Quick facts about North Carolina

26 May 2010 | Czaikowski, Michelle

Quick Facts About North Carolina

North Carolina is in the United States and is bordered by Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and the Atlantic Ocean.

Map of US highlighting North Carolina

Current governor: Beverly Eaves Perdue
Find US Representatives for North Carolina
Find US Senators for North Carolina
North Carolina General Assembly (NC State Legislature)
Official State Symbols
2010 population: 9,535,483 (from US Census Bureau, information released 12/21/2010). North Carolina is the tenth largest state in the United States based on population.
Total land area in 2000: 48,710.88 square miles (State and County Quickfacts: http://quickfacts.census.gov)
Number of counties: 100
Distance between Murphy and Manteo the furthest towns in NC:
- Driving: 546 miles
- Direct ("as the crow flies"): 474.5 miles
Highest point in North Carolina: Mount Mitchell
Date it became a state: November 21, 1789
Other statistics:
- Crime Statistics
- Public education: reports and statistics
State name and nicknames

Image credit:

Gleason, David B. 2009. "Mount Mitchell view." Flickr user mindfrieze. Online at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindfrieze/202502537/.

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Great site! lots of good

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 12/24/2011 - 08:53.

Great site! lots of good information, that helped me out with my projects. Keep it up!

where can i find the nc state

Submitted by mike (not verified) on Sun, 12/18/2011 - 13:27.

where can i find the nc state political system division ie. district, county, state, etc

Comment response:

If you are looking for information about districts for Representatives and Senators in the North Carolina General Assembly, there is some information on their website. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/GIS/Representation/Representation.html.

Information about the 2011 redistricting may also be found at http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gis/randr07/redistricting.html.

If you need additional information, we are happy to help. Just let us know what questions you have. You may send an email directly to Reference Services at the NC Government & Heritage Library. Their contact information may be found at http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/reference/reference.html .

Good luck in your research, and thank you for contacting us.

Michelle Czaikowski, Government & Heritage Library

I couldn't find the info i

Submitted by Sedasia (not verified) on Wed, 12/14/2011 - 20:44.

I couldn't find the info i needed most,how settlers were able to obtain the new territory. So, i went to different sites, it wasn't in any of those either. Can you help me(I'm in 5th grade)?

Comment response:

I hope these three entries in NCpedia may help you:

http://ncpedia.org/history/colonial/early-settlement
http://ncpedia.org/history/colonial/coastal-plain
http://ncpedia.org/history/colonial/piedmont

In North Carolina, people just came and started setting up towns. As you can read in the entries above, this caused conflict. It also caused some other problems for the American Indians who were here. This entry discusses that: http://ncpedia.org/history/early/contact.

Is this the time period you are looking for, and the kind of information you are looking for? If not, just contact us at the email address listed on this page: http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/reference/reference.html

Thanks,

Michelle Czaikowski, Government & Heritage Library.

I am a DJ and did a show in

Submitted by Making Beats (not verified) on Sat, 11/05/2011 - 12:36.

I am a DJ and did a show in North Carolina one time. It is a very nice place to visit.Cant wait to go back.

I can't find some of the

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 17:12.

I can't find some of the information that I need on here. I'm doing a project and I can't find the founder of NC or when it was established. I also need to know some of the economic resources and I can't seem to find that, either. ._.

Are you asking when NC became

Submitted by mczaikowski on Tue, 09/06/2011 - 07:34.

Are you asking when NC became a colony? If so, these are two essays talk about North Carolina before it became a state: http://ncpedia.org/history/colonial/coastal-plain, http://ncpedia.org/history/colonial/roanoke-island. The date it became a state is listed above, on this page.

For information on economic resources, I'd recommend checking the NC Atlas Revisited essay on North Carolina's economy at http://ncatlasrevisited.org/Economy/econtitle.htm.

I hope this helps!

Michelle Czaikowski, Government & Heritage Library

Hey Michelle, i mean i want

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 13:10.

Hey Michelle, i mean i want some REALLLLLYYYYY AWESOME facts about nc. like, anything that was invented there, and more interesting state stuff. puLEEEEEEZ help me find these, mk? -pleez reply

Of course, what I think is

Submitted by mczaikowski on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 07:43.

Of course, what I think is interesting or awesome may not seem interesting or awesome to you. However, I think these things are cool:

Inventors and inventions in NC
http://ncpedia.org/industry/inventors

Largest and smallest towns in NC
http://ncpedia.org/geography/cities

Interesting places in NC:
http://ncpedia.org/geography/places/roadside-attractions

1st colony:
http://ncpedia.org/history/colonial/roanoke-island
http://ncpedia.org/history/colonial/roanoke-fact-or-fiction

There are also a few legends in NC
http://ncpedia.org/culture/legends

I hope these help!

Michelle Czaikowski, Government & Heritage Library

this is an incredible site!

Submitted by k. alcorn-mccleod (not verified) on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 20:50.

this is an incredible site! my 7 year old granddaughter and I were able to find all the answers needed for her 2nd grade project. it was written in simple terms that she understood and was therefore able to actually do her own reasearch. thanks for making the site easy to manuever.