Medicaid eligibles per capita
(2005 Census - updated for 2006-07)

Greater than 25 percent of population

Anson Bertie Bladen Columbus Edgecombe

Graham Halifax Hertford Lenoir Martin

Northampton Richmond Robeson Sampson Scotland

Swain Vance Warren Washington

15 percent to 25 percent of population

Alamance Alexander Alleghany Ashe Avery Beaufort Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Carteret Caldwell Caswell Catawba Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland

Craven Cumberland Davidson Duplin Durham Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Granville Greene Guilford Harnett Haywood Henderson Hoke Hyde Iredell

Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lincoln Macon Madison McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New Hanover Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans

Person Pitt Randolph Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Stanly Stokes Surry Transylvania Tyrrell Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey

Less than 15 percent of population

Camden Chatham Currituck

Dare Davie Onslow

Orange Polk Union

Wake Watauga

Counties that spend more than 10 percent of their budget on Medicaid

Anson Bertie Cleveland

Columbus Duplin Hertford

Robeson Swain Vance

Counties that spend more on Medicaid than school construction, renovation and other capital

Alamance Anson Ashe Beaufort Bertie* Bladen Burke Caldwell Caswell Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven

Cumberland Duplin Edgecombe Gaston Graham* Greene Halifax* Haywood Hertford Hoke Hyde Jones Lenoir

Madison Martin McDowell Montgomery Nash Northampton Pamlico Pitt Richmond Robeson* Rockingham Sampson

Scotland Stokes Swain* Tyrrell Vance Warren Washington* Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey

* = These counties spend more on Medicaid than school current expense