Back Noord-Carolina Afrikaans ኖርዝ ካሮላይና Amharic Carolina d'o Norte AN Norþcarolīna ANG كارولاينا الشمالية Arabic كارولينا الشمالية ARY نورث كارولاينا ARZ Carolina del Norte AST North Carolina suyu Aymara Şimali Karolina Azerbaijani
North Carolina | |
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| The State of North Carolina | |
| Nickname(s): Old North State; Tar Heel State | |
| Motto(s): | |
| Anthem: The Old North State | |
 Map of the United States with North Carolina highlighted | |
| Country | United States |
| Before statehood | Province of North-Carolina |
| Admitted to the Union | November 21, 1789 (12th) |
| Capital | Raleigh |
| Largest city | Charlotte |
| Largest county or equivalent | Wake |
| Largest metro and urban areas | Greater Charlotte |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Roy Cooper (D) |
| • Lieutenant Governor | Mark Robinson (R) |
| Legislature | General Assembly |
| • Upper house | Senate |
| • Lower house | House of Representatives |
| U.S. senators | Thom Tillis (R) Ted Budd (R) |
| U.S. House delegation |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 53,819 sq mi (139,390 km2) |
| • Land | 48,711 sq mi (126,161 km2) |
| • Water | 1,972 sq mi (5,108 km2) 9.5% |
| • Rank | 28th |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 600[3] mi (950 km) |
| • Width | 300 mi (300 km) |
| Elevation | 700 ft (210 m) |
| Highest elevation | 6,684 ft (2,037 m) |
| Lowest elevation (Atlantic Ocean[4]) | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 10,488,084 |
| • Rank | 9th |
| • Density | 208.7/sq mi (80.6/km2) |
| • Rank | 15th |
| • Median household income | $52,752[6] |
| • Income rank | 39th |
| Demonym(s) | North Carolinian (official); Tar Heel (colloquial) |
| Language | |
| • Official language | English[7] |
| • Spoken language | As of 2010[8]
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| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| USPS abbreviation | NC |
| ISO 3166 code | US-NC |
| Traditional abbreviation | N.C. |
| Latitude | 33° 50′ N to 36° 35′ N |
| Longitude | 75° 28′ W to 84° 19′ W |
| Website | www |
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| North Carolina state symbols | |
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| Living insignia | |
| Bird | Cardinal |
| Butterfly | Eastern tiger swallowtail |
| Fish | Red Drum |
| Flower | Flowering Dogwood |
| Insect | Western honeybee |
| Marsupial | Virginia Opossum (state marsupial) |
| Tree | Longleaf Pine |
| Inanimate insignia | |
| Beverage | Milk |
| Dance | Clogging |
| Food | Scuppernong grape, sweet potato |
| Fossil | Megalodon teeth |
| Gemstone | Emerald |
| Mineral | Gold |
| Rock | Granite |
| State route marker | |
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| State quarter | |
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| Lists of United States state symbols | |
North Carolina is one of the 50 states of the United States. The capital of North Carolina is Raleigh and the city with the most people is Charlotte. North Carolina is split into 100 counties, and each county has many cities and towns.
North Carolina was one of the original thirteen colonies and was where the first English colony in America lived. As of 2024, there were about 10,400,000 people living in the state.[9]
In 2018, North Carolina was number one on Forbes' Best States for Business list for the second year in a row.
- ↑ In 1893 the North Carolina General Assembly adopted the Latin words "Esse Quam Videri" as the state motto and directed that these words be placed with the state's Coat of Arms and the date "20 May 1775" upon the great seal.
- ↑ These words are also famous from Generalfeldmarschall Helmuth von Moltke the Elder: "Mehr sein als scheinen—viel leisten und wenig hervortreten."
- ↑ "North Carolina Climate and Geography". NC Kids Page. North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State. May 8, 2006. Archived from the original on November 4, 2006. Retrieved November 7, 2006.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ↑ Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
- ↑ "Median Annual Household Income". The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
- ↑ "State language". Ncga.state.nc.cus. p. § 145–12. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
(a)Purpose. English is the most common language of the people of the United States of America and the State of North Carolina. This section is intended to preserve, protect and strengthen the English language, and not to supersede any of the rights guaranteed to the people by the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of North Carolina. (b) English as the Official Language of North Carolina. English is the official language of the State of North Carolina.
[permanent dead link] - ↑ "North Carolina". Modern Language Association. Archived from the original on June 4, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
- ↑ List of U.S. states by population