North Carolina

North Carolina
    NORTH CAROLINA
  • Tar Heel State
  • Capital City: Raleigh
  • Location: 35.82195 N, 078.65875 W
  • Area: 53,821 sq. mi., 28th
  • Bird: Cardinal
  • Border States: Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  • Coastline: 301 mi., 7th
  • Constitution: 12th State
  • County Profile: 100 Counties
  • Economy:
    • Agriculture: Poultry and eggs, tobacco, hogs, milk, nursery stock, cattle, soybeans.
    • Industry: Tobacco products, textile goods, chemical products, electric equipment, machinery, tourism.
  • Flag: The flag of North Carolina shall consist of a blue union, containing in the center thereof a white star with the letter N in gilt on the left and the letter C in gilt on the right of said star, the circle containing the same to be one-third the width of the union. The fly of the flag shall consist of two equally proportioned bars; the upper bar to be red, the lower bar to be white; that the length of the bars horizontally shall be equal to the perpendicular length of the union, and the total length of the flag shall be one-third more than its width. That above the star in the center of the union there shall be a gilt scroll in semi-circular form, containing in black letters this inscription "May 20th, 1775," and that below the star there shall be a similar scroll containing in black letters the inscription: April 12th, 1776
  • Governor: Jim Hunt Jr. (D)
  • Flower: American Dogwood (cornus florida)
  • Tree: Longleaf Pine (pinus palustris)
  • Geology:
    • Land Area: 48,843 sq.mi., 28th
    • Geographic Center: Chatham, 10 miles northwest of Sanford
    • Highest Point: Mt. Mitchell, 6,684 feet, 16th
    • Lowest Point: Atlantic coast; sea level, 3rd
    • Inland water: 3,826 sq.mi., 6th
    • Largest Cities:
      • Charlotte
      • Raleigh
      • Greensboro
      • Winston-Salem
      • Durham
    • Lowest Point: Atlantic coast; sea level, 3rd
  • Motto: Esse quam videri (To be, rather than to seem)
  • Nickname: Tar Heel State
  • Origin of state's name: Taken from "Carolus," the Latin word for Charles and named after England's King Charles I
  • Population: 7,425,183, 11th, 7/97
  • Representatives:
    • US House: 106
    • US Senate: 106
  • Song: The Old North State (words by: William Gaston, music by: Mrs. E.E. Randolph)
  • Statehood: November 21, 1789
  • Topography: Coastal plains and tidewater in two-fifths of state, extending to the fall line of the rivers; piedmont plateau, another two-fifths, of gentle to rugged hills; southern Appalachian Mountains contain Blue Ridge and Great Smokey Mountains.