North Carolina Economic Resilience Index

Learn How Your Community Scored

NCPRO has developed a new data-driven tool to evaluate local economic health and resilience across North Carolina's 100 counties. The NC Economic Resilience Index provides quantitative analysis on over 50 real-time indicators across nine categories that may impact a county's ability to withstand and recover from major disruptions.

The Economic Resilience Index will support local governments in equitably distributing resources to pandemic-affected regions. It can also provide credible data to support grant proposals and help tailor economic development strategies.

Note: the dashboard is not currently optimized for mobile.

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By incorporating statistical analysis and stakeholder perspectives, our team identified the most influential variables to include in the Index. The data spans several dimensions including employment, income, broadband access, healthcare, education, transportation, housing, crime rates, and demographics. The result is a weighted index that generates resilience scores for each county. It visualizes regional strengths, weaknesses, and needs through an interactive map and charts. 

Our Partners

The index was created with support from the U.S. Economic Development Administration and built in partnership with faculty at East Carolina University.

We also want to thank our state agency partners for providing valuable feedback throughout the Index's development, including the Office of State Budget and Management, NC Commerce, Department of Public Instruction, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Information Technology, Department of State Treasurer, as well as the UNC School of Government and NC Housing Finance Agency.

The dashboard is divided among resilience metrics and  geographic regions including either Regional Council of Government or County. 

  1. Select a metric at the top of the dashboard.
  2. Select Council of Government or County to choose how rankings are geographically displayed on the map.
  3. Hover your mouse over any region for more details, such as name and numeric ranking.
  4. Scroll down further to view each area ranked in order (bottom left), and detailed rankings across all categories (bottom right).
  5. Click on a County or Council of Government anywhere on the dashboard to view its detailed rankings.

Click the question mark icon (?) at the top-right of the dashboard to learn more about how scores are calculated.