Largest Manufacturers	SIC-Product Category	Staff	Established Trade
NADEP	3724-Aircraft Engines & Parts	4,000	1943
Hatteras Yachts	3732-Boat Building & Repairing	1,000	1967
Moen Inc.	3432-Plumbing Fixture Fittings	1,000	1982
Weyerhaeuser Co	2611-PuIpMilIs	540	1969
S-B Power Tool Co	3546-Power Hand Tools	350	1965
Amital Spinning Cor	2281-Yarn Spinning Mills	300	1986
Maola Milk & lce Cream	2024-IceCream	250	1935
B S H Home Appliances	3639-Household Appliances	175	1997
Chatsworth Products Inc	3499-Fabricated Metal Products, NEC	150	1993
Craven Crab Co Inc	2092-Fish & Seafood	100	1981
Eastern Building Components	2439-Structural Wood Members	100	1970
Tredegar Film Products	3081-Plastic Unsupported Sheet & Film	80	1980
Sun Journal Inc	2711-Newspapers: Publishing	75	1979
Wheatstone Corp	3651-Household Audio & Video	70	1976
Aylward Enterprises Inc.	3595-Pharmaceutical Machines	50	1988
source North Carolina Department of Commerce, MIS Section, 1998

CRAVEN COUNTY'S LABOR FORCE
Year	Labor	Rate	Employment	Unemployment
1999 (first quarter)	34803	4.3%	33303	1500
1998	35200	4.4%	33640	1560
1997	35970	4.2%	34450	1520
source Employment Security Commission of NC, 1999

Over 140 physicians representing nearly all medical specialties are supported by 1400 professional and ancillary personnel at the 314 bed, acute care facility. Centers of excellence are comprehensive cardiac care including surgery, state-of-the-art cancer treatment and rehabilitation at the 20 bed Coastal Rehabilitation Center. Outpatient needs are met at two freestanding facilities: Craven Outpatient Surgery Center and New Bern Diagnostic Center. Residents of western Craven County enjoy quality health care services at the Vanceboro Medical Center; also a part of Craven Regional Medical Authority. The Medical Authority Board of Commissioners and Administration remain committed to providing quality health care to the growing coastal Carolina region.

The Naval Hospital at MCAS Cherry Point offers comprehensive medical services to active and retired military personnel and their dependents. The Naval Hospital has 24 licensed beds and 70 physicians (including contracted) on staff.

MEDICAL (Civilian)
# of Hospitals	1
# of Beds	314
# of Doctors	167
Population/Doctor ratio	530
Population/RN ratio	117
Population/LPN ratio	312
Population/Dentist ratio	2,269
# of Nursing Homes	15

NEW BERN/CRAVEN COUNTY TAXES North Carolina assesses a state income tax. Graduated income taxes range up to eight percent of net income. The local property tax rates are $.57(county) and $.47(city) per $100 valuation, plus $.18 in the designated downtown area. There is a six- percent sales tax on all goods except staple foods, which there is a four- percent tax on in North Carolina.

New Bern Tax Information.....(252)636-4082
County Tax Information.......(252)636-6604
State Tax Information........(252)633-2803

SALES TAXES
State tax.....4% on all goods
Local tax.....2% on all goods

PERSONAL INCOME TAXES
Personal income taxes graduated up to 8% of net income.

PROPERTY TAXES
County Taxes...$.6569 per $100 of assessed value

CITY TAXES
New Bern $.47 per $100 of assessed value. Additional $.18 per $100 of assessed value within municipal services district.

Havelock	$.39 *
Bridgeton	$.50 *
Cove City	$.15 *
Dover	$.35 *
Trent Woods	$.09 *
Vanceboro	$.50 *
River Bend	$.15 *
* per $100 of assessed value

City property is taxed at the city and county rates.. Assessed value is based on market value of property. The next property assessment will be in 2002.