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This is a measure of a county’s per student fiscal capacity to support public schools. It is a combined measure of revenue that would have been generated at the state
<br />average tax rate based on 2015-16 property valuations per student (adjusted to reflect current market prices and to account for differences in income levels) and the value
<br />of non-property tax revenues. Each county’s mandated social services payments were also subtracted from total adjusted revenues. Large, urban counties combining high
<br />adjusted property valuations with broad-based economic activity and high per capita incomes tend to rank highest on this measure.
<br />TABLE 4: ABILITY TO PAY
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<br /> 17 <*Beginning with 2016 study, includes only WC302 report. Medicaid payments from WD667 no longer included. **County and state averages from the Bureau of Economic Analysis
<br />COUNTY RANK PREVIOUS YEAR'S RANK
<br />2015-16 ADJUSTED TAX BASE
<br />2015-16 ADJUSTED PROPERTY TAX REVENUE (BASED ON STATE AVG. EFFECTIVE PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 0.6540)
<br />2015-16 NON-PROPERTY TAX REVENUE
<br />2015-16 MANDATED SOCIAL SERVICES PAYMENTS*
<br />2015-16 TOTAL REVENUES LESS SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS
<br />2015 PER CAPITA INCOME**
<br /> PERCENT OF STATE AVERAGE PER CAPITA
<br />INCOME
<br />2015-16 INCOME ADJUSTED TOTAL REVENUES
<br /> 2015-16
<br />FINAL ADM 2015-16 REVENUE PER ADM
<br />Dare 1 1 $13,654,055,530.00 $91,345,631.50 $25,627,095.06 $5,183,853.50 $111,788,873 $48,602 119.20%$133,299,708 4,953 $26,912.92
<br />Carteret 2 2 $14,366,573,194.00 $96,112,374.67 $22,562,191.60 $5,163,079.80 $113,511,486 $44,199 108.40%$123,091,690 8,463 $14,544.69
<br />Watauga 3 4 $8,884,262,849.00 $59,435,718.46 $16,821,394.76 $2,284,902.86 $73,972,210 $33,103 81.20%$60,077,580 4,455 $13,485.43
<br />Jackson 4 3 $8,689,673,928.00 $58,133,918.58 $10,782,320.05 $2,575,981.84 $66,340,257 $32,202 79.00%$52,412,693 3,933 $13,326.39
<br />Brunswick 5 5 $23,508,374,368.00 $157,271,024.52 $33,234,472.51 $6,835,920.07 $183,669,577 $36,307 89.10%$163,607,825 13,371 $12,236.02
<br />Currituck 6 6 $6,211,367,553.00 $41,554,048.93 $9,314,815.96 $2,429,907.40 $48,438,957 $41,035 100.70%$48,766,962 3,991 $12,219.23
<br />Macon 7 7 $8,006,810,394.00 $53,565,561.54 $10,198,070.05 $2,085,656.47 $61,677,975 $34,896 85.60%$52,805,874 4,389 $12,031.41
<br />Hyde 8 9 $1,092,299,180.00 $7,307,481.51 $1,449,730.52 $730,573.52 $8,026,639 $33,724 82.70%$6,641,241 585 $11,352.55
<br />Avery 9 8 $3,959,728,622.00 $26,490,584.48 $5,343,352.40 $1,381,229.15 $30,452,708 $30,958 76.00%$23,129,982 2,110 $10,962.08
<br />Transylvania 10 11 $5,894,964,628.00 $39,437,313.36 $7,703,328.73 $2,325,464.43 $44,815,178 $35,487 87.10%$39,018,529 3,727 $10,469.15
<br />New Hanover 11 10 $31,638,285,155.00 $211,660,127.69 $87,852,521.07 $17,675,534.69 $281,837,114 $40,487 99.30%$279,956,310 26,789 $10,450.42
<br />Chatham 12 12 $9,508,603,606.00 $63,612,558.12 $14,237,739.71 $3,734,979.68 $74,115,318 $51,839 127.20%$94,262,960 9,404 $10,023.71
<br />Orange 13 13 $16,700,296,598.00 $111,724,984.24 $41,180,532.87 $10,559,959.32 $142,345,558 $55,338 135.80%$193,260,838 20,127 $9,602.07
<br />Mecklenburg 14 14 $126,717,841,727.00 $847,742,361.15 $437,617,250.56 $79,631,321.79 $1,205,728,290 $52,129 127.90%$1,542,074,389 160,979 $9,579.35
<br />Polk 15 17 $2,774,224,892.00 $18,559,564.53 $3,734,576.56 $1,300,283.20 $20,993,858 $41,477 101.80%$21,363,680 2,289 $9,333.19
<br />Buncombe 16 16 $31,355,653,265.00 $209,769,320.34 $100,500,194.77 $29,095,257.34 $281,174,258 $40,994 100.60%$282,795,395 30,598 $9,242.28
<br />Durham 17 15 $31,814,961,926.00 $212,842,095.28 $139,641,298.72 $27,214,799.21 $325,268,595 $44,507 109.20%$355,178,718 39,091 $9,085.95
<br />Wake 18 19 $127,543,747,293.00 $853,267,669.39 $305,655,854.76 $40,914,953.85 $1,118,008,570 $51,776 127.00%$1,420,201,961 166,189 $8,545.70
<br />Moore 19 20 $11,933,104,925.00 $79,832,471.95 $26,830,276.82 $4,236,902.00 $102,425,847 $43,725 107.30%$109,879,294 13,288 $8,269.06
<br />Pamlico 20 18 $1,776,359,076.00 $11,883,842.22 $2,517,827.85 $1,287,354.86 $13,114,315 $37,682 92.50%$12,124,282 1,530 $7,924.37
<br />Alleghany 21 22 $1,698,819,992.00 $11,365,105.75 $2,101,209.80 $803,996.21 $12,662,319 $32,712 80.30%$10,162,413 1,377 $7,380.11
<br />Perquimans 22 23 $1,802,277,976.00 $12,057,239.66 $2,141,720.11 $774,355.19 $13,424,605 $37,279 91.50%$12,278,413 1,700 $7,222.60
<br />Ashe 23 21 $3,872,258,299.00 $25,905,408.02 $6,414,078.65 $3,601,953.13 $28,717,534 $31,519 77.30%$22,207,315 3,082 $7,205.49
<br />Henderson 24 26 $13,257,474,456.00 $88,692,504.11 $26,880,373.29 $8,525,930.72 $107,046,947 $37,558 92.10%$98,640,036 13,943 $7,074.52
<br />Haywood 25 24 $7,318,554,819.00 $48,961,131.74 $17,653,063.58 $6,832,877.19 $59,781,318 $35,207 86.40%$51,638,187 7,388 $6,989.47
<br />Iredell 26 28 $21,803,924,871.00 $145,868,257.39 $48,715,007.64 $10,453,741.91 $184,129,523 $44,442 109.00%$200,767,543 28,858 $6,957.08
<br />Yancey 27 27 $2,592,958,148.00 $17,346,890.01 $3,566,232.77 $1,749,614.34 $19,163,508 $31,481 77.20%$14,801,305 2,204 $6,715.66
<br />Clay 28 25 $1,599,900,993.00 $10,703,337.64 $2,035,223.48 $1,195,003.11 $11,543,558 $30,242 74.20%$8,564,986 1,323 $6,473.91
<br />Guilford 29 29 $48,450,769,224.00 $324,135,646.11 $146,697,737.11 $29,962,159.28 $440,871,224 $41,691 102.30%$450,952,236 76,736 $5,876.67
<br />Forsyth 30 30 $33,072,760,622.00 $221,256,768.56 $106,987,435.12 $19,700,601.97 $308,543,602 $43,859 107.60%$332,010,447 56,663 $5,859.39
<br />Warren 31 34 $2,382,278,968.00 $15,937,446.30 $6,355,427.17 $1,990,592.75 $20,302,281 $28,220 69.20%$14,056,536 2,400 $5,856.89
<br />Catawba 32 38 $16,136,569,348.00 $107,953,648.94 $49,872,840.87 $18,514,948.85 $139,311,541 $40,265 98.80%$137,623,082 23,867 $5,766.25
<br />Davie 33 35 $4,269,861,361.00 $28,565,372.51 $8,440,465.08 $2,219,540.16 $34,786,297 $42,136 103.40%$35,961,516 6,273 $5,732.75
<br />Craven 34 36 $9,137,932,858.00 $61,132,770.82 $23,773,625.49 $6,768,245.95 $78,138,150 $40,555 99.50%$77,747,067 14,183 $5,481.71
<br />Beaufort 35 32 $5,286,005,933.00 $35,363,379.69 $11,512,175.70 $4,637,573.09 $42,237,982 $37,773 92.70%$39,143,632 7,171 $5,458.60
<br />Graham 36 33 $1,126,905,526.00 $7,538,997.97 $1,663,251.99 $592,694.52 $8,609,555 $29,833 73.20%$6,301,648 1,156 $5,451.25
<br />Onslow 37 31 $13,493,580,965.00 $90,272,056.66 $49,513,271.04 $10,965,512.72 $128,819,815 $43,952 107.80%$138,911,369 25,895 $5,364.41
<br />Lincoln 38 42 $8,701,287,631.00 $58,211,614.25 $17,490,940.77 $4,629,233.70 $71,073,321 $38,774 95.10%$67,611,987 12,621 $5,357.10
<br />Madison 39 39 $2,324,672,591.00 $15,552,059.63 $3,544,163.45 $1,827,556.67 $17,268,666 $29,965 73.50%$12,695,493 2,390 $5,311.92
<br />Jones 40 37 $843,707,241.00 $5,644,401.44 $1,341,505.15 $905,546.69 $6,080,360 $36,906 90.50%$5,505,576 1,081 $5,093.04
<br />Cherokee 41 40 $2,970,590,785.00 $19,873,252.35 $6,940,889.64 $2,091,615.12 $24,722,527 $29,358 72.00%$17,807,207 3,504 $5,081.97
<br />Person 42 41 $4,335,623,241.00 $29,005,319.48 $8,394,020.09 $3,887,879.88 $33,511,460 $34,557 84.80%$28,412,265 5,674 $5,007.45
<br />Swain 43 44 $1,526,557,041.00 $10,212,666.60 $3,636,832.57 $1,212,846.69 $12,636,652 $31,971 78.40%$9,912,079 1,993 $4,973.45
<br />Cabarrus 44 43 $20,845,028,722.00 $139,453,242.15 $66,669,155.63 $11,224,332.78 $194,898,065 $39,640 97.30%$189,547,322 38,443 $4,930.61
<br />Mitchell 45 45 $1,734,090,009.00 $11,601,062.16 $3,578,526.85 $3,257,427.55 $11,922,161 $30,970 76.00%$9,058,842 1,885 $4,805.75
<br />Montgomery 46 47 $2,970,546,045.00 $19,872,953.04 $5,643,473.39 $1,806,868.15 $23,709,558 $33,198 81.40%$19,311,316 4,070 $4,744.80
<br />Chowan 47 46 $1,428,647,858.00 $9,557,654.17 $3,077,097.36 $1,161,836.08 $11,472,915 $34,956 85.80%$9,839,477 2,077 $4,737.35
<br />Union 48 50 $23,685,356,121.00 $158,455,032.45 $45,695,421.27 $11,136,124.60 $193,014,329 $43,669 107.10%$206,794,640 43,894 $4,711.23
<br />Camden 49 55 $1,071,693,855.00 $7,169,631.89 $1,728,846.81 $548,064.94 $8,350,414 $41,351 101.50%$8,471,699 1,801 $4,703.89
<br />Pender 50 52 $6,577,887,266.00 $44,006,065.81 $11,459,512.32 $4,641,955.88 $50,823,622 $32,937 80.80%$41,070,135 8,944 $4,591.92
<br />Pitt 51 54 $12,035,973,100.00 $80,520,660.04 $49,718,702.56 $11,528,565.23 $118,710,797 $37,042 90.90%$107,885,016 24,038 $4,488.10
<br />Alamance 52 51 $12,184,339,637.00 $81,513,232.17 $49,086,855.02 $9,022,589.58 $121,577,498 $35,839 87.90%$106,901,934 23,841 $4,483.95
<br />Rowan 53 59 $11,727,711,194.00 $78,458,387.89 $32,423,048.86 $7,486,449.30 $103,394,987 $34,348 84.30%$87,131,947 19,731 $4,415.99
<br />Northampton 54 49 $1,938,201,463.00 $12,966,567.79 $2,986,998.02 $2,492,512.82 $13,461,053 $30,971 76.00%$10,228,472 2,323 $4,403.13
<br />Lee 55 56 $5,120,215,881.00 $34,254,244.24 $17,243,090.25 $3,732,426.27 $47,764,908 $35,655 87.50%$41,783,601 10,000 $4,178.36
<br />Davidson 56 53 $13,620,526,962.00 $91,121,325.38 $34,657,818.16 $7,595,014.92 $118,184,129 $35,073 86.00%$101,697,096 24,731 $4,112.13
<br />Pasquotank 57 57 $2,936,763,842.00 $19,646,950.10 $10,874,506.48 $3,413,530.61 $27,107,926 $35,550 87.20%$23,643,533 5,817 $4,064.56
<br />Surry 58 61 $5,544,267,321.00 $37,091,148.38 $21,416,185.48 $4,052,826.45 $54,454,507 $34,628 85.00%$46,263,419 11,502 $4,022.21
<br />Rutherford 59 62 $6,294,931,141.00 $42,113,089.33 $14,268,461.54 $4,518,001.25 $51,863,550 $29,142 71.50%$37,081,566 9,233 $4,016.20
<br />Stanly 60 60 $4,641,237,807.00 $31,049,880.93 $14,082,044.06 $3,067,797.38 $42,064,128 $34,063 83.60%$35,153,718 8,754 $4,015.73
<br />Wilkes 61 63 $5,616,466,661.00 $37,574,161.96 $15,752,004.85 $5,371,531.41 $47,954,635 $32,449 79.60%$38,177,580 9,638 $3,961.15
<br />Tyrrell 62 48 $409,170,055.00 $2,737,347.67 $784,555.76 $433,545.35 $3,088,358 $30,514 74.90%$2,312,082 584 $3,959.04
<br />Wilson 63 65 $6,500,702,864.00 $43,489,702.16 $21,855,032.42 $8,327,071.88 $57,017,663 $37,617 92.30%$52,622,327 13,355 $3,940.27
<br />Cumberland 64 58 $22,271,791,795.00 $148,998,287.11 $94,850,938.66 $28,068,305.45 $215,780,920 $37,611 92.30%$199,115,194 50,773 $3,921.67
<br />Nash 65 67 $7,165,697,664.00 $47,938,517.37 $24,698,675.55 $5,943,010.18 $66,694,183 $38,982 95.60%$63,786,468 16,353 $3,900.60
<br />Rockingham 66 66 $6,963,024,697.00 $46,582,635.22 $18,847,155.65 $5,686,143.65 $59,743,647 $33,916 83.20%$49,713,328 12,987 $3,827.93
<br />Stokes 67 69 $3,731,728,219.00 $24,965,261.79 $7,221,111.67 $2,594,894.51 $29,591,479 $32,811 80.50%$23,821,144 6,251 $3,810.77
<br />Gaston 68 70 $15,382,809,363.00 $102,910,994.64 $49,541,489.84 $17,196,965.27 $135,255,519 $36,950 90.70%$122,615,654 33,134 $3,700.60
<br />McDowell 69 74 $3,642,640,387.00 $24,369,264.19 $9,308,494.54 $3,380,902.81 $30,296,856 $30,683 75.30%$22,807,194 6,213 $3,670.88
<br />Martin 70 64 $1,851,451,702.00 $12,386,211.89 $5,611,094.62 $2,106,950.38 $15,890,356 $33,532 82.30%$13,072,829 3,614 $3,617.27
<br />Lenoir 71 68 $4,060,216,517.00 $27,162,848.50 $13,527,988.95 $5,092,581.77 $35,598,256 $37,442 91.90%$32,701,241 9,044 $3,615.79
<br />Yadkin 72 77 $2,848,071,215.00 $19,053,596.43 $6,759,134.85 $2,638,785.64 $23,173,946 $33,995 83.40%$19,328,204 5,388 $3,587.27
<br />Caldwell 73 73 $6,611,681,474.00 $44,232,149.06 $17,141,937.58 $5,796,446.89 $55,577,640 $31,263 76.70%$42,629,205 12,013 $3,548.59
<br />Randolph 74 80 $10,767,128,431.00 $72,032,089.20 $31,130,120.79 $7,108,554.09 $96,053,656 $33,899 83.20%$79,887,212 22,846 $3,496.77
<br />Wayne 75 76 $8,086,359,150.00 $54,097,742.71 $28,835,751.66 $7,237,503.85 $75,695,991 $35,801 87.80%$66,488,191 19,024 $3,494.96
<br />Bladen 76 71 $2,701,913,113.00 $18,075,798.73 $6,268,752.21 $3,204,533.98 $21,140,017 $32,681 80.20%$16,950,291 4,908 $3,453.60
<br />Cleveland 77 81 $7,944,616,112.00 $53,149,481.79 $21,523,467.06 $8,771,405.52 $65,901,543 $33,712 82.70%$54,507,540 15,814 $3,446.79
<br />Burke 78 72 $6,426,630,377.00 $42,994,157.22 $18,421,965.22 $5,242,251.50 $56,173,871 $31,458 77.20%$43,355,274 12,617 $3,436.26
<br />Alexander 79 79 $2,594,813,903.00 $17,359,305.01 $6,278,869.79 $3,189,474.59 $20,448,700 $33,645 82.50%$16,879,622 4,952 $3,408.65
<br />Anson 80 85 $1,714,150,730.00 $11,467,668.38 $4,718,089.98 $1,683,219.55 $14,502,539 $32,392 79.50%$11,525,460 3,428 $3,362.15
<br />Washington 81 83 $897,093,632.00 $6,001,556.40 $2,394,322.02 $1,743,953.30 $6,651,925 $32,755 80.40%$5,345,661 1,620 $3,299.79
<br />Hertford 82 84 $1,426,854,451.00 $9,545,656.28 $5,828,127.77 $2,384,658.86 $12,989,125 $29,808 73.10%$9,499,248 2,898 $3,277.86
<br />Halifax 83 82 $3,517,722,903.00 $23,533,566.22 $12,920,160.97 $5,780,841.07 $30,672,886 $32,947 80.80%$24,794,023 7,725 $3,209.58
<br />Franklin 84 87 $4,668,113,149.00 $31,229,676.97 $11,124,770.78 $4,222,099.46 $38,132,348 $31,852 78.10%$29,799,346 9,320 $3,197.35
<br />Johnston 85 86 $15,134,988,925.00 $101,253,075.91 $39,105,009.40 $10,897,588.56 $129,460,497 $35,533 87.20%$112,861,450 35,409 $3,187.37
<br />Bertie 86 91 $1,308,153,124.00 $8,751,544.40 $3,024,854.31 $1,488,922.11 $10,287,477 $31,749 77.90%$8,013,374 2,523 $3,176.13
<br />Gates 87 88 $806,008,078.00 $5,392,194.04 $1,580,674.31 $750,797.40 $6,222,071 $33,458 82.10%$5,107,536 1,615 $3,162.56
<br />Caswell 88 89 $1,564,070,354.00 $10,463,630.67 $2,873,536.76 $1,467,921.36 $11,869,246 $31,184 76.50%$9,080,953 2,884 $3,148.74
<br />Granville 89 75 $3,912,442,462.00 $26,174,240.07 $10,222,976.31 $3,224,845.82 $33,172,371 $33,919 83.20%$27,605,526 8,812 $3,132.72
<br />Edgecombe 90 90 $3,102,668,596.00 $20,756,852.91 $10,930,574.08 $4,685,260.98 $27,002,166 $32,084 78.70%$21,255,121 6,904 $3,078.67
<br />Duplin 91 78 $4,136,834,716.00 $27,675,424.25 $11,773,755.29 $3,282,494.82 $36,166,685 $32,317 79.30%$28,675,845 9,703 $2,955.36
<br />Richmond 92 94 $3,120,804,020.00 $20,878,178.89 $9,989,231.33 $2,804,534.73 $28,062,875 $31,361 76.90%$21,592,282 7,360 $2,933.73
<br />Sampson 93 92 $4,200,100,445.00 $28,098,671.98 $13,365,285.85 $5,339,533.77 $36,124,424 $35,357 86.70%$31,336,668 11,422 $2,743.54
<br />Columbus 94 93 $3,675,672,621.00 $24,590,249.83 $10,765,004.85 $3,824,613.20 $31,530,641 $30,262 74.20%$23,410,296 8,957 $2,613.63
<br />Vance 95 96 $2,442,771,724.00 $16,342,142.83 $11,475,504.00 $3,572,124.19 $24,245,523 $31,792 78.00%$18,911,496 7,420 $2,548.72
<br />Harnett 96 95 $7,737,878,999.00 $51,766,410.50 $23,340,799.29 $6,645,337.83 $68,461,872 $31,129 76.40%$52,286,602 20,576 $2,541.15
<br />Scotland 97 97 $2,091,682,789.00 $13,993,357.86 $7,730,934.10 $2,880,256.21 $18,844,036 $30,625 75.10%$14,158,802 5,833 $2,427.36
<br />Hoke 98 98 $3,387,319,050.00 $22,661,164.44 $7,161,345.16 $2,997,485.85 $26,825,024 $29,382 72.10%$19,337,394 8,600 $2,248.53
<br />Greene 99 99 $1,058,818,848.00 $7,083,498.09 $2,909,377.97 $1,300,784.52 $8,692,092 $30,004 73.60%$6,398,526 3,149 $2,031.92
<br />Robeson 100 100 $6,355,182,882.00 $42,516,173.48 $28,685,943.44 $14,887,994.90 $56,314,122 $27,487 67.40%$37,977,042 23,589 $1,609.95
<br />State Total/Average $1,030,230,126,019 $6,892,239,543 $2,873,364,900 $694,434,386 $9,071,170,057 $40,759 $93,692,692 1,512,082 $5,724
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