Adult DTC's are operated by 17 judicial districts in 21 counties.
- Avery/Watauga (District 24)
- Brunswick (District 13B)
- Buncombe (District 28)
- Carteret (District 3B)
- Catawba/Burke (District 25)
- Craven (District 3B)
- Cumberland (District 12)
- Durham (District 14)
- Forsyth (District 21)
- Guilford/Greensboro (District 18)
- Guilford/High Point (District 18)
- McDowell (District 29A)
- Mecklenburg (District 26)
- New Hanover (District 5)
- Orange (District 15B)
- Person/Caswell (District 9A)
- Pitt (District 3A)
- Randolph (District 19B)
- Rutherford (District 29A)
- Wake (District 10)