| | Beaufort County | NC | 37013 | | Washington, NC 47820 | Greenville-Washington, NC 274 | Central | nonmetro county (rural) | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=BeaufortCounty+NC |
| | Bertie County | NC | 37015 | | | | | nonmetro county (rural) | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=BertieCounty+NC |
| | Bladen County | NC | 37017 | | | | | nonmetro county (rural) | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=BladenCounty+NC |
| | Camden County | NC | 37029 | | Virginia
Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk,
VA-NC 47260 | Virginia
Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC 545 | Outlying | nonmetro county (rural) | nonspecialized | https://maps.google.com/?q=CamdenCounty+NC |
| | Carteret County | NC | 37031 | | Morehead City, NC 33980 | New Bern-Morehead City,
NC 404 | Central | nonmetro county (rural) | recreation | https://maps.google.com/?q=CarteretCounty+NC |
| | Caswell County | NC | 37033 | | | | | nonmetro county (rural) | federal/state
government-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=CaswellCounty+NC |
| | Cherokee County | NC | 37039 | | | | | nonmetro county (rural) | recreation | https://maps.google.com/?q=CherokeeCounty+NC |
| | Chowan County | NC | 37041 | | | | | nonmetro county (rural) | nonspecialized | https://maps.google.com/?q=ChowanCounty+NC |
| | Clay County | NC | 37043 | | | | | nonmetro county (rural) | recreation | https://maps.google.com/?q=ClayCounty+NC |
| | Cleveland County | NC | 37045 | | Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC 43140 | Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC 172 | Central | nonmetro county (rural) | nonspecialized | https://maps.google.com/?q=ClevelandCounty+NC |