| | | Alexander County | NC | 37003 | | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton,
NC 25860 | Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC 172 | Outlying | in metro of > 250k
< 1m | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=AlexanderCounty+NC |
| | | Alleghany County | NC | 37005 | | | | | not in metro; pop <
5k; non-metro-adjacent | recreation | https://maps.google.com/?q=AlleghanyCounty+NC |
| | | Ashe County | NC | 37009 | | | | | not in metro; pop <
5k; non-metro-adjacent | recreation | https://maps.google.com/?q=AsheCounty+NC |
| | | Avery County | NC | 37011 | | | | | not in metro; pop <
5k; non-metro-adjacent | recreation | https://maps.google.com/?q=AveryCounty+NC |
| | | Burke County | NC | 37023 | | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton,
NC 25860 | Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC 172 | Central | in metro of > 250k
< 1m | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=BurkeCounty+NC |
| | | Caldwell County | NC | 37027 | | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton,
NC 25860 | Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC 172 | Central | in metro of > 250k
< 1m | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=CaldwellCounty+NC |
| | | Catawba County | NC | 37035 | | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton,
NC 25860 | Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC 172 | Central | in metro of > 250k
< 1m | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=CatawbaCounty+NC |
| | | McDowell County | NC | 37111 | | Marion, NC 32000 | Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC 172 | Central | not in metro; pop > 5k
< 20k; metro-adjacent | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=McDowellCounty+NC |
| | | Mitchell County | NC | 37121 | | | | | not in metro; pop <
5k; metro-adjacent | nonspecialized | https://maps.google.com/?q=MitchellCounty+NC |
| | | Watauga County | NC | 37189 | | Boone, NC 14380 | | Central | not in metro; pop
>20k; non-metro
adjacent | federal/state
government-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=WataugaCounty+NC |
