| 
1
 | 
Wilmington, NC Metro Area
 | 
Above average opportunities
 | 
1.96
 | 
| 
2
 | 
Western North Carolina Balance of State
 | 
Above average opportunities
 | 
1.72
 | 
| 
3
 | 
Asheville, NC Metro Area
 | 
Above average opportunities
 | 
1.34
 | 
| 
4
 | 
Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area
 | 
Average opportunities
 | 
0.96
 | 
| 
5
 | 
North Carolina
 | 
Average opportunities
 | 
0.95
 | 
| 
6
 | 
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Metro Area
 | 
Average opportunities
 | 
0.94
 | 
| 
7
 | 
Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area
 | 
Average opportunities
 | 
0.86
 | 
| 
8
 | 
Central North Carolina Balance of State
 | 
Average opportunities
 | 
0.84
 | 
| 
9
 | 
Eastern North Carolina Balance of State
 | 
Average opportunities
 | 
0.82
 | 
| 
10
 | 
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area
 | 
Average opportunities
 | 
0.78
 | 
| 
11
 | 
Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area
 | 
Average opportunities
 | 
0.74
 | 
| 
12
 | 
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Metro Area
 | 
Below average opportunities
 | 
0.17
 | 
| 
13
 | 
Burlington, NC Metro Area
 | 
No data available
 | 
No data available
 | 
| 
14
 | 
Goldsboro, NC Metro Area
 | 
No data available
 | 
No data available
 | 
| 
15
 | 
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC Metro Area
 | 
No data available
 | 
No data available
 | 
| 
16
 | 
Rocky Mount, NC Metro Area
 | 
No data available
 | 
No data available
 | 
| 
17
 | 
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metro Area
 | 
No data available
 | 
No data available
 | 
| 
18
 | 
Jacksonville, NC Metro Area
 | 
No data available
 | 
No data available
 | 
| 
19
 | 
Greenville, NC Metro Area
 | 
No data available
 | 
No data available
 | 
| 
20
 | 
Fayetteville, NC Metro Area
 | 
No data available
 | 
No data available
 |