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NORTH CAROLINA
Ashville NC
LOCATION
NORTH CAROLINA
Capital: Raleigh State abbreviation/Postal code: N.C./NC Nickname: Tar Heel State Origin of name: In honor of Charles I of
England North Carolina became a state on November
21, 1789
Raleigh Capital Of NC Charlotte
GREENSBORO Appalachian Mountain
POPULATION
Residents: North Carolinian 2005 resident population est.: 8,683,242
North Carolina has nine municipalities with populations of more than 100,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2008 estimates):[
29]Charlotte: Mecklenburg County - population 687,456
Raleigh: Wake County - population 392,552 Greensboro: Guilford County - population 250,642
Durham: Durham County - population 223,284 Winston-Salem: Forsyth County - population 217,600 Fayetteville: Cumberland County - population 174,091
Cary: Wake County - population 129,545 High Point: Guilford County - population 101,835
Wilmington: New Hanover County - population 100,192
BIRD STATE NORTH CAROLINA
Northern Cardinals
MAIN PRODUCT
Over the past century, North Carolina has grown to become a national leader in agriculture, financial services, and manufacturing. The state's industrial output—mainly textiles, chemicals, electrical equipment, paper and pulp/paper products—
NORTH CAROLINA STATE FLOWER
American Dogwood
PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Andrew JohnsonRaleigh1808-1875U.S. President
Kathryn Grayson