North Carolina, with its unique mix of industries, from information technology, biotech, and banking, to the traditional sectors of textiles & apparel, furniture, tobacco, and hog farming, is a microcosm of trends observed elsewhere in the United States. This website presents and analyzes up-to-date information about how industrial restructuring in an era of globalization is impacting North Carolina's key industries.
United States Census Bureau, "County Business Patterns."
This data set provides county-level information on employment, payroll, and establishments across NAICS industries in the United States. This is an annual series and is built with census information and administrative records. Information for 2002 is currently available (March 2004), and 2003 is expected summer 2005.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Current Employment Statistics."s
The Current Employment Statistics data set provides monthly information on employment, average wages, and average numbers of hours worked per week. It is constructed monthly through surveys of payroll records from nearly 400,000 businesses nationally. This information provides good month-to-month information on employment, but does not use NAICS categories at the state or metropolitan level.
North Carolina Employment Security Commission, "Employment and Wages by Industry."
The Employment and Wages by Industry data set provides employment, average wages, and the number of establishments by county for NAICS industry categories beginning in 1990. This is the primary source of data used in this site, and it provides both annual and quarterly data.
Website Resources
North Carolina Commissioner of Banks
This site has some important information on banking and financial services in North Carolina, along with lists of operating companies in the state and information on these companies.
Hoover's
This site is a corporate research site. It contains company profiles, industry information, and financial information for the banks evaluated in this industry site.
American Bankers Association
This site contains statistical information on aspects of the industry. The site also has considerable information on components of the industry, current news, and issues facing the industry.
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
The Federal Bank of Richmond is the regional Federal Reserve Bank in charge of supervising North Carolina Banking. The Federal Bank of Richmond does considerable economic research on member states. This site contains a resource page for banking information, including information on member banks. Finally, the "Research" section contains an economic database covering this region. Much of this data is similar to data used throughout this site.
U.S. Census Bureau. "North Carolina: 2002 - 2002 Economic Census, Finance and Insurance, Geographic Area Series." Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau, August 2005. Last accessed July 29, 2007. [http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/ec0252anc.pdf]
Winston, Clifford. 1998. "U.S. Industry Adjustment to Economic Deregulation." Journal of Economic Perspectives 12:3 (Summer 1998). Pp. 89-110
