•                                   Carteret County Statistics

    Carteret County Population:
     2005 permanent residents    62,436
     2000 seasonal residents    134,676

    2004 Building permits issued for residential : 1,581

    2004 Traffic counts, annual daily average: Hwy 70 & Hwy 24 intersection was 33,000

    January average temp  45 degrees F
    July average temp 80 degrees F
        The Carteret County beaches face south rather than east which  provides a wonderful setting for the sunrise and sunset over the ocean



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