| | Mitchell County | NC | 37121 | | | | | nonmetro county (rural) | nonspecialized | https://maps.google.com/?q=MitchellCounty+NC |
| | Montgomery County | NC | 37123 | | | | | nonmetro county (rural) | manufacturing-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=MontgomeryCounty+NC |
| | Moore County | NC | 37125 | | Pinehurst-Southern Pines,
NC 38240 | Fayetteville-Lumberton-Pinehurst,
NC 246 | Central | nonmetro county (rural) | recreation | https://maps.google.com/?q=MooreCounty+NC |
| | Northampton County | NC | 37131 | | Roanoke Rapids, NC 40260 | Rocky
Mount-Wilson-Roanoke
Rapids, NC 468 | Outlying | nonmetro county (rural) | nonspecialized | https://maps.google.com/?q=NorthamptonCounty+NC |
| | Pasquotank County | NC | 37139 | | Elizabeth City, NC 21020 | Virginia
Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC 545 | Central | nonmetro county (rural) | federal/state
government-dependent | https://maps.google.com/?q=PasquotankCounty+NC |
| | Perquimans County | NC | 37143 | | | | | nonmetro county (rural) | nonspecialized | https://maps.google.com/?q=PerquimansCounty+NC |
| | Polk County | NC | 37149 | | | | | nonmetro county (rural) | nonspecialized | https://maps.google.com/?q=PolkCounty+NC |
| | Richmond County | NC | 37153 | | Rockingham, NC 40460 | Fayetteville-Lumberton-Pinehurst,
NC 246 | Central | nonmetro county (rural) | nonspecialized | https://maps.google.com/?q=RichmondCounty+NC |
| | Robeson County | NC | 37155 | | Lumberton, NC 31300 | Fayetteville-Lumberton-Pinehurst,
NC 246 | Central | nonmetro county (rural) | nonspecialized | https://maps.google.com/?q=RobesonCounty+NC |
| | Rutherford County | NC | 37161 | | Forest City, NC 22580 | | Central | nonmetro county (rural) | nonspecialized | https://maps.google.com/?q=RutherfordCounty+NC |