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21 <br /> 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 RANK REVENUE PER ADM EFFORT RANK TOTAL CURRENT EFFORT AS PERCENTAGE <br /> RANK:CURRENT SPENDING PER ADM OF REVENUE PER STUDENT: <br /> SPENDING CURRENT SPENDING <br /> Scotland 1 97 $2,522.19 31 $1,823 72.28% <br /> Gates 2 90 $3,147.97 33 $1,813 57.59% <br /> Franklin 3 81 $3,518.56 38 $1,754 49.85% <br /> Orange 4 16 $11,064.68 1 $5,256 47.50% <br /> Johnston 5 78 $3,539.77 47 $1,623 45.85% <br /> Granville 6 84 $3,490.53 53 $1,583 45.35% <br /> Hertford 7 79 $3,519.19 54 $1,576 44.78% <br /> Martin 8 75 $3,780.07 44 $1,673 44.26% <br /> Stokes 9 63 $4,241.15 28 $1,861 43.88% <br /> Sampson 10 94 $2,842.12 78 $1,224 43.07% <br /> Harnett 11 96 $2,647.51 85 $1,137 42.95% <br /> Cumberland 12 72 $3,832.08 51 $1,599 41.73% <br /> Pasquotank 13 55 $4,703.32 25 $1,956 41.59% <br /> Warren 14 47 $5,149.81 20 $2,119 41.15% <br /> McDowell 15 71 $3,852.90 57 $1,561 40.51% <br /> Halifax 16 85 $3,433.28 64 $1,370 39.90% <br /> Bertie 17 87 $3,324.23 72 $1,315 39.56% <br /> Bladen 18 83 $3,494.49 66 $1,369 39.18% <br /> Guilford 19 30 $6,561.25 12 $2,513 38.30% <br /> Rowan 20 51 $4,853.39 29 $1,852 38.16% <br /> Anson 21 77 $3,568.54 68 $1,355 37.97% <br /> Greene 22 98 $2,023.44 97 $764 37.76% <br /> Lee 23 54 $4,766.14 36 $1,775 37.24% <br /> Wilson 24 62 $4,263.42 56 $1,563 36.66% <br /> Union 25 41 $5,480.82 23 $2,000 36.49% <br /> Edgecombe 26 91 $3,073.62 86 $1,117 36.34% <br /> Cleveland 27 68 $3,939.83 63 $1,405 35.66% <br /> Alexander 28 80 $3,518.72 77 $1,253 35.61% <br /> Gaston 29 66 $4,048.00 59 $1,429 35.30% <br /> Onslow 30 46 $5,207.17 30 $1,835 35.24% <br /> Randolph 31 74 $3,792.78 71 $1,331 35.09% <br /> Nash 32 65 $4,088.15 60 $1,424 34.83% <br /> Beaufort 33 34 $6,208.81 21 $2,105 33.90% <br /> Robeson 34 100 $1,748.07 98 $590 33.75% <br /> Cherokee 35 35 $5,835.91 26 $1,948 33.38% <br /> Chowan 36 45 $5,228.50 39 $1,744 33.36% <br /> Caldwell 37 70 $3,866.60 73 $1,287 33.29% <br /> Richmond 38 88 $3,271.23 87 $1,083 33.11% <br /> Vance 39 95 $2,821.32 93 $930 32.96% <br /> Forsyth 40 31 $6,560.94 19 $2,156 32.86% <br /> Jones 41 43 $5,249.39 40 $1,725 32.86% <br /> Northampton 42 48 $5,074.52 45 $1,666 32.83% <br /> Burke 43 76 $3,727.87 79 $1,218 32.67% <br /> Pitt 44 50 $4,900.66 52 $1,596 32.57% <br /> Alamance 45 44 $5,241.30 43 $1,691 32.26% - <br /> Rutherford 46 64 $4,193.55 70 $1,331 31.74% <br /> Davidson 47 61 $4,331.06 65 $1,370 31.63% <br /> Pander 48 49 $4,986.00 55 $1,576 31.61% <br /> Yadkin 49 73 $3,806.63 80 $1,203 31.60% <br /> Caswell 50 86 $3,425.70 88 $1,076 31.41% <br /> Wilkes 51 59 $4,363.86 67 $1,365 31.28% <br /> Rockingham 52 67 $4,042.03 76 $1,261 31.20% . <br /> Cabarrus 53 36 $5,754.15 35 $1,785 31.02% <br /> Camden 54 57 $4,549.42 62 $1,406 30.91% <br /> Duplin 55 92 $3,007.45 94 $918 30.52% <br /> Tyrrell 56 89 $3,216.71 92 $978 30.40% <br /> Columbus 57 93 $2,849.67 95 $865 30.35% <br /> Durham 58 15 $11,292.44 3 $3,376 29.90% <br /> Lenoir 59 69 $3,869.05 84 $1,145 29.59% <br /> Wayne 60 82 $3,511.86 90 $1,036 29.50% <br /> Davie 61 33 $6,390.80 34 $1,789 27.99% <br /> Surry 62 58 $4,522.93 75 $1,263 27.92% <br /> Transylvania 63 13 $11,638.27 4 $3,195 27.45% <br /> Hoke 64 99 $1,975.53 99 $535 27.08% <br /> Chatham 65 11 $11,878.16 5 $3,182 26.79% <br /> Montgomery 66 53 $4,846.07 74 $1,281 26.43% <br /> Stanly 67 56 $4,594.63 81 $1,201 26.14% <br /> Craven 68 38 $5,709.47 58 $1,484 25.99% <br /> Haywood 69 25 $7,577.36 27 $1,938 25.58% <br /> Person 70 42 $5,432.93 69 $1,343 24.72% <br /> Mitchell 71 52 $4,850.56 82 $1,199 24.72% <br /> Pamlico 72 20 $8,248.25 22 $2,032 24.64% <br /> Alleghany 73 22 $8,054.42 24 $1,982 24.61% <br /> Hyde 74 12 $11,660.59 6 $2,849 24.43% <br /> Catawba 75 29 $6,654.01 48 $1,617 24.30% <br /> Washington 76 60 $4,333.11 89 $1,047 24.16% <br /> Polk 77 18 $9,977.07 17 $2,322 23.27% <br /> Wake 78 17 $10,814.50 13 $2,509 23.20% <br /> Lincoln 79 28 $6,996.41 49 $1,613 23.05% <br /> Moore 80 19 $9,469.19 18 $2,174 22.96% <br /> Perquimans 81 26 $7,478.13 42 $1,716 22.95% <br /> Henderson 82 23 $7,955.67 32 $1,820 22.88% <br /> Mecklenburg 83 14 $11,558.87 11 $2,585 22.36% <br /> Buncombe 84 10 $12,212.20 9 $2,703 22.13% <br /> New Hanover 85 9 $12,500.33 8 $2,753 22.02% <br /> Yancey 86 32 $6,538.67 61 $1,422 21.75% <br /> Iredell 87 24 $7,822.78 46 $1,644 21.02% <br /> Madison 88 37 $5,726.27 83 $1,192 20.82% <br /> Watauga 89 4 $14,065.32 7 $2,826 20.09% <br /> Ashe 90 21 $8,190.82 50 $1,601 19.55% <br /> Currituck 91 5 $13,874.23 15 $2,482 17.89% <br /> Avery 92 6 $13,231.79 16 $2,331 17.62% <br /> Brunswick 93 3 $14,293.38 14 $2,497 17.47% <br /> Carteret 94 2 $16,333.90 10 $2,630 16.10% <br /> Clay 95 27 $7,156.09 91 $1,036 14.48% <br /> Dare 96 1 $30,810.44 2 $4,274 13.87% <br /> Graham 97 39 $5,639.40 96 $770 13.65% <br /> Macon 98 8 $12,960.77 37 $1,758 13.56% <br /> Jackson 99 7 $13,171.00 41 $1,719 13.05% <br /> Swain 100 40 $5,615.77 100 $434 7.73% <br />