October 2016

* All statistics include State Human Resources Act (SHRA) employees, cabinet agencies, Council of State agencies, and universities, unless otherwise noted.

Age (SHRA employees only)

Age	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Less than 20	31	0.036
20-29	9,324	10.91
30-39	16,728	19.57
40-49	23,329	27.29
50-59	25,823	30.21
60-69	9,770	11.43
70 or more	483	0.565

Employment Type (no Universities)

Employment Type	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Full Time	62,288	98.78
Part Time	398	0.63
Time Limited	373	0.59

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Education

Education	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Less than 9th grade	80	0.09
Less than High School	1,785	2.09
High School +	32,477	37.94
Associate	9,184	10.73
Bachelor	22,715	26.53
Masters	7,503	8.76
JD, MD, PhD, Etc	1,472	1.72
Other	329	0.38
Unknown	10,062	11.75

Gender

Gender	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Female	42,845	50.05
Male	42,755	49.95

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Job Categories (no Universities)

Job Categories	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Administrative Support	10,826	12.85
Officials and Administrators	11,680	13.87
Paraprofessional	862	1.02
Professional	24,766	29.40
Protective Services	15,772	18.72
Service and Maintenance	4,513	5.36
Skilled Craft	7,393	8.78
Technical	8,410	9.98
Undefined	15	0.02

Ethnicity

Ethnicity	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
African American	25,301	29.55
Asian	1,803	2.11
Hispanic	1,587	1.85
Multinational	173	0.20
Native American	1,234	1.44
Pacific Islander	23	0.03
White	53,757	62.80
Ethnicity Not Given	1,729	2.02

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Years of Service

Years of Service	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Less than 2 years	13,951	16.54
2-4	13,241	15.69
5-9	15,804	18.73
10-14	14,832	17.58
15-19	10,997	13.03
20-29	13,776	16.33
30+	1,768	2.10

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Agencies

Agency	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Administrative Office of the Courts	3	0.00
Auctioneer Licensing Board	2	0.00
Board of Barber Examiners	5	0.01
Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners	26	0.04
Community College System	178	0.28
Department of Administration	460	0.72
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services	1,894	2.98
Department of Commerce	1,640	2.58
Department of Environmental Quality	1,483	2.34
Department of Health and Human Services	15,886	25.03
Department of Information Technology	591	0.93
Department of Insurance	401	0.63
Department of Justice	785	1.24
Department of Labor	344	0.54
Department of Military and Veteran Affairs	83	0.13
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources	1,744	2.75
Department of Public Instruction	1,057	1.67
Department of Public Safety	22,991	36.22
Department of Revenue	1,303	2.05
Department of State Treasurer	397	0.63
Department of Transportation	10,422	16.42
Department of the Secretary of State	171	0.27
NC Office of the Commissioner of Banks	96	0.15
North Carolina School of Science & Math	224	0.35
Office of Administrative Hearings	49	0.08
Office of State Budget and Management	55	0.09
Office of State Human Resources	79	0.12
Office of the State Auditor	139	0.22
Office of the State Controller	161	0.25
Psychology Board	5	0.01
State Board of Elections	51	0.08
State Ethics Commission	13	0.02
Wildlife Resource Commission	663	1.04

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Universities

University/School	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Appalachian State University	1,216	5.56
Elizabeth City State University	169	0.77
East Carolina University	2,160	9.87
Fayetteville State University	384	1.76
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University	816	3.73
North Carolina Central University	539	2.46
North Carolina State University	4,058	18.55
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	6,381	29.17
University of North Carolina-General Administration	270	1.23
University of North Carolina-Asheville	343	1.57
University of North Carolina-Charlotte	1,725	7.89
University of North Carolina-Greensboro	1,103	5.04
University of North Carolina-Pembroke	398	1.82
University of North Carolina-School of the Arts	240	1.10
University of North Carolina-Wilmington	977	4.47
Western Carolina University	698	3.19
Winston-Salem State University	399	1.82

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Counties

County	Number (#) of SHRA Employees	Percent (%) of Total State Employees
Alamance	209	0.25
Alexander	489	0.58
Alleghany	46	0.05
Anson	654	0.77
Ashe	97	0.11
Avery	599	0.71
Beaufort	263	0.31
Bertie	433	0.51
Bladen	271	0.32
Brunswick	196	0.23
Buncombe	2,195	2.60
Burke	3,087	3.65
Cabarrus	477	0.56
Caldwell	267	0.32
Camden	20	0.02
Carteret	524	0.62
Caswell	354	0.42
Catawba	453	0.54
Chatham	215	0.25
Cherokee	125	0.15
Chowan	85	0.10
Clay	24	0.03
Cleveland	306	0.36
Columbus	894	1.06
Craven	691	0.82
Cumberland	1,131	1.34
Currituck	56	0.07
Dare	402	0.48
Davidson	271	0.32
Davie	58	0.07
Duplin	116	0.14
Durham	1,384	1.64
Edgecombe	259	0.31
Forsyth	1,390	1.64
Franklin	280	0.33
Gaston	298	0.35
Gates	28	0.03
Graham	25	0.03
Granville	3,826	4.52
Greene	888	1.05
Guilford	2,779	3.29
Halifax	499	0.59
Harnett	474	0.56
Haywood	154	0.18
Henderson	218	0.26
Hertford	148	0.18
Hoke	302	0.36
Hyde	234	0.28
Iredell	330	0.39
Jackson	938	1.11
Johnston	405	0.48
Jones	28	0.03
Lee	154	0.18
Lenoir	1,599	1.89
Lincoln	164	0.19
Macon	71	0.08
Madison	77	0.09
Martin	222	0.26
McDowell	540	0.64
Mecklenburg	2,615	3.09
Mitchell	40	0.05
Montgomery	369	0.44
Moore	313	0.37
Nash	505	0.60
New Hanover	1,929	2.28
Northampt	213	0.25
Onslow	226	0.27
Orange	6,672	7.89
Pamlico	210	0.25
Pasquotank	660	0.78
Pender	384	0.45
Perquimans	58	0.07
Person	72	0.09
Pitt	2,937	3.47
Polk	35	0.04
Randolph	564	0.67
Richmond	421	0.50
Robeson	966	1.14
Rockingham	175	0.21
Rowan	746	0.88
Rutherford	216	0.26
Sampson	483	0.57
Scotland	576	0.68
Stanly	599	0.71
Statewide	4	0.00
Stokes	93	0.11
Surry	195	0.23
Swain	48	0.06
Transylvania	60	0.07
Tyrrell	178	0.21
Union	233	0.28
Vance	141	0.17
Wake	23,433	27.71
Warren	352	0.42
Washington	67	0.08
Watauga	1,341	1.59
Wayne	2,348	2.78
Wilkes	379	0.45
Wilson	861	1.02
Yadkin	71	0.08
Yancey	57	0.07