Quick Facts and Information About North Carolina
North Carolina is a state in the southeastern United States, and it is bordered by Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and the Atlantic Ocean. This page lists some basic, quick facts about North Carolina and provides links to other useful information.
Quick Facts
Date North Carolina became a state: November 21, 1789 (12th state)
State Capital: Raleigh (Wake County)
Governor: Roy Cooper
State Motto: Esse Quam Videri: To be rather than to seem
State Song: The Old North State
State Colors: Red and Blue
State Bird: Cardinal
State Flower: Dogwood
State Name Origin and Nicknames: Carolina, the Tar Heel State, the Old North State
Economy, Gross Domestic Product: $575,605,000,000 (2018, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis)
Population Estimate: 10,383,620 people (U.S. Census Bureau, 2018) (visit the U.S. Census Quick Facts for more information)
Population Rank: 9th largest state in the United States
Largest City (Population): Charlotte -- 830,258 (North Carolina Office of Budget and Management, 2016)
Total Land Area: 48,617.91 square miles
Land Area Rank: 28th largest state in the United States by land area
Number of Counties: 100
Highest Point in North Carolina: Mount Mitchell (6,684 feet)
Distance Between Murphy (west) and Manteo (east): 546 miles (driving); 474.5 miles (direct, "as the crow flies")
Length by Width: North Carolina is 503 miles long by 150 miles wide
Seats in the U.S. House of Representatives: 13
Seats in the N.C. General Assembly: 120 members in the House; 50 members in the Senate. Find your state legislators at https://www.ncleg.gov/FindYourLegislators
Links to useful information
North Carolina State Constitution
North Carolina State Government Website
North Carolina County and Municipal Population Estimates (NC Office of Budget and Management)
Locate US Representatives for North Carolina (U.S. House of Representatives website)
Locate US Senators for North Carolina (U.S. Senate website)
North Carolina General Assembly website (NC State Legislature)
North Carolina Voter Information: North Carolina State Board of Elections
North Carolina State Symbols and other Official Adoptions (NCpedia article)
Crime Statistics (NC State Bureau of Investigation)
Public Education Information: Reports and Statistics (NC Public Schools)
U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts for North Carolina
North Carolina Economy at a Glance (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2019)
North Carolina Agricultural Statistics (NC Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 2018)
NC LINC (NC Office of Budget and Management: population, labor, education, transportation, agriculture, and other data for NC)
Updated July 2019
Image credit:
TUBS. North Carolina in United States. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Carolina_in_United_States.svg (accessed October 2, 2016).
25 December 2015 | Agan, Kelly
Comments
I couldn't find the info i
I couldn't find the info i needed most,how settlers were able to obtain the new territory. So, i went to different sites, it wasn't in any of those either. Can you help me(I'm in 5th grade)?
Comment response:
I hope these three entries in NCpedia may help you:
http://ncpedia.org/history/colonial/early-settlement
http://ncpedia.org/history/colonial/coastal-plain
http://ncpedia.org/history/colonial/piedmont
In North Carolina, people just came and started setting up towns. As you can read in the entries above, this caused conflict. It also caused some other problems for the American Indians who were here. This entry discusses that: http://ncpedia.org/history/early/contact.
Is this the time period you are looking for, and the kind of information you are looking for? If not, just contact us at the email address listed on this page: http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/contact.html
Thanks,
Michelle Czaikowski, Government & Heritage Library.
I am a DJ and did a show in
I am a DJ and did a show in North Carolina one time. It is a very nice place to visit.Cant wait to go back.
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I can't find some of the
I can't find some of the information that I need on here. I'm doing a project and I can't find the founder of NC or when it was established. I also need to know some of the economic resources and I can't seem to find that, either. ._.
Are you asking when NC became
Are you asking when NC became a colony? If so, these are two essays talk about North Carolina before it became a state: http://ncpedia.org/history/colonial/coastal-plain, http://ncpedia.org/history/colonial/roanoke-island. The date it became a state is listed above, on this page.
For information on economic resources, I'd recommend checking the NC Atlas Revisited essay on North Carolina's economy at http://ncatlasrevisited.org/Economy/econtitle.htm.
I hope this helps!
Michelle Czaikowski, Government & Heritage Library
Hey Michelle, i mean i want
Hey Michelle, i mean i want some REALLLLLYYYYY AWESOME facts about nc. like, anything that was invented there, and more interesting state stuff. puLEEEEEEZ help me find these, mk? -pleez reply
wow ok I will
wow ok I will
hi
hi
Of course, what I think is
Of course, what I think is interesting or awesome may not seem interesting or awesome to you. However, I think these things are cool:
Inventors and inventions in NC
http://ncpedia.org/industry/inventors
Largest and smallest towns in NC
http://ncpedia.org/geography/cities
Interesting places in NC:
http://ncpedia.org/geography/places/roadside-attractions
1st colony:
http://ncpedia.org/history/colonial/roanoke-island
http://ncpedia.org/history/colonial/roanoke-fact-or-fiction
There are also a few legends in NC
http://ncpedia.org/category/subjects/folklore
I hope these help!
Michelle Czaikowski, Government & Heritage Library
this is an incredible site!
this is an incredible site! my 7 year old granddaughter and I were able to find all the answers needed for her 2nd grade project. it was written in simple terms that she understood and was therefore able to actually do her own reasearch. thanks for making the site easy to manuever.
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