| | Randolph County | NC | 37151 | | Greensboro-High Point, NC 24660 | Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High
Point, NC 268 | Outlying | metro county (urban) | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=RandolphCounty+NC |
| | Rockingham County | NC | 37157 | | Greensboro-High Point, NC 24660 | Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High
Point, NC 268 | Outlying | metro county (urban) | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=RockinghamCounty+NC |
| | Wilson County | NC | 37195 | | Wilson, NC 48980 | Rocky
Mount-Wilson-Roanoke
Rapids, NC 468 | Central | nonmetro county (rural) | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=WilsonCounty+NC |
| | Alamance County | NC | 37001 | | Burlington, NC 15500 | Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High
Point, NC 268 | Central | metro county (urban) | nonspecialized | https://maps.google.com/?q=AlamanceCounty+NC |
| | Buncombe County | NC | 37021 | | Asheville, NC 11700 | Asheville-Waynesville-Brevard,
NC 120 | Central | metro county (urban) | nonspecialized | https://maps.google.com/?q=BuncombeCounty+NC |
| | Cabarrus County | NC | 37025 | | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia,
NC-SC 16740 | Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC 172 | Outlying | metro county (urban) | nonspecialized | https://maps.google.com/?q=CabarrusCounty+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 |
| | Chatham County | NC | 37037 | | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 20500 | Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC 450 | Central | metro county (urban) | nonspecialized | https://maps.google.com/?q=ChathamCounty+NC |
| | Chowan County | NC | 37041 | | | | | nonmetro county (rural) | nonspecialized | https://maps.google.com/?q=ChowanCounty+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 |