $1,343.98 28.70% <br /> Davie 66 34 $5,188 47 $1,462.98 28.20% <br /> Onslow 67 29 $5,886 32 $1,615.74 27.40% <br /> Transylvania 68 11 $9,815 6 $2,643.05 26.90% <br /> Mecklenburg 69 14 $8,726 10 $2,312.41 26.50% <br /> Hoke 70 98 $2,012 98 $532.57 26.50% <br /> Buncombe 71 17 $8,015 13 $2,116.24 26.40% <br /> Iredell 72 28 $5,939 35 $1,567.59 26.40% <br /> Jones 73 37 $4,967 59 $1,296.90 26.10% <br /> Alleghany 74 22 $6,598 24 $1,721.58 26.10% <br /> Craven 75 35 $5,095 56 $1,313.04 25.80% <br /> Wake 76 19 $7,981 14 $2,032.96 25.50% <br /> Polk 77 18 $7,994 16 $2,014.65 25.20% <br /> Henderson 78 25 $6,262 39 $1,526.96 24.40% <br /> New Hanover 79 10 $10,236 7 $2,490.22 24.30% <br /> Moore 80 20 $7,813 20 $1,849.86 23.70% <br /> Mitchell 81 39 $4,806 74 $1,080.21 22.50% <br /> Tyrrell 82 45 $4,528 82 $1,000.60 22.10% <br /> Camden 83 54 $4,123 92 $902.01 21.90% <br /> Watauga 84 4 $12,428 5 $2,693.80 21.70% <br /> Ashe 85 21 $6,669 49 $1,408.94 21.10% <br /> Pamlico 86 16 $8,033 29 $1,681.40 20.90% <br /> Yancey 87 26 $6,159 61 $1,284.35 20.90% <br /> Madison 88 42 $4,684 88 $940.79 20.10% <br /> Brunswick 89 5 $12,010 8 $2,393.24 19.90% <br /> Currituck 90 6 $11,859 11 $2,309.97 19.50% <br /> Hyde 91 9 $10,495 15 $2,026.30 19.30% <br /> Perquimans 92 23 $6,505 63 $1,242.24 19.10% <br /> Dare 93 1 $24,445 2 $3,983.29 16.30% <br /> Macon 94 8 $11,180 22 $1,802.11 16.10% <br /> Avery 95 7 $11,460 21 $1,827.84 15.90% <br /> Carteret 96 2 $14,180 12 $2,190.84 15.40% <br /> Clay 97 27 $6,038 93 $883.78 14.60% <br /> Jackson 98 3 $12,638 26 $1,712.30 13.50% <br /> Graham 99 32 $5,345 97 $628.05 11.80% <br /> Swain 100 47 $4,451 100 $383.31 8.60% <br /> State Total/Average $5,325 $1,500 32% <br /> >18 <br />