Gaston County Key
Economic Indicators

• 2008 Average Employment, 92,303
  
• 2008 Average Unemployment, 7.8%
  
• 2008 total building permit value was over $330 million
  
• CY 2006-2007 retail sales were $1.4 million
  

Demographic Projections Show County Population Over 200,000

• Projected population 2013: 203,546, the second-largest county in the MSA
  
• Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord MSA Projected population 2013: 2,490,721
  
• Estimated per capita income in 2013: Gaston $27,455;

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