Employment in Research Triangle Region by Industry:
Industry:
Percent of Population
Number of Workers
Government
19.11
133,687
Trade, transportation
& Utilities
16.63
116,321
Professional &
Business Services
15.68
109,709
Education &
Health Care
12.39
86,708
Manufacturing
10.03
70,168
Natural Resources,
Mining & Constructions
6.51
45,580
Information
2.94
20,576
Miscellaneous
16.71
116,905
Research Triangle Region’s top 25 Employers
Company:
County:
Employment:
State of
North Carolina
Regionwide
72,061
Duke
University & Medical
Center
Durham
26,324
University of
North Carolina
Orange
16,600
Wake
County
Public School System
Wake
16,000
International Business Machine (IBM)
Durham
10,800
North Carolina
State
University
Wake
7,787
WakeMed
Wake
6,739
GlaxoSmithKline
Durham & Wake
6,000
UNC Hospitals
Orange
5,287
Durham
Public School System
Durham
5,076
Wal-mart
Regionwide
4,750
SAS Institute
Wake
4,228
Food Lion Stores
RegionWide
4,000
Rex Healthcare
Wake
3,870
Progress Energy
Person & Wake
3,400
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of NC
Durham &
Orange
3,350
Eaton Corporation
Johnston,Person,Wake 3,335
Wake
County Government
Wake
3,300
City of
Raleigh
Wake
3,000
Johnston
County
School System
Wake
3,000
Cisco Systems
Wake
2,850
FirstHealth
Moore
Regional
Hospital
Moore
2,850
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
Orange
2,618
Nortel Networks
Durham
2,600
Verizon Communications
Durham & Wake
2,600
Employment in the Region:
2006
906,518
2005
866,518
2004
841,875
2003
820,783
2002
817,559
2001
818,110
2000
813,637
Regional Airports:
Franklin County Airport (KLHZ) (919) 496-1234
Harnett County Airport (KHRJ) (910) 814-2740
Johnston County Airport (KJNX) (919) 934-0992
Moore County Airport (KSOP) (910) 692-3212
Henderson-Oxford Airport (KHNZ) (919) 693-5769
Person County Airport (KTDF) (336) 364-1651
Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport (ITA) (919) 776-2939
Siler City Municipal Airport (5W8) (919) 742-3847
Passengers at Raleigh-Durham International Airport:
Year: Passengers:
2006 9,422,112
2005 9,409,992
2004 8,636,718
2003 7,919,335
Regional Highways:
Interstate Highways: U.S. Highways: N.C. Highways:
I-40 U.S. 1 N.C. 39
I-85 U.S. 15-501 N.C. 54
I-95 U.S. 64 N.C. 55
I-440 U.S. 70 N.C. 98
I-540 U.S 158 N.C. 147
U.S. 401 N.C. 210
U.S. 421 N.C. 751
N.C. 24/27
Average Driving Times From Wake County
Wilmington, N.C. - 2 hours
Charlotte, N.C. - 3 hours
Asheville, N.C. - 4 hours
Washington, D.C. - 4.5 hours
Charleston, S.C. - 5 hours
Atlanta, Ga. - 7 hours
New York, NY - 9 Hours
Largest Banks in N.C. Operating in the Triangle
:
Bank: Base City: Total Deposits: Total Assets: Local Offices:
(in thousands) (in thousands)
Bank of America Charlotte 771,951,932 1,290,376,229 32
Wachovia Bank Charlotte 362,310,000 557,018,000 63
Branch Banking & Winston Salem 87,856,968 126,290,166 46
Trust Company (BB&T)
RBC CENTURA
Raleigh 16,800,789 25,507,551 30
First-Citizens Bank &
Trust Company Raleigh 11,072,711 13,629,237 45
The Fidelity Bank Fuquay-Varina 1,283,386 1,484,031 20
Capital Bank Raleigh 1,095,771 1,490,774 10
Square 1 Bank Durham 771,226 865,446 1
Paragon Commercial Raleigh 731,681 908,711 1
Crescent State Bank Cary 597,816 814,065 7
Research Triangle Region's Population by Age:
Geographic Area Total Population % Population by Years
0-17 18-24 25-44 45-64 65& Over Median Age
Chatham 49,329 22.5% 7.3% 30.4% 24.6% 15.3% 38.8
Durham 223,314 22.9% 12.8% 34.8% 19.8% 9.7% 32.2
Franklin 47,260 25.3% 8.4% 32.4% 22.9% 11.0% 35.8
Granville 48,498 23.9% 8.5% 33.3% 22.8% 11.4% 36.2
Harnett 91,025 27.0% 10.6% 32.1% 19.9% 10.4% 32.5
Johnston 121,965 26.1% 8.1% 34.2% 21.7% 9.8% 34.2
Lee 49,040 25.7% 9.0% 29.7% 22.7% 12.9% 35.9
Moore 74,769 22.1% 6.6% 25.8% 23.8% 21.8% 41.8
Orange 118,227 20.3% 21.0% 29.9% 20.4% 8.4% 30.4
Person 35,623 24.0% 7.4% 30.6% 24.2% 13.7% 38.0
Vance 42,954 27.1% 8.9% 28.8% 22.6% 12.6% 35.0
Wake 627,846 25.1% 10.7% 36.5% 20.4% 7.4% 32.9
Warren 19,972 23.5% 8.0% 26.3% 24.8% 17.4% 39.7
Research Triangle Region:
1,549,822 24.4% 10.9% 33.7% 21.1% 9.9% 35.6
North Carolina:
8,049,313 24.4% 10.0% 31.1% 22.5% 12.0% 35.3
