| NCDOT Per Capita Transportation Spending 1990-2004 |
| Includes All Construction and Maintenance Expenditures |
| Rank | County | Population | Total Expenditure | Per Capita Expenditure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyrrell | 3,572 | $88,315,504 | $24,724 |
| 2 | Madison | 18,882 | $432,447,008 | $22,903 |
| 3 | Hyde | 5,251 | $65,001,000 | $12,379 |
| 4 | Graham | 7,599 | $88,779,800 | $11,683 |
| 5 | Dare | 29,569 | $311,079,008 | $10,520 |
| 6 | Alleghany | 9,719 | $101,198,000 | $10,412 |
| 7 | Washington | 12,879 | $117,765,000 | $9,144 |
| 8 | Currituck | 17,590 | $137,596,992 | $7,822 |
| 9 | Ashe | 24,138 | $171,432,992 | $7,102 |
| 10 | Chowan | 14,465 | $102,301,000 | $7,072 |
| 11 | Chatham | 47,577 | $333,423,008 | $7,008 |
| 12 | Martin | 25,570 | $171,562,000 | $6,710 |
| 13 | Watauga | 41,954 | $270,006,016 | $6,436 |
| 14 | Perquimans | 11,178 | $71,516,000 | $6,398 |
| 15 | Polk | 17,097 | $107,683,000 | $6,298 |
| 16 | Wilkes | 64,407 | $390,488,992 | $6,063 |
| 17 | McDowell | 41,296 | $238,756,992 | $5,782 |
| 18 | Clay | 8,414 | $47,857,400 | $5,688 |
| 19 | Yadkin | 36,873 | $203,820,992 | $5,528 |
| 20 | Mitchell | 14,781 | $81,621,600 | $5,522 |
| 21 | Swain | 12,393 | $68,325,800 | $5,513 |
| 22 | Richmond | 45,979 | $251,216,000 | $5,464 |
| 23 | Cherokee | 23,190 | $126,195,000 | $5,442 |
| 24 | Jones | 8,672 | $46,353,900 | $5,345 |
| 25 | Macon | 29,276 | $153,315,008 | $5,237 |
| 26 | Bertie | 20,044 | $103,548,000 | $5,166 |
| 27 | Haywood | 52,736 | $271,860,992 | $5,155 |
| 28 | Surry | 68,738 | $353,508,000 | $5,143 |
| 29 | Camden | 6,398 | $32,654,200 | $5,104 |
| 30 | Duplin | 45,430 | $226,202,000 | $4,979 |
| 31 | Pamlico | 12,187 | $60,546,000 | $4,968 |
| 32 | Bladen | 30,847 | $151,411,008 | $4,908 |
| 33 | Montgomery | 24,929 | $117,130,000 | $4,699 |
| 34 | Wilson | 69,753 | $323,188,000 | $4,633 |
| 35 | Northampton | 20,807 | $96,306,200 | $4,629 |
| 36 | Jackson | 29,815 | $136,903,008 | $4,592 |
| 37 | Avery | 15,721 | $71,615,904 | $4,555 |
| 38 | Gates | 10,113 | $45,283,800 | $4,478 |
| 39 | Caswell | 22,691 | $96,486,200 | $4,252 |
| 40 | Anson | 23,912 | $93,173,200 | $3,897 |
| 41 | Warren | 18,368 | $70,948,800 | $3,863 |
| 42 | Pender | 40,329 | $154,723,008 | $3,837 |
| 43 | Granville | 44,684 | $171,244,992 | $3,832 |
| 44 | Yancey | 16,667 | $63,345,800 | $3,801 |
| 45 | Lee | 51,014 | $191,558,000 | $3,755 |
| 46 | Edgecombe | 54,617 | $204,539,008 | $3,745 |
| 47 | Columbus | 52,649 | $193,580,992 | $3,677 |
| 48 | Pasquotank | 35,862 | $130,051,000 | $3,626 |
| 49 | Guilford | 396,728 | $1,437,289,984 | $3,623 |
| 50 | Hertford | 21,533 | $77,942,600 | $3,620 |
| 51 | Craven | 91,111 | $315,265,984 | $3,460 |
| 52 | Alexander | 32,357 | $110,252,000 | $3,407 |
| 53 | Brunswick | 70,813 | $237,291,008 | $3,351 |
| 54 | Sampson | 54,631 | $182,251,008 | $3,336 |
| 55 | Durham | 204,298 | $671,606,976 | $3,287 |
| 56 | Johnston | 111,780 | $367,299,008 | $3,286 |
| 57 | Halifax | 55,117 | $180,904,992 | $3,282 |
| 58 | New Hanover | 155,595 | $509,814,016 | $3,277 |
| 59 | Henderson | 82,784 | $262,372,000 | $3,169 |
| 60 | Rockingham | 90,270 | $285,966,016 | $3,168 |
| 61 | Stanly | 56,498 | $178,643,008 | $3,162 |
| 62 | Beaufort | 43,709 | $135,200,992 | $3,093 |
| 63 | Rowan | 127,595 | $394,279,008 | $3,090 |
| 64 | Greene | 18,504 | $56,109,700 | $3,032 |
| 65 | Lenoir | 59,223 | $178,327,008 | $3,011 |
| 66 | Rutherford | 60,140 | $180,856,000 | $3,007 |
| 67 | Davie | 32,669 | $97,444,304 | $2,983 |
| 68 | Robeson | 115,282 | $338,763,008 | $2,939 |
| 69 | Caldwell | 76,178 | $223,752,992 | $2,937 |
| 70 | Randolph | 128,118 | $364,604,992 | $2,846 |
| 71 | Mecklenburg | 648,305 | $1,840,130,048 | $2,838 |
| 72 | Stokes | 44,943 | $125,945,000 | $2,802 |
| 73 | Lincoln | 60,932 | $169,472,000 | $2,781 |
| 74 | Catawba | 133,979 | $370,456,992 | $2,765 |
| 75 | Alamance | 124,525 | $344,159,008 | $2,764 |
| 76 | Buncombe | 196,018 | $539,553,984 | $2,753 |
| 77 | Transylvania | 28,705 | $78,685,600 | $2,741 |
| 78 | Vance | 41,980 | $114,841,000 | $2,736 |
| 79 | Cabarrus | 123,404 | $337,383,008 | $2,734 |
| 80 | Wake | 606,403 | $1,626,300,032 | $2,682 |
| 81 | Iredell | 115,190 | $306,839,008 | $2,664 |
| 82 | Carteret | 61,405 | $163,048,992 | $2,655 |
| 83 | Person | 33,938 | $86,762,800 | $2,557 |
| 84 | Orange | 111,982 | $280,732,992 | $2,507 |
| 85 | Cleveland | 92,620 | $228,314,000 | $2,465 |
| 86 | Davidson | 145,574 | $334,771,008 | $2,300 |
| 87 | Scotland | 35,451 | $79,862,096 | $2,253 |
| 88 | Franklin | 46,022 | $103,183,000 | $2,242 |
| 89 | Onslow | 150,410 | $326,944,992 | $2,174 |
| 90 | Pitt | 130,849 | $283,531,008 | $2,167 |
| 91 | Forsyth | 296,098 | $640,297,984 | $2,162 |
| 92 | Wayne | 116,027 | $246,190,000 | $2,122 |
| 93 | Burke | 85,651 | $175,332,992 | $2,047 |
| 94 | Moore | 73,196 | $143,611,008 | $1,962 |
| 95 | Union | 115,095 | $221,416,000 | $1,924 |
| 96 | Harnett | 86,485 | $165,810,000 | $1,917 |
| 97 | Nash | 90,843 | $170,876,000 | $1,881 |
| 98 | Cumberland | 299,459 | $555,736,000 | $1,856 |
| 99 | Gaston | 182,322 | $333,536,992 | $1,829 |
| 100 | Hoke | 31,025 | $56,431,200 | $1,819 |