| | | Caldwell County | NC | 37027 | | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton,
NC 25860 | Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC 172 | Central | metro county (urban) | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=CaldwellCounty+NC |
| | | Catawba County | NC | 37035 | | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton,
NC 25860 | Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC 172 | Central | metro county (urban) | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=CatawbaCounty+NC |
| | | Duplin County | NC | 37061 | | | | | nonmetro county (rural) | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=DuplinCounty+NC |
| | | Durham County | NC | 37063 | | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 20500 | Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC 450 | Central | metro county (urban) | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=DurhamCounty+NC |
| | | Hoke County | NC | 37093 | | Fayetteville, NC 22180 | Fayetteville-Lumberton-Pinehurst,
NC 246 | Central | metro county (urban) | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=HokeCounty+NC |
| | | Lee County | NC | 37105 | | Sanford, NC 41820 | Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC 450 | Central | nonmetro county (rural) | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=LeeCounty+NC |
| | | Lincoln County | NC | 37109 | | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia,
NC-SC 16740 | Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC 172 | Outlying | metro county (urban) | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=LincolnCounty+NC |
| | | McDowell County | NC | 37111 | | Marion, NC 32000 | Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC 172 | Central | nonmetro county (rural) | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=McDowellCounty+NC |
| | | Martin County | NC | 37117 | | | | | nonmetro county (rural) | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=MartinCounty+NC |
| | | Montgomery County | NC | 37123 | | | | | nonmetro county (rural) | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=MontgomeryCounty+NC |
