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Chart 1: US Total GDP by State for Top 15 States (2006)

California is 1 with 1.727 billion. Texas is 2 with 1.066 billion. New York is 3 with 1.022 billion. Florida is 4 with 714 million. Illinois is 5 with 560 million. Pennsylvania is 6 with 510 million. Ohio is 7 with 461 million. New Jersey is 8 with 453 million. Michigan is 9 with 381 million. Georgia is 10 with 380 million. North Carolina is 11 with 375 million. Virginia is 12 with 369 million. Massachusetts is 13 with 388 million. Washington is 14 with 294 million. Maryland is 15 with 258 million.

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Chart 2: US Contribution to GDP by Manufacturing (MFG) Sector (2006) in millions of dollars.

California is 1 with $169 million. Texas is 2 with $139.7 million. Ohio is 3 with $89.3 million. Illinois is 4 with $77.6 million. Pennsylvania is 5 with $75.4 million. North Carolina is 6 with $74 million. Indiana is 7 with $70 million. Michigan is 8 with $68.4 million. New York is 9 with $64.1 million. Georgia is 10 with $49 million. Wisconsin is 11 with $47.2 million. Tennessee is 12 with $42.4 million. New Jersey is 13 with $41.6 million. Louisiana is 14 with $40.5 million. Florida is 15 with $35.9 million.

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Chart 3: North Carolina GDP based on Industrial Sector (2006)

Manufacturing is 1 with 19.76%. Finance and Insurance is 2 with 11.14%. Real Estate, Rental and Leasing is 3 with 9.79%. Retail Trade is 4 with 6.41%. Health Care & Social Services is 5 with 6.17%. Wholesale trade is 6 with 5.56%. Construction is 7 with 4.99%. Professional, Scientific & Technical is 8 with 4.74%. Information is 9 with 3.39%. Administrative & Waste Services is 10 with 2.59%.

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Chart 4: North Carolina Employment by Industrial Sector (2005)

Manufacturing is 1 with 16.26%. Retail Trade is 2 with 13.62%. Health Care & Social Assistance is 3 with 13.62%. Accommodation & Food Services is 4 with 9.24%. Admin., Support, Waste Mgt., Remediation is 5 with 7.69%. Construction is 6 with 6.50%. Finance & Insurance is 7 with 5.23%. Professional, Scientific & Technical is 8 with 5.13%. Wholesale Trade is 9 with 4.81%. Miscellaneous is 10 with 4.33%.

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Chart 5: North Carolina Average Weekly Employee Wages by Industrial Sector (2005)

Management of companies and enterprises is 1 at $1,355. Utilities is 2 at $1,349. Finance & insurance is 3 at $1,107. Professional, scientific & technical is 4 at $1,045. Information is 5 at $981. Mining is 6 at $946. Wholesale trade is 7 at $915. Manufacturing is 8 at $717. Construction is 9 at $691. Real estate & rental & leasing is 10 at $677. Healthcare and social assistance is 11 at $633. Transportation & warehousing is 12 at $651. Educational services is 13 at $593. Arts, entertainment & recreation is 14 at $472. Admin, support, waste mgt. Remediation services is 15 at $472. Retail trade is 16 at $415. Other services (except public administration) is 17 at $396. Accommodation & food services is 18 at $238.

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Chart 6: County Distribution of Resident Population

Population range 0-20,000-counties include: Graham, Clay, Swain, Yancey, Mitchell, Avery, Polk, Alleghany, Gates, Camden, Perquimans, Chowan, Bertie, Washington, Tyrrell, Hyde, Jones, and Pamlico.

Population range 20,001-40,000-counties include: Cherokee, Macon, Jackson, Transylvania, Madison, Ashe, Alexander, Yadkin, Davie, Montgomery, Anson, Scotland, Caswell, Person, Northampton, Hertford, Martin, Greene, Bladen, Pasquotank, Currituck, and Dare.

Population range 40,001-70,000-counties include: Haywood, Rutherford, McDowell, Watauga, Wilkes, Stokes, Stanley, Richmond, Chatham, Lee, Hoke, Granville, Vance, Franklin, Warren, Halifax, Edgecomb, Sampson, Duplin, Pender, Columbus, Lenoir, Beaufort, and Carteret.

Population range 70,001-200,000-counties include: Henderson, Caldwell, Burke, Cleveland, Catawba, Lincoln, Gaston, Surry, Iredell, Rowan, Cabarrus, Union, Rockingham, Davidson, Randolph, Moore, Harnett, Robeson, Johnston, Nash, Wilson, Wayne, Pitt, Craven, Onslow, New Hanover, and Brunswick.

Population range 200,000 + counties include: Buncombe, Mecklenburg, Forsyth, Guilford, Durham, Wake, and Cumberland.

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Chart 7: County Distribution of Manufacturing Establishments

Data Not Available for the following counties: Graham and Bertie.

Number of establishments 0-20, counties include: Clay, Swain, Madison, Yancey, Avery, Caswell, Hoke, Warren, Gates, Greene, Jones, Pamlico, Washington, Tyrrell, Hyde, Northampton, Perquimans, Currituck, and Chowan.

Number of establishments 21-50, counties include: Cherokee, Macon, Jackson, Haywood, Transylvania, Polk, Mitchell, Ashe, Yadkin, Stokes, Anson, Richmond, Scotland, Person, Vance, Bladen, Columbus, Pender Duplin, Onslow, Halifax, Edgecomb, Martin, Hertford, Pasquotank, and Dare.

Number of establishments 51-150, counties include: Henderson, McDowell, Rutherford, Burke, Cleveland, Watauga, Alleghany, Wilkes, Alexander, Lincoln, Surry, Davie, Stanley, Montgomery, Moore, Rockingham, Granville, Orange, Chatham, Lee, Robeson, Cumberland, Harnett, Granville, Franklin, Nash, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne, Lenoir, Pitt, Craven, Carteret, Beaufort, Brunswick, and Camden.

Number of establishments 151-400, counties include: Buncombe, Caldwell, Gaston, Iredell, Rowan, Cabarrus, Union, Davidson, Forsyth, Randolph, Alamance, Durham, and New Hanover.

Number of establishments 400+, counties include: Catawba, Guilford, Mecklenburg, Wake.

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Chart 8: Top Ten NC Counties by Manufacturing Units (mu) 3Q 2007.

Mecklenburg is 1 with 1,013, 9.6% mu. Guilford is 2 with 756, 7.2% mu. Wake is 3 with 716, 6.8% mu. Catawba is 4 with 504, 4.8% mu. Forsyth is 5 with 359, 3.4% mu. Gaston is 6 with 353, 3.3% mu. Randolph is 7 with 338, 3.2% mu. Buncombe is 8 with 316, 3.0% mu. Iredell is 9 with 313, 3.0% mu. Davidson is 10 with 302, 2.9% mu.

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Chart 9: Top 5 Counties for Total Manufacturing Wages 3Q 2007.

Durham is 1 with $849.42 million. Mecklenburg is 2 with $519.24 million. Guilford is 3 with $436.98 million. Wake is 4 with $323.02 million. Forsyth is 5 with $317.39 million.

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Chart 10: County Distribution of Manufacturing Work Force

Manufacturing work force distribution 0-1,500, counties include: Cherokee, Graham, Clay, Macon, Swain, Jackson, Transylvania, Polk, Yancey, Mitchell, Avery, Watauga, Alleghany, Stokes, Caswell, Orange, Northampton, Hertford, Gates, Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Washington, Tyrrell, Dare, Hyde, Greene, Jones, Onslow, Pender, Carteret, and Pamlico.

Manufacturing work force distribution 1,501-5,000, counties include: Haywood, Madison, Rutherford, Ashe, Yadkin, Alexander, Davie, Stanley, Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Moore, Scotland, Hoke, Harnett, Chatham, Person, Vance, Franklin, Sampson, Columbus, Brunswick, Lenoir, Craven, Halifax, Beaufort, Edgecombe, and Martin.

Manufacturing work force distribution 5,001-10,000, counties include: Henderson, McDowell, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Lincoln, Cleveland, Cabarrus, Wilkes, Surry, Rockingham, Granville, Warren, Nash, Wilson, Johnston, Wayne, Duplin, Cumberland, Bladen, Robeson, New Hanover, and Pitt.

Manufacturing work force distribution 10,001-20,000, counties include: Buncombe, Iredell, Gaston, Rowan, Davidson, Randolph, Lee, Alamance, and Union.

Manufacturing work force distribution 20,000 +, counties include: Catawba, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Mecklenburg, Wake.

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Chart 11: North Carolina – GDP based on Mfg Industrial Sub-Sectors (2005) in billions of dollars.

Food Product Mfg is 1 with $19.234 billion. Chemical Mfg is 2 with $14.947 billion. Fabricated Metal Products is 3 with $3.837 billion. Textile & Textile Product Mills is 4 with $3.630 billion. Machinery is 5 with $3.469 billion. Computer and Electronic Products is 6 with $3.435 billion. Furniture & Related Products is 7 with $3.060 billion. Electrical Equip. & Appliances is 8 with $3.023 billion. Plastics & Rubber Products are 9 with $3.000 billion. Transportation Equip. is 10 with $2.962 billion.

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Chart 12: North Carolina’s GDP by Manufacturing Sub-Sectors 2005, Percent of total manufacturing (millions of current dollars).

Fabricated Metal Products is 5.38%. Textile & textile product mills is 5.1%. Machinery is 4.87%, Computer & Electronic products is 4.82%. Furniture and related products is 4.29%. Electrical equip & appliances is 4.24%. Plastics and rubber products is 4.21%. Motor vehicles, body, trailer, & parts & other trans. equip. is 4%. Wood products is 2.71%. Nonmetallic mineral products is 2.43%. Apparel is 2.36%. Paper is 2.35%. Miscellaneous ?. Primary Metal is 1.69%. Printing and support activities is 1.49%. Petroleum and coal products is 0.2%. Food products is 26.98%. Chemical manufacturing is 20.96%.

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Chart 13: North Carolina – Number of Establishments per Mfg Industrial Sub-Sectors (Top Ten) 2007

Fabricated Metal Products is 1 with 1,401. Furniture and Related products is 2 with 1,120. Printing & Related Support is 3 with 1,006. Miscellaneous Manufacturing is 4 with 793. Machinery is 5 with 758. Wood Products is 6 with 735. Nonmetallic Mineral Products is 7 with 650. Textile Mills is 8 with 553. Food is 9 with 543. Chemical is 10 with 493.

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Chart 14: North Carolina – Employment by Mfg. Industrial Sub-Sector (2005 & 2006)

Furniture & Related Products is 52,457 in 2006, 56,805 in 2005. Food Product is 51,182 in 2006, 50,261 in 2005. Textiles & Textile Mills is 49,110 in 2006, 55,709 in 2005. Chemical is 41,393 in 2006, 44,135 in 2005. Fabricated Metal Products is 41,061 in 2006, 41,374 in 2005. Computer and Electronic is 40,506 in 2006, 38,738 in 2005. Transportation Equipment is 36,431 in 2006, 36,623 in 2005. Plastics & Rubber is 34,553 in 2006, 33,542 in 2005. Machinery is 31,990. Wood Products is 26,831 in 2006, 27,038 in 2005.

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Chart 15: Distribution of Establishments based on Employee Size 2005

Small manufacturers with between 1-9 employees are 1 at 47.80%. Medium manufacturers with between 10-49 employees are 2 at 30.62%. Large manufacturers with between 50-249 employees are 3 at 16.87%. Very large manufacturers with over 250 + employees are 4.71%.

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Chart 16: Distribution of Percentage of Establishments by Employee Size (for the top 3 Mfg. sub-sectors)

Small (Employees 1-9) Food Mfg. has 41.09% companies. Textile mills has 28.52% companies. Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing has 51.72%.

Medium: (Employees 10-49) Food Mfg. has 35.66%. Textile Mills has 22.66%. Furniture & Related Product Mfg. has 28.23%.

Large: (Employees 50-249) Food Mfg. has 14.73%. Textile Mills has 38.28%. Furniture & Related Product Mfg. has 14.58%.

Very Large: (Employees 250+) Food Mfg. has 8.53%. Textile Mills has 10.55%. Furniture & Related Product Mf. has 5.48%.

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Chart 17: Manufacturing Exports by State

Segment $22,132,768 - - $143,752,547, states included are: Washington, California, Texas, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Florida

Segment $11,683,231 - - $22,132,768, states included are: Oregon, Arizona, Louisiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama

Segment $3,457,519 - - 11,683,231, states included are: Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island, and Vermont

Segment $590,535 - - 43,457,519, states included are: Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, West Virginia, New Hampshire, and Maine

Segment Zero- does not apply

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Chart 18: Manufacturing Exports from North Carolina to World

Segment $35,443 - - $5,282,900, countries included are: All of North America, most of South America, Australia, most of Asia, and most of Europe.

Segment $2,898 - - $35,443, countries included are: some countries in South America, some countries in Africa, some in Europe, some in the Middle East, and some in Asia.

Segment $244 - - $2,898, countries included are: some countries in Africa, some in Asia, a few in Europe, and a couple in South America.

Segment $3 - - $294, countries included are: Greenland, a couple of countries in South America, and a couple of countries in Europe and Asia.

Segment $0, countries included are: Sudan, Somalia, Western Sahara and Antarctica.

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Chart 19: North Carolina Exports by Geographical Regions (2006) in millions of dollars

North America total exports is $7,159 million, manufacturing exports is $7,041 million. Asia total exports is $5,223 million, manufacturing exports is $4,764 million. Western Europe total exports is $4,545 million, manufacturing exports is $3,973 million. Central America total exports is $1,491 million, manufacturing exports is $1,482 million. South America total exports is $828 million, manufacturing exports is $822 million. Middle East total exports is $564 million, manufacturing exports is $543 million. Caribbean total exports is $461 million, manufacturing exports is $458 million. Eastern Europe total exports is $396 million, manufacturing exports is $332 million. Sub-Saharan Africa total exports is $163 million, manufacturing exports is $155 million. North Africa total exports is $42 million, manufacturing exports is $39 million. p>

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Chart 20: North Carolina Exports by Top Ten Countries (2006) in millions of dollars

Canada total exports is $5,379 million, manufacturing exports is $5,283 million. Mexico total exports is $1,780 million, manufacturing exports is $1,758 million. Japan total exports is $1,692 million, manufacturing exports is $1,641 million. China total exports is $1,340 million, manufacturing exports is $1,078 million. United Kingdom total exports is $943 million, manufacturing exports is $914 million. Germany total exports is $841 million, manufacturing exports is $672 million. Honduras total exports is $783 million, manufacturing exports is $783 million. France total exports is $783 million, manufacturing exports is $770 million. South Korea total exports is $542 million, manufacturing exports is $504 million, Netherlands total exports is $505 million, manufacturing exports is $379 million.

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Chart 21: North Carolina Exports by Manufacturing Industrial Sub-Sectors (2006)

Chemical Manufacturers is 1 with 17.62% of total. Computers and Electronic Products are 2 with 14.06%. Machinery Manufacturers are 3 at 12.99%. Fabric Mill Products are 4 with 9.23%. Transportation Equipment is 5 with 9.17%. Plastic and Rubber Products are 6 with 4.83%. Elec. Eq., Appliances are 7 with 4.51%. Apparel Manufacturers are 8 with 3.80%. Tobacco Products are 9 with 3.37%. Fabricated Metal Products are 10 with 3.35%.

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Chart 22: US GDP and Manufacturing Sector (1997-2006) in billions of dollars

1997: US GDP $8,237; Manufacturing contribution $1,279

1998: US GDP $8,679; Manufacturing contribution $1,343

1999: US GDP $9,291; Manufacturing contribution $1,373

2000: US GDP $9,749; Manufacturing contribution $1,426

2001: US GDP $10,058; Manufacturing contribution $1,341

2002: US GDP $10,398; Manufacturing contribution $1,352

2003: US GDP $10,896; Manufacturing contribution $1,369

2004: US GDP $11,655; Manufacturing contribution $1,420

2005: US GDP $12,409; Manufacturing contribution $1,496

2006: US GDP $13,149; Manufacturing contribution $1,601

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Chart 23: NC GDP and Manufacturing Sector in billions of current dollars

1997: NC GDP $228; Manufacturing contribution $60

1998: NC GDP $242; Manufacturing contribution $60

1999: NC GDP $262; Manufacturing contribution $65

2000: NC GDP $273; Manufacturing contribution $66

2001: NC GDP $285; Manufacturing contribution $66

2002: NC GDP $296; Manufacturing contribution $66

2003: NC GDP $307; Manufacturing contribution $66

2004: NC GDP $323; Manufacturing contribution $64

2005: NC GDP $346; Manufacturing contribution $67

2006: NC GDP $375; Manufacturing contribution $74

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Chart 24: North Carolina-Detailed Distribution of GDP for Mfg Sector, Billions of current dollars

1997: Mfg contribution $60; Durable: $23; Nondurable: $36

1998: Mfg contribution $60; Durable: $24; Nondurable: $36

1999: Mfg contribution $65; Durable: $26; Nondurable: $39

2000: Mfg contribution $66; Durable: $26; Nondurable: $40

2001: Mfg contribution $66; Durable: $23; Nondurable: $43

2002: Mfg contribution $66; Durable: $21; Nondurable: $45

2003: Mfg contribution $66; Durable: $21; Nondurable: $45

2004: Mfg contribution $64; Durable: $23; Nondurable: $40

2005: Mfg contribution $67; Durable: $25; Nondurable: $42

2006: Mfg contribution $74; Durable: $27; Nondurable: $46

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