Brunswick County

Population

Estimated 94,945

Top Employers

Brunswick County Schools: 1,650
Progress Energy: 1,100
Brunswick County: 1,000
DAK Americas: 800
Brunswick Community Hospital: 400
Dosher Memorial Hospital: 300
Victaulic Co. of America: 300
Rampage Yachts: 275
Military Ocean Terminal: 228
Archer Daniels Midland Co.: 150

10 Largest Taxpayers (2006)

Carolina Power & Light (Progress Energy): $4,565,546
N.C. Eastern Municipal Power Agency: $858,893
Brunswick Electric Membership Corp.: $676,628
DAK Americas: $613,255
Archer Daniels Midland Co.: $499,064
MAS Properties: $354,949
Bald Head Island Ltd.: $338,561
Sea Trail Corp.: $159,641
Odell Williamson: $159,089
Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust: $124,647

N.C. Cooperative Extension Service

The branch operates the Brunswick County Extension Center and the Brunswick
County Botanical Garden. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Director: Al Hight
Address: 25 Referendum Drive, Building N, in the Brunswick County government complex in Bolivia.
Web site: www.ces.ncsu.edu/brunswick
Phone: (910) 253-2610

2006 Sales Of Existing Homes

Number of units sold: 1,883
Average sales price: $317,671
Total sales dollars: $598 million
Source: N.C. Association of Realtors

2006 Housing Permits

January 2006 through April 2007
Total: 1,951
Value: $323.6 million
Source: Brunswick County Inspections Department