North Carolina Concealed Handgun Permit Statistics by County
(12/1/1995 thru 6/30/2011)

County applications applications_denied percent_denied
Alamance Co Sheriff's Office 4,667 162 3.47%
Halifax Co Sheriff's Office 2,694 90 3.34%
Dare County Sheriff Admin 1,574 41 2.60%
Mecklenburg Co Sheriff's Office 27,871 708 2.54%
Hertford Co Sheriff's Office 897 21 2.34%
New Hanover Co Sheriff's Office 6,468 132 2.04%
Martin Co Sheriff's Office 949 19 2.00%
Tyrrell Co Sheriff's Office 154 3 1.95%
Hyde Co Sheriff's Office 208 4 1.92%
Currituck Co Sheriff's Office 892 17 1.91%
Vance Co Sheriff's Office 2,295 43 1.87%
Richmond Co Sheriff's Office 1,964 36 1.83%
Edgecombe Co Sheriff's Office 1,712 31 1.81%
Surry Co Sheriff's Office 3,646 65 1.78%
Bertie Co Sheriff's Office 716 12 1.68%
Brunswick Co Sheriff's Office 4,987 82 1.64%
Lenoir Co Sheriff 2,365 38 1.61%
Moore Co Sheriff's Office 4,331 68 1.57%
Orange Co Sheriff's Office 3,963 61 1.54%
Durham Co Sheriff's Office 5,673 86 1.52%
Chowan Co Sheriff's Office 465 7 1.51%
Jackson Co Sheriff's Office 1,931 29 1.50%
Columbus Co Sheriff's Office 1,806 25 1.38%
Anson County Sheriff 1,013 14 1.38%
Stokes Co Sheriff's Office 2,758 38 1.38%
Rowan Co Sheriff's Office 9,239 124 1.34%
Sampson Co Sheriff's Office 1,873 25 1.33%
Clay County Sheriff Hayesville 707 9 1.27%
Buncombe Co Sheriff's Office 8,968 114 1.27%
Davie County Sheriff 2,295 27 1.18%
Robeson Co Sheriff's Office 3,165 37 1.17%
Person Co Sheriff's Office 2,041 23 1.13%
Guilford Co Sheriff's Office 16,252 182 1.12%
Rockingham Co Sheriff's Office 5,312 58 1.09%
Transylvania Co Sheriff's Office 1,299 14 1.08%
Haywood Co Sheriff's Office 3,642 38 1.04%
Burke Co Sheriff's Office 3,963 41 1.03%
Henderson Sheriff's Office 4,060 42 1.03%
McDowell Co Sheriff's Office 2,335 24 1.03%
Gaston Co Sheriff's Office 11,623 116 1.00%
Rutherford Co Sheriff's Office 3,734 36 0.96%
Jones Co Sheriff's Office 426 4 0.94%
Pender Co Sheriff's Office 3,085 28 0.91%
Harnett Co Sheriff's Office 6,697 60 0.90%
Duplin Co Sheriff's Office 1,556 13 0.84%
Johnston Co Sheriff's Office 7,987 66 0.83%
Pitt Co Sheriff's Office 6,229 51 0.82%
Alexander Sheriff's Office 2,089 17 0.81%
Union Co Sheriff's Office 7,335 58 0.79%
Davidson Co Sheriff's Office 9,282 73 0.79%
Cabarrus Co Sheriff's Office 9,960 76 0.76%
Carteret Co Sheriff's Office 4,125 31 0.75%
Cherokee Co Sheriff's Office 2,408 18 0.75%
Beaufort Co Sheriff's Office 2,068 15 0.73%
Wilson Co Sheriff's Office 2,931 21 0.72%
Camden Co Sheriff's Office 444 3 0.68%
Granville Co Sheriff's Office 2,962 19 0.64%
Washington Co Sheriff's Office 470 3 0.64%
Wake Co Sheriff's Office 26,530 165 0.62%
Northampton Co Sheriff's Office 1,138 7 0.62%
Yadkin Co Sheriff's Office 2,284 14 0.61%
Lincoln CoSheriff's Office 4,981 30 0.60%
Cumberland Co Sheriff's Office 14,101 83 0.59%
Ashe Co Sheriff's Office 1,388 8 0.58%
Iredell Co Sheriff's Office 10,732 61 0.57%
Stanly Co Sheriff's Office 3,922 22 0.56%
Cleveland Co Sheriff's Office 4,648 26 0.56%
Watauga Co Sheriff's Office 2,433 13 0.53%
Caldwell Co Sheriff's Office 4,297 22 0.51%
Perquimans Co Sheriff's Office 391 2 0.51%
Forsyth Co Sheriff's Office 12,061 61 0.51%
Caswell Co 911 Communications Ct 1,337 6 0.45%
Swain Co Sheriff's Office 910 4 0.44%
Pamlico Co Sheriff's Office 917 4 0.44%
Greene Co Sheriff's Office 696 3 0.43%
Franklin Co Sheriff's Office 2,658 11 0.41%
Graham CoSheriff's Office 727 3 0.41%
Lee Co Sheriff's Office 2,314 9 0.39%
Montgomery Co Sheriff's Office 1,828 7 0.38%
Onslow Co Sheriff's Office 4,372 16 0.37%
Hoke Co Sheriff's Office 2,502 9 0.36%
Polk Co Sheriff's Office 1,139 4 0.35%
Nash Co Sheriff's Office 4,911 17 0.35%
Wilkes Co Sheriff's Office 4,488 15 0.33%
Pasquotank Co Sheriff's Office 905 3 0.33%
Scotland Co Sheriff 1,861 6 0.32%
Randolph Co Sheriff's Office 8,959 28 0.31%
Wayne Co Sheriff's Office 6,077 18 0.30%
Chatham County Sheriff 2,617 7 0.27%
Catawba Co Sheriff's Office 8,943 21 0.23%
Macon Co Sheriff's Office 2,505 5 0.20%
Gates Co Sheriff's Office 521 1 0.19%
Madison Co Sheriff's Office 1,131 2 0.18%
Alleghany Co Sheriff's Office 571 1 0.18%
Bladen Co Sheriff's Office 893 1 0.11%
Avery Co Sheriff's Office 933 1 0.11%
Mitchell Co Sheriff's Office 1,229 1 0.08%
Yancey Co Sheriff's Office 1,293 1 0.08%
Craven Co Sheriff Communications 5,650 1 0.02%
Warren Co Sheriff's Office 914 0 0.00%

From: http://www.ncdoj.gov/getdoc/e7f14087-5618-4dd7-8d82-5e11e54858b5/CCHStats.aspx