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TABLE 4: ABILITY TO PAY
<br /> This is a measure of a county's per student fiscal capacity to support public schools.It is a combined measure of revenue that wou d have been genera e a the state
<br /> average tax rate based on 2016-17 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 /> COUNTY RANK PREVIOUS 2016-17 2016-17 ADJUSTED 2016-17 NON- 2016-17 2016-17 TOTAL 2016 PER PERCENT 2016-17 2016-17 2016-17
<br /> YEAR'S ADJUSTED PROPERTY TAX REVENUE PROPERTY TAX MANDATED REVENUES LESS CAPITA OF STATE INCOME FINAL ADM REVENUE PER
<br /> RANK TAX BASE (BASED ON STATE AVG. REVENUE SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME** AVERAGE ADJUSTED ADM
<br /> EFFECTIVE PROPERTY PAYMENTS* PAYMENTS PER CAPITA TOTAL
<br /> TAX RATE OF 0.6540) INCOME REVENUES
<br /> Dare 1 1 13,956,307,248 93,786,384.71 32,318,011.26 5,295,666.43 $120,808,730 $51,643 120.90% $146,086,712 5,006 $29,182.32
<br /> Carteret 2 2 $14,357,561,013 $96,482,810.01 $25,828,265.98 $4,950,356.21 $117,360,720 $46,654 109.20% $128,207,250 8,343 $15,367.04
<br /> Watauga 3 3 $8,989,298,936 $60,408,088.85 $19,145,251.49 $2,371,895.22 $77,181,445 $34,295 80.30% $61,979,012 4,553 $13,612.79
<br /> Brunswick 4 5 $23,780,614,320 $159,805,728.23 $37,458,912.32 $7,045,587.28 $190,219,053 $40,128 94.00% $178,732,062 13,496 $13,243.34
<br /> Currituck 5 6 $6,400,930,685 $43,014,254.20 $10,578,976.76 $2,553,270.55 $51,039,960 $43,101 100.90% $51,510,837 4,004 $12,864.84
<br /> Hyde 6 8 $1,085,837,805 $7,296,830.05 $1,454,151.62 $739,557.27 $8,011,424 $38,538 90.20% $7,229,360 580 $12,464.41
<br /> Jackson 7 4 $8,733,486,221 $58,689,027.41 $12,163,528.88 $2,622,779.00 $68,229,777 $30,761 72.00% $49,144,547 4,015 $12,240.24
<br /> Avery 8 9 $4,026,733,714 $27,059,650.56 $5,834,050.13 $1,384,447.74 $31,509,253 $33,620 78.70% $24,804,858 2,063 $12,023.68
<br /> Macon 9 7 $7,420,995,265 $49,869,088.18 $11,735,713.49 $1,688,732.71 $59,916,069 $37,286 87.30% $52,310,641 4,367 $11,978.62
<br /> New Hanover 10 11 $33,173,903,046 $222,928,628.47 $100,086,292.96 $17,588,855.39 $305,426,066 $43,071 100.90% $308,029,271 27,211 $11,320.03
<br /> Chatham 11 12 $10,098,922,498 $67,864,759.19 $14,798,329.11 $3,914,187.77 $78,748,901 $58,451 136.90% $107,779,802 9,617 $11,207.22
<br /> Transylvania 12 10 $5,715,008,197 $38,404,855.08 $8,386,103.49 $2,361,336.12 $44,429,622 $38,988 91.30% $40,560,613 3,670 $11,051.94
<br /> Buncombe 13 16 $33,750,345,412 $226,802,321.17 $119,086,084.06 $31,574,814.13 $314,313,591 $44,434 104.00% $327,023,910 30,570 $10,697.54
<br /> Mecklenburg 14 14 $135,061,730,262 $907,614,827.36 $496,158,391.14 $83,521,385.04 $1,320,251,833 $55,304 129.50% $1,709,677,744 163,530 $10,454.83
<br /> Orange 15 13 $17,098,385,950 $114,901,153.58 $43,694,669.23 $10,989,517.37 $147,606,305 $60,152 140.80% $207,900,683 20,275 $10,254.04
<br /> Durham 16 17 $35,096,009,338 $235,845,182.75 $159,762,041.91 $27,456,129.21 $368,151,095 $46,357 108.50% $399,615,527 39,323 $10,162.39
<br /> Wake 17 18 $141,453,296,691 $950,566,153.76 $352,560,203.34 $43,510,480.99 $1,259,615,876 $54,549 127.70% $1,608,888,155 169,329 $9,501.55
<br /> Polk 18 15 $2,895,925,551 $19,460,619.70 $3,629,096.31 $1,403,272.21 $21,686,444 $42,075 98.50% $21,365,517 2,263 $9,441.24
<br /> Moore 19 19 $12,032,668,348 $80,859,531.30 $28,879,193.64 $4,056,747.29 $105,681,978 $48,215 112.90% $119,311,976 13,180 $9,052.50
<br /> Pamlico 20 20 $1,790,422,413 $12,031,638.62 $2,370,352.23 $1,157,624.38 $13,244,366 $39,191 91.80% $12,153,979 1,505 $8,075.73
<br /> Alleghany 21 21 $1,665,295,355 $11,190,784.79 $2,017,949.97 $902,445.34 $12,306,289 $36,324 85.10% $10,466,988 1,344 $7,787.94
<br /> Ashe 22 23 $3,790,227,911 $25,470,331.56 $6,778,631.72 $3,645,527.42 $28,603,436 $34,389 80.50% $23,032,373 2,997 $7,685.14
<br /> Haywood 23 25 $7,528,796,541 $50,593,512.76 $18,796,929.74 $6,132,673.16 $63,257,769 $37,651 88.20% $55,768,803 7,479 $7,456.72
<br /> Henderson 24 24 $13,383,918,384 $89,939,931.54 $29,543,675.29 $8,804,986.75 $110,678,620 $39,950 93.50% $103,533,633 13,957 $7,418.04
<br /> Iredell 25 26 $22,277,209,621 $149,702,848.65 $54,111,193.97 $10,332,207.33 $193,481,835 $47,209 110.50% $213,877,911 29,057 $7,360.63
<br /> Clay 26 28 $1,660,793,999 $11,160,535.67 $1,949,122.52 $1,184,565.61 $11,925,093 $31,782 74.40% $8,874,500 1,331 $6,667.54
<br /> Yancey 27 27 $2,339,934,189 $15,724,357.75 $3,366,679.43 $1,654,542.09 $17,436,495 $33,365 78.10% $13,622,326 2,160 $6,306.63
<br /> Guilford 28 29 $49,262,510,399 $331,044,069.88 $168,283,330.04 $30,445,648.20 $468,881,752 $43,405 101.60% $476,545,120 77,659 $6,136.38
<br /> Forsyth 29 30 $34,116,245,435 $229,261,169.32 $116,898,819.58 $20,875,398.10 $325,284,591 $45,192 105.80% $344,211,985 57,067 $6,031.72
<br /> Catawba 30 32 $16,365,788,176 $109,978,096.54 $56,061,155.06 $19,657,016.34 $146,382,235 $41,691 97.60% $142,899,800 23,707 $6,027.75
<br /> Davie 31 33 $4,470,659,902 $30,042,834.54 $8,428,803.77 $2,194,112.68 $36,277,526 $43,987 103.00% $37,364,824 6,199 $6,027.56
<br /> Perquimans 32 22 $1,441,984,370 $9,690,134.97 $2,054,842.76 $804,321.28 $10,940,656 $37,672 88.20% $9,650,793 1,654 $5,834.82
<br /> Lincoln 33 38 $8,866,162,483 $59,580,611.89 $18,709,555.03 $4,640,528.13 $73,649,639 $42,154 98.70% $72,695,972 12,666 $5,739.46
<br /> Beaufort 34 35 $5,490,662,102 $36,897,249.33 $11,642,128.52 $4,829,205.49 $43,710,172 $39,241 91.90% $40,162,757 7,065 $5,684.75
<br /> Craven 35 34 $9,167,198,665 $61,603,575.03 $25,589,320.06 $7,343,907.95 $79,848,987 $41,630 97.50% $77,835,328 14,058 $5,536.73
<br /> Madison 36 39 $2,382,920,944 $16,013,228.74 $3,282,476.07 $1,997,961.78 $17,297,743 $31,485 73.70% $12,752,463 2,314 $5,511.00
<br /> Onslow 37 37 $13,719,026,715 $92,191,859.52 $49,964,183.45 $12,609,090.08 $129,546,953 $45,967 107.60% $139,435,802 26,116 $5,339,09
<br /> Swain 38 43 $1,568,302,468 $10,538,992.58 $3,735,437.66 $1,458,606.29 $12,815,824 $35,916 84.10% $10,777,932 2,025 $5,322.44
<br /> Cabarrus 39 44 $21,700,377,236 $145,826,535.03 $77,388,934.69 $11,624,365.14 $211,591,105 $42,514 99.50% $210,634,889 39,613 $5,317.32
<br /> Warren 40 31 $2,314,682,614 $15,554,667.17 $5,180,378.26 $2,078,386.93 $18,656,658 $28,749 67.30% $12,559,072 2,372 $5,294.72
<br /> Cherokee 41 41 $3,054,095,824 $20,523,523.94 $7,447,470.88 $2,351,486.01 $25,619,509 $30,357 71.10% $18,210,865 3,461 $5,261.74
<br /> Person 42 42 $4,479,605,823 $30,102,951.13 $8,311,417.97 $3,949,256.87 $34,465,112 $35,400 82.90% $28,568,267 5,633 $5,071.59
<br /> Graham 43 36 $1,131,808,716 $7,605,754.57 $1,723,260.89 $794,284.03 $8,534,731 $29,450 69.00% $5,885,401 1,172 $5,021.67
<br /> Union 44 48 $23,772,078,402 $159,748,366.86 $49,756,407.61 $12,651,716.31 $196,853,058 $47,729 111.80% $220,001,396 44,378 $4,957.44
<br /> Alamance 45 52 $12,741,087,626 $85,620,108.85 $54,868,662.07 $9,375,231.68 $131,113,539 $37,625 88.10% $115,511,436 23,938 $4,825.44
<br /> Mitchell 46 45 $1,719,926,653 $11,557,907.11 $3,636,207.53 $3,754,522.24 $11,439,592 $33,186 77.70% $8,889,276 1,843 $4,823.26
<br /> Chowan 47 47 $1,435,707,699 $9,647,955.74 $3,126,033.80 $1,124,493.63 $11,649,496 $36,610 85.70% $9,986,373 2,079 $4,803.45
<br /> Jones 48 40 $845,739,323 $5,683,368.25 $1,180,575.90 $918,624.29 $5,945,320 $37,800 88.50% $5,262,207 1,110 $4,740.73
<br /> Pender 49 50 $6,896,491,905 $46,344,425.60 $11,445,935.61 $4,717,971.00 $53,072,390 $34,708 81.30% $43,131,958 9,259 $4,658.38 .
<br /> Pitt 50 51 $12,439,472,364 $83,593,254.29 $52,931,867.50 $11,690,791.65 $124,834,330 $38,535 90.20% $112,639,401 24,246 $4,645.69
<br /> Montgomery 51 46 $3,055,029,021 $20,529,795.02 $5,234,199.85 $1,760,531.57 $24,003,463 $32,043 75.00% $18,009,764 4,001 $4,501.32
<br /> Rowan 52 53 $11,744,948,593 $78,926,054.54 $33,209,394.96 $8,046,872.31 $104,088,577 $35,692 83.60% $86,991,114 19,565 $4,446.26
<br /> Lee 53 55 $5,243,144,069 $35,233,928.14 $18,886,614.51 $3,748,725.42 $50,371,817 $37,407 87.60% $44,120,602 9,969 $4,425.78
<br /> Northampton 54 54 $1,974,976,030 $13,271,838.92 $2,449,213.68 $2,661,782.71 $13,059,270 $31,313 73.30% $9,575,126 2,188 $4,376.20
<br /> Stanly 55 60 $4,847,113,848 $32,572,605.06 $14,433,873.51 $3,304,411.82 $43,702,067 $36,302 85.00% $37,147,831 8,645 $4,297.03
<br /> Pasquotank 56 57 $3,031,845,932 $20,374,004.66 $11,585,697.55 $3,330,835.29 $28,628,867 $36,882 86.40% $24,724,047 5,787 $4,272.34
<br /> Surry 57 58 $5,552,246,297 $37,311,095.12 $22,808,507.29 $4,114,964.30 $56,004,638 $36,530 85.50% $47,904,311 11,348 $4,221.39
<br /> Camden 58 49 $1,005,651,977 $6,757,981.29 $1,371,856.82 $527,219.40 $7,602,619 $43,042 100.80% $7,662,255 1,843 $4,157.49
<br /> Davidson 59 56 $13,653,925,669 $91,754,380.50 $34,219,980.58 $7,611,060.24 $118,363,301 $36,532 85.50% $101,249,165 24,531 $4,127.40
<br /> Wilkes 60 61 $5,706,537,044 $38,347,928.94 $16,135,867.62 $5,526,578.59 $48,957,218 $34,084 79.80% $39,072,232 9,511 $4,108.11
<br /> Rutherford 61 59 $6,088,369,414 $40,913,842.46 $15,422,902.78 $4,746,173.07 $51,590,572 $30,715 71.90% $37,104,091 9,117 $4,069.77
<br /> Wilson 62 63 $6,621,765,317 $44,498,262.93 $23,945,181.75 $8,222,486.56 $60,220,958 $38,045 89.10% $53,647,092 13,394 $4,005.31
<br /> Stokes 63 67 $3,800,210,116 $25,537,411.98 $6,820,599.27 $2,644,595.70 $29,713,416 $34,079 79.80% $23,710,480 6,089 $3,893.99
<br /> Nash 64 65 $7,396,914,185 $49,707,263.32 $25,430,337.00 $6,198,736.62 $68,938,864 $39,123 91.60% $63,153,468 16,225 $3,892.36
<br /> Rockingham 65 66 $7,066,653,223 $47,487,909.66 $18,111,085.37 $6,085,687.97 $59,513,307 $34,854 81.60% $48,569,949 12,766 $3,804.63
<br /> Gaston 66 68 $15,559,087,893 $104,557,070.64 $53,250,262.25 $17,788,225.01 $140,019,108 $38,261 89.60% $125,442,459 33,281 $3,769.19
<br /> Cumberland 67 64 $22,751,372,015 $152,889,219.94 $100,896,498.43 $30,436,146.78 $223,349,572 $36,032 84.40% $188,440,578 51,030 $3,692.74
<br /> Cleveland 68 77 $8,339,422,301 $56,040,917.86 $23,243,723.83 $8,695,227.23 $70,589,414 $34,870 81.60% $57,635,818 15,673 $3,677.40
<br /> McDowell 69 69 $3,741,679,600 $25,144,086.91 $9,441,657.15 $3,662,133.00 $30,923,611 $31,236 73.10% $22,617,602 6,176 $3,662.18
<br /> Caldwell 70 73 $6,826,185,720 $45,871,968.04 $15,820,907.00 $5,659,530.59 $56,033,344 $32,232 75.50% $42,289,713 11,706 $3,612.65
<br /> Yadkin 71 72 $2,936,804,409 $19,735,325.63 $6,382,636.26 $2,658,599.32 $23,459,363 $34,752 81.40% $19,089,605 5,312 $3,593.68
<br /> Lenoir 72 71 $4,090,786,949 $27,490,088.30 $13,477,687.55 $4,936,420.05 $36,031,356 $37,142 87.00% $31,336,236 8,856 $3,538.42
<br /> Randolph 73 74 $10,954,478,639 $73,614,096.45 $31,127,825.23 $7,281,434.68 $97,460,487 $34,884 81.70% $79,607,831 22,536 $3,532.47
<br /> Burke 74 78 $6,629,381,563 $44,549,444.10 $17,787,683.47 $5,860,525.60 $56,476,602 $32,737 76.70% $43,292,072 12,422 $3,485.11
<br /> Martin 75 70 $1,840,246,759 $12,366,458.22 $5,612,388.20 $2,056,365.23 $15,922,481 $32,844 76.90% $12,245,252 3,565 $3,434.85
<br /> Tyrrell 76 62 $384,630,542 $2,584,717.24 $701,376.83 $493,983.37 $2,792,111 $30,386 71.10% $1,986,585 596 $3,333.20
<br /> Wayne 77 75 $8,158,872,414 $54,827,622.62 $28,645,836.15 $7,314,460.10 $76,158,999 $35,623 83.40% $63,526,167 19,096 $3,326.67
<br /> Bladen 78 76 $2,758,322,584 $18,535,927.76 $5,851,019.46 $3,535,373.63 $20,851,574 $32,522 76.20% $15,878,776 4,794 $3,312.22
<br /> Washington 79 81 $915,614,534 $6,152,929.67 $2,205,155.43 $1,725,378.88 $6,632,706 $33,711 78.90% $5,235,562 1,587 $3,299.03
<br /> Johnston 80 85 $15,868,963,950 $106,639,437.74 $42,247,887.68 $11,997,886.62 $136,889,439 $37,249 87.20% $119,394,823 36,192 $3,298.93
<br /> Alexander 81 79 $2,602,703,487 $17,490,167.43 $5,802,477.44 $3,022,134.63 $20,270,510 $33,973 79.50% $16,124,992 4,899 $3,291.49
<br /> Granville 82 89 $4,135,984,132 $27,793,813.37 $9,718,291.97 $2,931,391.51 $34,580,714 $35,766 83.70% $28,960,447 8,851 $3,272.00
<br /> Franklin 83 84 $4,892,304,219 $32,876,284.35 $10,697,310.19 $4,310,028.42 $39,263,566 $33,325 78.00% $30,638,030 9,388 $3,263.53
<br /> Anson 84 80 $1,796,213,135 $12,070,552.27 $4,356,551.05 $1,822,148.99 $14,604,954 $31,801 74.50% $10,875,317 3,337 $3,259.01
<br /> Hertford 85 82 $1,431,350,329 $9,618,674.21 $5,903,527.54 $2,418,749.61 $13,103,452 $30,574 71.60% $9,380,779 2,880 $3,257.22
<br /> Caswell 86 88 $1,630,036,065 $10,953,842.36 $2,188,929.77 $1,621,306.63 $11,521,465 $33,307 78.00% $8,985,540 2,817 $3,189.76
<br /> Halifax 87 83 $3,586,443,662 $24,100,901.41 $12,705,376.86 $5,718,444.03 $31,087,834 $33,577 78.60% $24,441,806 7,681 $3,182.11
<br /> Richmond 88 92 $3,267,003,794 $21,954,265.50 $10,076,042.57 $2,924,660.13 $29,105,648 $33,124 77.60% $22,574,648 7,297 $3,093.69
<br /> Gates 89 87 $852,845,077 $5,731,118.92 $1,287,934.00 $805,605.04 $6,213,448 $33,734 79.00% $4,907,965 1,592 $3,082.89
<br /> Bertie 90 86 $1,324,500,647 $8,900,644.35 $2,493,461.12 $1,809,900.82 $9,584,205 $32,427 75.90% $7,277,191 2,422 $3,004.62
<br /> Edgecombe 91 90 $3,165,577,883 $21,272,683.37 $10,044,624.30 $5,000,500.90 $26,316,807 $32,374 75.80% $19,949,430 6,858 $2,908.93
<br /> Duplin 92 91 $4,358,546,885 $29,289,435.07 $11,334,919.15 $3,325,104.52 $37,299,250 $31,713 74.30% $27,697,359 9,561 $2,896.91
<br /> Vance 93 95 $2,579,639,870 $17,335,179.93 $11,616,593.16 $3,508,734.95 $25,443,038 $33,099 77.50% $19,718,995 7,385 $2,670.14
<br /> Sampson 94 93 $4,268,524,635 $28,684,485.55 $13,440,444.36 $5,341,537.64 $36,783,392 $34,842 81.60% $30,009,295 11,260 $2,665.12
<br /> Columbus 95 94 $3,816,562,221 $25,647,298.13 $10,471,583.45 $3,997,408.25 $32,121,473 $30,605 71.70% $23,019,123 8,762 $2,627.15
<br /> Harnett 96 96 $7,970,045,197 $53,558,703.72 $22,546,421.20 $6,808,448.06 $69,296,677 $31,845 74.60% $51,671,920 20,775 $2,487.22
<br /> Scotland 97 97 $2,111,483,171 $14,189,166.91 $7,790,148.65 $3,008,467.62 $18,970,848 $30,456 71.30% $13,528,839 5,774 $2,343.06
<br /> Hoke 98 98 $3,433,578,210 $23,073,645.57 $5,930,528.18 $3,080,273.52 $25,923,900 $29,052 68.00% $17,635,075 8,731 $2,019.82
<br /> Greene 99 99 $1,103,360,612 $7,414,583.31 $2,169,081.66 $1,357,048.70 $8,226,616 $30,476 71.40% $5,870,568 3,100 $1,893.73
<br /> Robeson 100 100 $6,497,771,766 $43,665,026.27 $28,393,926.84 $14,438,883.77 $57,620,069 $27,676 64.80% $37,340,320 23,181 $1,610.82
<br /> *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 21<
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