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