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Avery County Commuting
Patterns: 1990 & 2000
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Workers Living in Avery County
Working in Avery County 1990---4,698
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Workers Living in Avery County
Working in Avery County 2000---5,004
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NC County
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1990
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2000
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State
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1990
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2000
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Mitchell County
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569
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640
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Tennessee
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53
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50
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| McDowell County |
421
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417
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South Carolina |
25
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18
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| Watauga County |
296
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557
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Out of US or At Sea |
11
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3
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| Burke County |
130
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80
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Florida |
8
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8
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| Caldwell County |
79
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52
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District of Columbia |
8
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| Buncombe County |
26
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28
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Virginia |
5
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10
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| Catawba County |
20
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25
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Texas |
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17
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| Yancey County |
19
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11
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Alabama |
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3
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| Guilford County |
12
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18
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Ohio |
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2
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| Forsyth County |
11
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10
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Kentucky |
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2
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| Halifax County |
10
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Georgia |
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2
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| Meclkenburg County |
9
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26
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Montana |
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1
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| Pitt County |
9
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Total Out of State |
110
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116
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| Orange County |
8
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| Wilkes County |
8
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7
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| Washington County |
6
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| Gaston County |
6
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| Durham County |
5
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| Cumberland County |
5
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| Rowan County |
5
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7
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| Ashe County |
4
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| Alamance County |
3
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| Northampton County |
2
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| Wake County |
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9
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| Macon County |
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8
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| Iredell County |
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6
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| Moore County |
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5
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| Haywood County |
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2
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| Rutherford County |
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1
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| Total In State |
1,663
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1,929
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NC County
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1990
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2000
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State
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1990
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2000
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| Watauga County |
615
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777
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Tennessee |
778
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962
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| Mitchell County |
129
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291
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Virginia |
15
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16
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| Burke County |
54
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139
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Florida |
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25
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| Yancey County |
35
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86
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South Carolina |
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15
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| McDowell County |
23
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72
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Kentucky |
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12
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| Buncombe County |
17
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23
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Total Out of State |
793
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1,030
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| Washington County |
13
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| Wake County |
8
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2
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| Ashe County |
8
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38
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| Wilkes County |
7
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21
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| Stokes County |
6
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| Cumberland County |
2
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| Rutherford County |
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23
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| Caldwell County |
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14
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| Forsyth County |
|
14
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| Jackson County |
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12
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| New Hanover County |
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12
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| Union County |
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9
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| Catawba County |
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6
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| Moore County |
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5
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| Person County |
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4
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| Total In State |
917
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1,548
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| 2000 |
Employed Residents |
Out Commuters |
Out Commuters as % of Employed Residents |
Persons Working in County |
In Commuters |
In Commuters as % of Persons Working
in County |
Non Commuting Workers Living in County |
Net Commuting |
Commuting Ratio |
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7,049
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2,045
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29.0
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7,582
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2,578
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34.0
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5,004
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533
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1.076
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- Employed Residents -- Residents of the area 16 years
old and over who are employed. An employed resident
of an area may work inside or outside the area.
- Out Commuters -- The total number of workers residing
in the reference county who leave the county to work.
- Out Commuters as a Percentage of Employed Residents
-- Total out commuters from the reference county divided
by total employed residents of the reference county,
expressed as a percentage.
- Persons Working in County -- Persons 16 years old
and over who listed a place of work in the county.
Each may or may not be a county resident.
- In Commuters -- the total number of workers in the
reference county who reside outside the county.
- In Commuters as a Percentage of Employed in County
-- Total in commuters to the reference county divided
by total number of persons working in the county,
expressed
as a percentage.
- Non Commuting Workers -- Those workers who do not
leave their county of residence to work
- Net Commuting -- The difference between persons
working in the county and employed residents of the
county. Also, the difference between in commuters
and out commuters.
- Commuting Ratio -- The ratio of persons working
in the county to employed residents of the county.
A value of one implies zero net commuting; a value
greater than one corresponds to net in commuting;
less than one, to net out commuting.
North Carolina State Data Center
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