- Inception
- 21 November 1789
- Population
- 9535483, 8049313, 6628637, 5881766, 5082059, 4556155, 4061929, 3571623, 3170276, 2559123, 2206287, 10042802
- Area
- 139390.0
- Elevation
- 215 m
- compulsory education (maximum age)
- 16
- contains the administrative territorial entity
- Alamance County, Alexander County, Alleghany County, Anson County, Ashe County, Avery County, Beaufort County, Bertie County, Bladen County, Brunswick County, Buncombe County, Burke County
- demonym
- North Carolinian, Nord-Karolinano, caroliniani
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The American Cyclopædia, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921, New International Encyclopedia, The New Student's Reference Work, Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6
- hashtag
- NorthCarolina
- IPA transcription
- ˌnɔrθ kærəˈlaɪnə, ˈnɔɹθ ˌkæɹəˈlaɪ̯nə
- local dialing code
- 252, 336, 704, 828, 910, 919, 980, 984
- marriageable age
- 18
- maximum temperature record
- 110
- mean age
- 38.9
- minimum temperature record
- -34
- minimum wage
- 7.25
- motto text
- Esse quam videri, To be, rather than to seem
- native label
- North Carolina
- nickname
- Old North State, Tar Heel State
- number of households
- 4031592
- official name
- State of North Carolina
- OpenStreetMap zoom level
- 6
- per capita income
- 31993
- short name
- NC, N.C.
- social media followers
- 393281
- water as percent of area
- 9.66