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PM2.5 Design Values for 2005-2007 in NC Counties

Table 1. The following table shows 29 counties with a 3-year average of the annual mean PM2.5 for each year below the established standard. The first column lists the county; the second lists the average value for that county (rounded to the specifications of the standard).

County Average value
Alamance 13.8 µg/m3
Buncombe 12.6 µg/m3
Caswell 13.1 µg/m3
Chatham 12.0 µg/m3
Cumberland 13.6 µg/m3
Duplin 10.9 µg/m3
Durham 13.4 µg/m3
Edgecombe 12.4 µg/m3
Forsyth 14.1 µg/m3
Gaston 14.1 µg/m3
Guilford 13.9 µg/m3
Haywood 13.0 µg/m3
Jackson 12.4 µg/m3
Lenoir 10.9 µg/m3
Martin 10.6 µg/m3
McDowell 14.3 µg/m3
Mecklenburg 14.8 µg/m3
Mitchell 12.7 µg/m3
Montgomery 12.2 µg/m3
New Hanover 9.7 µg/m3
Onslow 10.5 µg/m3
Orange 12.9 µg/m3
Pitt 11.3 µg/m3
Robeson 12.8 µg/m3
Rowan 14.0 µg/m3
Swain 12.8 µg/m3
Wake 13.5 µg/m3
Watauga 11.9 µg/m3
Wayne 12.6 µg/m3

Table 2. The following table shows 2 counties with a 3-year average of the annual mean PM2.5 for each year above the established standard. The first column lists the county; the second lists the average value for that county (rounded to the specifications of the standard).

County Average value
Catawba 15.2 µg/m3
Davidson 15.1 µg/m3

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