The Eastern North Carolina geographic area for this grant application program consists of the following 41 counties:

Beaufort	Dare	Jones	Pitt
Bertie	Duplin	Lenoir	Robeson
Bladen	Edgecombe	Martin	Sampson
Brunswick	Gates	Nash	Scotland
Camden	Greene	New Hanover	Tyrrell
Carteret	Halifax	Northampton	Washington
Chowan	Harnett	Onslow	Wayne
Columbus	Hertford	Pamlico	Wilson
Craven	Hoke	Pasquotank
Cumberland	Hyde	Pender
Currituck	Johnston	Perquimans