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Capital:
Raleigh
State
abbreviation/Postal code: N.C./NC
Governor: Mike
Easley, D (to Jan. 2009)
Lieut. Governor: Beverly
Perdue, D (to Jan. 2009)
Senators:
Richard Burr, R (to Jan. 2011); Elizabeth
Dole, R (to Jan. 2009)
U.S. Representatives:
13
Historical biographies of Congressional members
Secy. of State: Elaine
F. Marshall, D (to Jan. 2009)
Treasurer: Richard H.
Moore, D (to Jan. 2009)
Atty. General: Roy
Cooper, D (to Jan. 2009)
Entered Union (rank):
Nov. 21, 1789 (12)
Present constitution
adopted: 1971
Motto: Esse
quam videri (To be rather than to seem)
State symbols:
|
flower |
dogwood (1941) |
|
tree |
pine (1963) |
|
bird |
cardinal
(1943) |
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mammal |
gray squirrel
(1969) |
|
insect |
honeybee
(1973) |
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reptile |
eastern box
turtle (1979) |
|
gemstone |
emerald (1973) |
|
shell |
scotch bonnet
(1965) |
|
historic
boat |
shad boat
(1987) |
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beverage |
milk (1987) |
|
rock |
granite (1979) |
|
dog |
plott hound
(1989) |
|
song |
�The Old North
State� (1927) |
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colors |
red and blue
(1945) |
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fruit |
scuppernong
grape (2001) |
Nickname: Tar
Heel State
Origin of name:
In honor of Charles I of England
10 largest cities (2005
est.): Charlotte, 610,949; Raleigh,
341,530; Greensboro, 231,962; Durham,
204,845; Winston-Salem, 193,755;
Fayetteville, 129,928; Cary, 106,439;
Wilmington, 95,476; High Point, 95,086;
Asheville, 72,231
Land area: 48,711
sq mi. (126,161 sq km)
Geographic center: In
Chatham Co., 10 mi. NW of Sanford
Number of counties: 100
Largest county by population
and area: Mecklenburg, 796,372 (2005); Robeson,
949 sq mi.
State parks: 29
Residents: North
Carolinian
2005 resident population est.:
8,683,242
2000 resident census
population (rank): 8,049,313 (11). Male:
3,942,695 (49.0%); Female: 4,106,618 (51.0%).
White: 5,804,656 (72.1%); Black:
1,737,545 (21.6%); American Indian: 99,551
(1.2%); Asian: 113,689 (1.4%); Other race:
186,629 (2.3%); Two or more races: 103,260
(1.3%); Hispanic/Latino: 378,963 (4.7%).
2000 percent population 18 and over: 75.6; 65
and over: 12.0; median age: 35.3.
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