from Charlottecommunitiesonline.com comes this report:
Where have the Federal Stimulus funds been allocated in North Carolina?

Since the Charlotte area is, by far, the largest county by population in NC , the largest contributor to state GDP, it is logical to assume we are receiving the largest amount for stimulus funding, right? No, not exactly.

Surely it is Raleigh? No, not Raleigh either.  Have a look for your self:

Mecklenburg County, with a larger population that Cumberland, Lenoir and Iredell combined, receives21% of their Total spending. There were 25 counties who received nothing, $0, so technically they are the biggest losers, but at $34.09, Mecklenburg County would have had to work to do worse.

Mayor McCrory was right when he feared, out loud in the Spring, that Charlotte wouldn’t get its fair share of stimulus spending.
Let’s look at spending in NC Congressional Districts, maybe that will shed some light…

1st place recipient: The NCs 5th Congressional District, the former district of now Senator and chief NC stimulus critic, Senator Richard Burr, collected $95,506,098 of Stimulus spending….

In 2nd place, NC-01, at $44,066,742 in the swarming metropolis of East NC,  held by Democrat George Butterfield. This is the area around Rocky Mount and Elizabeth city, Oxford and … New Bern. Anyone special live in New Bern?

In 3d place, NC-11, Democrat Heath Shuler’s district, covering the western area of Franklin, Murphy, Asheville

In 4th Place, NC-04, at $31,263,844 -the 4th is held by Democrat David Price, and covers the area around Chapel Hill, Mebane, and east to Cary.

In 5th place, NC-08, at $25,7904,268 Democrats Larry Kissell, is the first to come Charlotte’s way, includes East Charlotte, Concord, on to Fayetteville and Laurinburg

Sue Myrick’s 12th District? $0 so far, along with NC-13.