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Welcome to North Carolina
 Introduction
North Carolina is a state located in the Southeastern United States along its Atlantic Seaboard. It was one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and the home of the first English colony in the Americas and known as the “Tar Heel State” “Old North State” North Carolina is bordered by South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and the Atlantic Ocean. North Carolina’s 2005 per capita personal income was $31,029, 36th in the nation. North Carolina's agricultural outputs include poultry and eggs, tobacco, hogs, milk, nursery stock, cattle, sweet potatoes, and soybeans.
 People
Total population (2007) 9,061,032
Total Births (2006) 125,259
Total Deaths (2006) 76,663
Total natural population increases (2006) 48,596
Total international migration (2006) 31,907
Total internal migration (2006) 104,133
Net migration (2006) 136,040
Total male population (2000) 3,942,695
Total female population (2000) 4,106,618
Total white population (2000) 5,804,656
Total black population (2000) 1,737,545
Total asian population (2000) 113,689
American Indian & Alaska Native population (2000) 99,551
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander popualtion (2000) 3,983
Hispanic population (2000) 378,963
Total population over 18 yrs (2000) 6,085,266
White population over 18 yrs (2000) 4,527,155
Black population over 18 yrs (2000) 1,218,470
American Indian & Alaska Native population over 18 yrs (2000) 69,522
Asian population over 18 yrs (2000) 82,637
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population over 18 yrs (2000) 2,902
Female median age (2000) 37
Male median age (2000) 34
Total number households (2000) 3,132,013
Average household size (2000) 2.49




 Geography
Capital Raleigh
Largest City Charlotte
State's Total Area Ranking 28
Total Area 53 sq mi
Width 150 miles
Length 560 miles
Percent Water 0.10%
Latitude 34°N to 36°21'N
Longitude 75°30'W to 84°15'W
Highest Elevation Mt. Mitchell 6,684 ft (2,038 m)
Mean Elevation 705 ft
Lowest Elevation Atlantic Ocean 0 ft (0 m)
 Economics
GDP (2005) $346,640,000,000
GDP average annual growth rate percent 1997 to 2004 3.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting contribution to GDP (2005) $3,725,000,000
Mining contribution to GDP (2005) $559,000,000
Utilities contribution to GDP (2005) $6,208,000,000
Construction contribution to GDP (2005) $16,549,000,000
Durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $25,202,000,000
Non-durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $42,031,000,000
Wholesale trade contribution to GDP (2005) $19,387,000,000
Retail trade contribution to GDP (2005) $23,053,000,000
Transportation and warehousing contribution to GDP (2005) $8,514,000,000
Information contribution to GDP (2005) $12,573,000,000
Finance and insurance contribution to GDP (2005) $36,286,000,000
Real estate, rental, and leasing contribution to GDP (2005) $32,429,000,000
Professional and technical services contribution to GDP (2005) $16,514,000,000
Management of companies contribution to GDP (2005) $7,477,000,000
Administrative and waste services contribution to GDP (2005) $9,089,000,000
Educational services contribution to GDP (2005) $2,611,000,000
Health care and social assistance contribution to GDP (2005) $21,902,000,000
Arts, entertainment, and recreation contribution to GDP (2005) $2,341,000,000
Accomodation and food services contribution to GDP (2005) $8,134,000,000
Other services contribution to GDP (2005) $7,116,000,000
Government contribution to GDP (2005) $44,941,000,000
Total state tax (2005) $18,639,618
Total state tax per capita (2005) $2,147
Total employees state & local government (2005) 483,464
Firefighters (2005) 7,298
Government hospital employees (2005) 42,932
Government transit employees (2005) 1,101
Population with health insurance (2000) 6,869,132
Population without health insurance (2000) 1,127,504
 Other
State Flower American Dogwood
State Bird Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Violent crime (2005) 40,650
Violent crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 468.1
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter (2005) 585
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 6.7
Forcible rape (2005) 2,302
Forcible rape rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 26.5
Robbery (2005) 12,635
Robbery rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 145.5
Aggravated assault (2005) 25,128
Aggravated assault rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 289.4
Property crime (2005) 353,855
Property crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 4075.1
Burglary (2005) 104,298
Burglary rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 1201.1
Larceny-theft (2005) 221,091
Larceny-theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 2546.2
Motor vehicle theft (2005) 28,466
Motor vehicle theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 327.8
 City List (Population 2000)
Aberdeen (3,400) Advance Ahoskie (4,523)
Alamance (310) Albemarle (15,680) Albertson
Alexander Alexis Alliance (781)
Almond Altamahaw Andrews (1,602)
Angier (3,419) Ansonville (636) Apex (20,212)
Arapahoe (436) Ararat Arden
Asheboro (21,672) Asheville (68,889) Ash
Atkinson (236) Atlantic Beach (1,781) Atlantic
Aulander (888) Aurora (583) Autryville (196)
Avon Ayden (4,622) Aydlett
Badin (1,154) Bahama Bailey (670)
Bakersville (357) Balsam Grove Balsam
Banner Elk (811) Barco Barium Springs
Barnardsville Barnesville Bat Cave
Bath (275) Battleboro Bayboro (741)
Bear Creek Beaufort (3,771) Belews Creek
Belhaven (1,968) Bellarthur Belmont (8,705)
Belvidere Bennett Benson (2,923)
Bessemer City (5,119) Bethania (354) Bethel (1,681)
Beulaville (1,067) Biscoe (1,700) Black Creek (714)
Black Mountain (7,511) Bladenboro (1,718) Blanch
Blounts Creek Blowing Rock (1,418) Boiling Springs (3,866)
Bolivia (148) Bolton (494) Bonlee
Boomer Boone (13,472) Boonville (1,138)
Bostic (328) Brasstown Brevard (6,789)
Bridgeton (328) Broadway (1,015) Browns Summit
Brunswick (360) Bryson City (1,411) Buies Creek (2,215)
Bullock Bunnlevel Bunn (357)
Burgaw (3,337) Burlington (44,917) Burnsville (1,623)
Butner (5,792) Buxton Bynum
Calabash (711) Calypso (410) Camden
Cameron (151) Camp Lejeune Candler
Candor (825) Canton (4,029) Caroleen
Carolina Beach (4,701) Carrboro (16,782) Carthage (1,871)
Cary (94,536) Casar (308) Cashiers (196)
Castalia (340) Castle Hayne (1,116) Catawba (698)
Cedar Falls Cedar Grove Cedar Island
Cedar Mountain Cerro Gordo (244) Chadbourn (2,129)
Chapel Hill (48,715) Charlotte (540,828) Cherokee
Cherry Point Cherryville (5,361) Chimney Rock (175)
China Grove (3,616) Chinquapin Chocowinity (733)
Claremont (1,038) Clarendon Clarkton (705)
Clayton (6,973) Clemmons (13,827) Cleveland (808)
Cliffside Climax Clinton (8,600)
Clyde (1,324) Coats (1,845) Cofield (347)
Coinjock Colerain (221) Colfax
Collettsville Columbia (819) Columbus (992)
Comfort Como (78) Concord (55,977)
Conetoe (365) Connellys Springs Conover (6,604)
Conway (734) Cooleemee (905) Corapeake
Cordova Cornelius (11,969) Corolla
Council Cove City (433) Cramerton (2,976)
Creedmoor (2,232) Creston Creswell (278)
Crossnore (242) Crouse Crumpler
Culberson Cullowhee (3,579) Cumberland
Cumnock Currie Currituck
Dallas (3,402) Dana Danbury (108)
Davidson (7,139) Davis Deep Gap
Deep Run Delco Denton (1,450)
Denver Dillsboro (205) Dobson (1,457)
Dover (443) Drexel (1,938) Dublin (250)
Dudley Dunn (9,196) Durants Neck
Durham (187,035) Eagle Springs Earl (234)
East Bend (659) East Flat Rock (4,151) East Spencer (1,755)
Eden (15,908) Edenton (5,394) Edneyville
Edward Efland Elizabeth City (17,188)
Elizabethtown (3,698) Elk Park (459) Elkin (4,109)
Ellenboro (479) Ellerbe (1,021) Elm City (1,165)
Elon Emerald Isle (3,488) Enfield (2,347)
Engelhard Enka Ennice
Ernul Erwin (4,537) Ether
Etowah (2,766) Eure Everetts (179)
Evergreen Fair Bluff (1,181) Fairfield
Fairmont (2,604) Fairview (2,495) Faison (744)
Faith (695) Falcon (328) Falkland (112)
Fallston (603) Farmville (4,302) Fayetteville (121,015)
Ferguson Flat Rock (2,565) Fleetwood
Fletcher (4,185) Fontana Dam Forest City (7,549)
Fort Bragg (29,183) Fountain (533) Four Oaks (1,424)
Franklin (3,490) Franklinton (1,745) Franklinville (1,258)
Fremont (1,463) Frisco Fuquay Varina
Garland (808) Garner (17,757) Garysburg (1,254)
Gastonia (66,277) Gaston (973) Gates
Gatesville (281) Germanton Gerton
Gibson (584) Gibsonville (4,372) Glade Valley
Glen Alpine (1,090) Glendale Springs Glenville
Glenwood Gloucester Godwin (112)
Gold Hill Goldsboro (39,043) Goldston (319)
Graham (12,833) Grandy Granite Falls (4,612)
Granite Quarry (2,175) Grantsboro Grassy Creek
Green Mountain Greensboro (223,891) Greenville (60,476)
Grifton (2,073) Grimesland (440) Grover (698)
Gulf Halifax (344) Hallsboro
Hamilton (516) Hamlet (6,018) Hampstead
Hamptonville Harbinger Harkers Island (1,525)
Harmony (526) Harrells (187) Harrellsville (102)
Harrisburg (4,493) Harris Hassell (72)
Hatteras Havelock (22,442) Haw River (1,908)
Hayesville (297) Hays (1,731) Hazelwood
Henderson (16,095) Hendersonville (10,420) Henrico
Henrietta Hertford (2,070) Hickory (37,222)
Hiddenite High Point (85,839) High Shoals (729)
Highfalls Highlands (909) Hildebran (1,472)
Hillsborough (5,446) Hobbsville Hobgood (404)
Hobucken Hoffman (624) Hollister
Holly Ridge (831) Holly Springs (9,192) Hookerton (467)
Hope Mills (11,237) Horse Shoe Hot Springs (645)
Hubert Hudson (3,078) Huntersville (24,960)
Hurdle Mills Icard (2,734) Indian Trail (11,905)
Iron Station Ivanhoe (311) Jackson Springs
Jackson (695) Jacksonville (66,715) Jamestown (3,088)
Jamesville (502) Jarvisburg Jefferson (1,422)
Jonas Ridge Jonesville (1,464) Julian
Kannapolis (36,910) Kelford (245) Kelly (454)
Kenansville (1,149) Kenly (1,569) Kernersville (17,126)
Kill Devil Hills (5,897) King (5,952) Kings Mountain (9,693)
Kinston (23,688) Kipling Kittrell (148)
Kitty Hawk (2,991) Knightdale (5,958) Knotts Island
Kure Beach (1,507) La Grange (2,844) Lake Junaluska (2,675)
Lake Lure (1,027) Lake Toxaway Lake Waccamaw (1,411)
Lakeview Landis (2,996) Lansing (151)
Lattimore (419) Laurel Hill Laurel Springs
Laurinburg (15,874) Lawndale (642) Lawsonville
Leasburg Leicester Leland (1,938)
Lemon Springs Lenoir (16,793) Lewiston Woodville (613)
Lewisville (8,826) Lexington (19,953) Liberty (2,661)
Lilesville (459) Lillington (2,915) Lincolnton (9,965)
Linden (127) Linville Falls Linville
Linwood Little Switzerland Littleton (692)
Locust (2,416) Longwood Louisburg (3,111)
Lowell (2,662) Lowgap Lowland
Lucama (847) Lumber Bridge (118) Lumberton (20,795)
Lynn Macclesfield (458) Macon (115)
Madison (2,262) Maggie Valley (607) Magnolia (932)
Maiden (3,282) Mamers Manns Harbor
Manson Manteo (1,052) Maple Hill
Maple Marble Margarettsville
Marietta (164) Marion (4,943) Mars Hill (1,764)
Marshallberg Marshall (840) Marshville (2,360)
Marston Matthews (22,127) Maury
Maxton (2,551) Mayodan (2,417) Maysville (1,002)
Mc Adenville Mc Farlan Mc Grady
Mc Leansville Mccutcheon Field Mebane (7,284)
Merritt Merry Hill Micaville
Micro (454) Middleburg (162) Middlesex (838)
Midland Midway Park Mill Spring
Millers Creek (2,071) Mills River Milton (132)
Milwaukee Mineral Springs (1,370) Minneapolis
Misenheimer Mocksville (4,178) Moncure
Monroe (26,228) Montezuma Montreat (630)
Mooresboro (314) Mooresville (18,823) Moravian Falls (1,440)
Morehead City (7,691) Morganton (17,310) Morrisville (5,208)
Morven (579) Mount Airy (8,484) Mount Gilead (1,389)
Mount Holly (9,618) Mount Mourne Mount Olive (4,567)
Mount Pleasant (1,259) Mount Ulla Mountain Home (2,169)
Moyock Murfreesboro (2,045) Murphy (1,568)
Nags Head (2,700) Nakina Naples
Nashville (4,309) Nebo New Bern (23,128)
New Hill New London (326) Newell
Newland (704) Newport (3,349) Newton Grove (606)
Newton (12,560) Norlina (1,107) Norman (72)
North Wilkesboro (4,116) Norwood (2,216) Oak City (339)
Oak Island (6,571) Oak Ridge (3,988) Oakboro (1,198)
Ocean Isle Beach (426) Ocracoke (769) Old Fort (963)
Olin Olivia Oriental (875)
Orrum (79) Otto Oxford (8,338)
Pantego (170) Parkton (428) Parmele (290)
Patterson Paw Creek Peachland (554)
Pelham Pembroke (2,399) Pendleton
Penland Penrose Pfafftown
Pikeville (719) Pilot Mountain (1,281) Pine Hall
Pine Level (1,313) Pinebluff (1,109) Pinehurst (9,706)
Pineola Pinetops (1,419) Pinetown
Pineville (3,449) Piney Creek Pink Hill (521)
Pinnacle Pisgah Forest Pittsboro (2,226)
Pleasant Garden (4,714) Pleasant Hill (1,109) Plumtree
Plymouth (4,107) Point Harbor Polkton (1,195)
Polkville (535) Pollocksville (269) Pope A F B
Poplar Branch Potecasi Powells Point
Powellsville (259) Princeton (1,066) Proctorville (133)
Prospect Hill Providence Purlear
Raeford (3,386) Raleigh (276,093) Ramseur (1,588)
Randleman (3,557) Red Oak (2,723) Red Springs (3,493)
Reidsville (14,485) Rex (55) Rhodhiss (366)
Rich Square (931) Richfield (515) Richlands (928)
Ridgecrest Ridgeway Riegelwood
Roanoke Rapids (16,957) Roaring Gap Roaring River
Robbins (1,195) Robbinsville (747) Robersonville (1,731)
Rockingham (9,672) Rockwell (1,971) Rocky Mount (55,893)
Rocky Point Rodanthe Roduco
Rolesville (907) Ronda (460) Roper (613)
Rose Hill (1,330) Roseboro (1,267) Rosman (490)
Rougemont Rowland (1,146) Roxboro (8,696)
Roxobel (263) Ruffin Rural Hall (2,464)
Rutherford College (1,293) Rutherfordton (4,131) Saint Pauls
Salemburg (469) Salisbury (26,462) Salter Path
Saluda (575) Salvo Sandy Ridge
Sanford (23,220) Sapphire Saratoga (379)
Saxapahaw (1,418) Scaly Mountain Scotland Neck (2,362)
Scotts Scottville Scranton
Seaboard (695) Seagrove (246) Sealevel
Sedalia (618) Selma (5,914) Semora
Seven Springs (86) Severn (263) Shallotte (1,381)
Shannon (197) Sharpsburg (2,421) Shawboro
Shelby (19,477) Sherrills Ford (941) Shiloh
Siler City (6,966) Siloam Simpson (464)
Sims (128) Skyland Smithfield (11,510)
Smyrna Sneads Ferry (2,248) Snow Camp
Snow Hill (1,514) Sophia South Mills
Southern Pines (10,918) Southmont Southport (2,351)
Sparta (1,817) Speed (70) Spencer (3,355)
Spindale (4,022) Spring Hope (1,261) Spring Lake (8,098)
Spruce Pine (2,030) Stacy Staley (347)
Stanfield (1,113) Stanley (3,053) Stantonsburg (726)
Star (807) State Road Statesville (23,320)
Stedman (664) Stella Stem (229)
Stokesdale (3,267) Stokes Stoneville (1,002)
Stonewall (285) Stony Point (1,380) Stovall (376)
Stumpy Point Sugar Grove Summerfield (7,018)
Sunbury Sunset Beach (1,824) Supply
Swannanoa (4,132) Swanquarter Swansboro (1,426)
Swepsonville (922) Sylva (2,435) Tabor City (2,509)
Tar Heel (70) Tarawa Terrace Tarboro (11,138)
Taylorsville (1,799) Teachey (245) Terrell
Thomasville (19,788) Thurmond Tillery
Timberlake Toast (1,922) Tobaccoville (2,209)
Todd Topton Townsville
Traphill Trenton (206) Trinity (6,690)
Troutman (1,592) Troy (3,430) Tryon (1,760)
Tuckasegee Turkey (262) Turnersburg
Tuxedo Tyner Union Grove
Union Mills Valdese (4,485) Vale
Valle Crucis Vanceboro (898) Vandemere (289)
Vass (750) Vaughan Vilas
Waco (328) Wade (480) Wadesboro (3,552)
Wagram (801) Wake Forest (12,588) Walkertown (4,009)
Wallace (3,344) Wallburg Walnut Cove (1,465)
Walstonburg (224) Wanchese (1,527) Warne
Warrensville Warrenton (811) Warsaw (3,051)
Washington (9,583) Waves Waxhaw (2,625)
Waynesville (9,232) Weaverville (2,416) Webster (486)
Welcome (3,538) Weldon (1,374) Wendell (4,247)
Wentworth (2,779) West End West Jefferson (1,081)
Westfield Whitakers (799) White Oak (304)
White Plains (1,049) Whiteville (5,148) Whitsett (686)
Whittier Wilkesboro (3,159) Willard
Williamston (5,843) Williston Willow Spring
Wilmington (75,838) Wilson (44,405) Wilsons Mills
Windsor (2,283) Winfall (554) Wingate (2,406)
Winnabow Winston Salem Winterville (4,791)
Winton (956) Wise Woodland (833)
Woodleaf Wrightsville Beach (2,593) Yadkinville (2,818)
Yanceyville (2,091) Youngsville (651) Zebulon (4,046)
Zionville Zirconia