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PM2.5 Design Values for 2004-2006 in NC Counties

Table 1. The following table shows 28 counties with a 3-year average of the annual mean PM2.5 below the established standard. The first column lists the county; the second lists the average value for that county.

County Average value
Alamance 14.00 µg/m3
Buncombe 12.60 µg/m3
Caswell 13.40 µg/m3
Chatham 12.20 µg/m3
Cumberland 13.90 µg/m3
Duplin 11.60 µg/m3
Durham 13.70 µg/m3
Edgecombe 12.40 µg/m3
Forsyth 14.40 µg/m3
Gaston 14.40 µg/m3
Haywood 13.00 µg/m3
Jackson 12.00 µg/m3
Lenoir 11.20 µg/m3
Martin 11.10 µg/m3
McDowell 14.40 µg/m3
Mecklenburg 14.80 µg/m3
Mitchell 12.70 µg/m3
Montgomery 12.40 µg/m3
New Hanover 10.20 µg/m3
Onslow 11.20 µg/m3
Orange 13.20 µg/m3
Pitt 11.60 µg/m3
Robeson 12.80 µg/m3
Rowan 14.20 µg/m3
Swain 12.40 µg/m3
Wake 13.60 µg/m3
Watauga 11.90 µg/m3
Wayne 13.10 µg/m3

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

County Average value
Catawba 15.40 µg/m3
Davidson 15.20 µg/m3

Table 3 The following table shows the estimated 3-year average of the annual mean PM2.5 for 1 county that did not have a complete and valid average of PM2.5 concentrations in 2006. In lieu of measured concentrations we used the statistical relationships between this monitor's data and 4 well-correlated surrounding monitors to impute a good representation of the missing samples that were needed to complete the historical average.

County Average value
Guilford 14.00 µg/m3

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