Urban/Suburban/Rural Counties in North Carolina

As always, grateful to political scientist Michael Bitzer for digging into the urban/suburban/rural distribution of votes in North Carolina. He's interested in testing whether the national suburban trend away from Trumpism (much discussed here since 2017) will hold true in NC. He seems to think it will.

Nearly thirty percent of NC's registered voters reside within a central city of the state, with another quarter being within the central city's county, making for 55 percent of NC voters in just 19 out of the state's 100 counties.

Another quarter of the voters reside in the 27 surrounding suburban counties, leaving barely two out of ten voters residing in state's rural counties.

Region	County	Central City
Urban	ALAMANCE	Burlington
Urban	BUNCOMBE	Asheville
Urban	BURKE	Hickory-Lenior-Morganton
Urban	CALDWELL	Hickory-Lenior-Morganton
Urban	CATAWBA	Hickory-Lenior-Morganton
Urban	CRAVEN	New Bern
Urban	CUMBERLAND	Fayetteville
Urban	DURHAM	Durham
Urban	EDGECOMBE	Rocky Mount
Urban	FORSYTH	Winston-Salem
Urban	GUILFORD	Greensboro
Urban	MECKLENBURG	Charlotte
Urban	NASH	Rocky Mount
Urban	NEW HANOVER	Wilmington
Urban	ONSLOW	Jacksonville
Urban	ORANGE	Chapel Hill
Urban	PITT	Greenville
Urban	WAKE	Raleigh
Urban	WAYNE	Goldsboro

Region	County	Central City
Suburban	ALEXANDER	Hickory-Lenior-Morganton
Suburban	BRUNSWICK	Myrtle Beach SC
Suburban	CABARRUS	Charlotte
Suburban	CHATHAM	Durham
Suburban	CURRITUCK	Virginia Beach VA
Suburban	DAVIDSON	Winston-Salem
Suburban	DAVIE	Winston-Salem
Suburban	FRANKLIN	Raleigh
Suburban	GASTON	Charlotte
Suburban	GATES	Virginia Beach VA
Suburban	HAYWOOD	Asheville
Suburban	HENDERSON	Asheville
Suburban	HOKE	Fayetteville
Suburban	IREDELL	Charlotte
Suburban	JOHNSTON	Raleigh
Suburban	JONES	New Bern
Suburban	LINCOLN	Charlotte
Suburban	MADISON	Asheville
Suburban	PAMLICO	New Bern
Suburban	PENDER	Wilmington
Suburban	PERSON	Durham
Suburban	RANDOLPH	Greensboro
Suburban	ROCKINGHAM	Greensboro
Suburban	ROWAN	Charlotte
Suburban	STOKES	Winston-Salem
Suburban	UNION	Charlotte
Suburban	YADKIN	Winston-Salem

Region	County
Rural	ALLEGHANY
Rural	ANSON
Rural	ASHE
Rural	AVERY
Rural	BEAUFORT
Rural	BERTIE
Rural	BLADEN
Rural	CAMDEN
Rural	CARTERET
Rural	CASWELL
Rural	CHEROKEE
Rural	CHOWAN
Rural	CLAY
Rural	CLEVELAND
Rural	COLUMBUS
Rural	DARE
Rural	DUPLIN
Rural	GRAHAM
Rural	GRANVILLE
Rural	GREENE
Rural	HALIFAX
Rural	HARNETT
Rural	HERTFORD
Rural	HYDE
Rural	JACKSON
Rural	LEE
Rural	LENOIR
Rural	MACON
Rural	MARTIN
Rural	MCDOWELL
Rural	MITCHELL
Rural	MONTGOMERY
Rural	MOORE
Rural	NORTHAMPTON
Rural	PASQUOTANK
Rural	PERQUIMANS
Rural	POLK
Rural	RICHMOND
Rural	ROBESON
Rural	RUTHERFORD
Rural	SAMPSON
Rural	SCOTLAND
Rural	STANLY
Rural	SURRY
Rural	SWAIN
Rural	TRANSYLVANIA
Rural	TYRRELL
Rural	VANCE
Rural	WARREN
Rural	WASHINGTON
Rural	WATAUGA
Rural	WILKES
Rural	WILSON
Rural	YANCEY