| Chowan County Spending and Population | ||||||
| FISCAL YEAR | TAX RATE | VALUATION | GENERAL FUND SPENDING | |||
| 26-27 proposed | ????? | 3.04 Billion | $30.6 MILLION | 19.5 % over last year, 44% over two years ago | ||
| 25-26 | 69.5 | $2.02 Billion | $25.7 million | |||
| 24-25 | 66.5 | $1.92 Billion | $21.3 million | |||
| 23-24 | 66.5 | $1.87 Billion | $19.4 million | |||
| 22-23 | 66.5 | $1.82 Billion | $18.5 million | |||
| 21-22 | 75.5 | $1.5 Billion | $16.8 million | |||
| 20-21 | 75 | ? | $15.8 million | Proposed spending is almost twice what it was 6 years ago | The result of the 2022 revaluation appeared to encourage county spendiing | |
| County Population | ||||||
| 1980 | 12,558 | |||||
| 1990 | 13,506 | |||||
| 2000 | 14,526 | |||||
| 2010 | 17,793 | |||||
| 2020 | 13,708 | |||||
| 2025 | Estimated 379 more than 2020 | |||||