central	Central Counties	central	alamance, alexander, anson, cabarrus, caswell, catawba, chatham, cumberland, davidson, davie, durham, edgecombe, forsyth, franklin, gaston, granville, guilford, halifax, harnett, hoke, iredell, johnston, lee, lincoln, mecklenburg, montgomery, moore, nash, northampton, orange, person, randolph, richmond, robeson, rockingham, rowan, sampson, scotland, stanly, stokes, surry, union, vance, wake, warren, wayne, wilson, yadkin	
coastal	Coastal Counties & Outer Banks	coastal	beaufort, bertie, bladen, brunswick, camden, carteret, chowan, columbus, craven, currituck, dare, duplin, gates, greene, hertford, hyde, jones, lenoir, martin, newhanover, onslow, pamlico, pasquotank, pender, perquimans, pitt, tyrrell, washington	
mountains	Smokey Mountains	mountains	alleghany, ashe, avery, buncombe, burke, caldwell, cherokee, clay, cleveland, graham, haywood, henderson, jackson, mcdowell, macon, madison, mitchell, polk, rutherford, swain, transylvania, watauga, wilkes, yancey