1. NORTH CAROLINA Ashville NC

2. LOCATION

3. NORTH CAROLINA Capital: Raleigh Capital:Raleigh State abbreviation/Postal code: N.C./NC State abbreviation/Postal code: Nickname: Tar Heel State Nickname: Origin of name: In honor of Charles I of England Origin of name: North Carolina became a state on November 21, 1789

4. Raleigh Capital Of NC Charlotte

5. GREENSBORO Appalachian Mountain

6. POPULATION Residents: North Carolinian Residents: 2005 resident population est.: 8,683,242 2005 resident population est.: North Carolina has nine municipalities with populations of more than 100,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2008 estimates):[[ 29] CharlotteCharlotte: Mecklenburg County - population 687,456 RaleighRaleigh: Wake County - population 392,552 GreensboroGreensboro: Guilford County - population 250,642 DurhamDurham: Durham County - population 223,284 Winston-SalemWinston-Salem: Forsyth County - population 217,600 FayettevilleFayetteville: Cumberland County - population 174,091 CaryCary: Wake County - population 129,545 High PointHigh Point: Guilford County - population 101,835 WilmingtonWilmington: New Hanover County - population 100,192

7. BIRD STATE NORTH CAROLINA Northern Cardinals

8. MAIN PRODUCT Over the past century, North Carolina has grown to become a national leader in agriculture, financial services, and manufacturing. The state's industrial output— mainly textiles, chemicals, electrical equipment, paper and pulp/paper products— agriculturefinancial services manufacturingtextileschemicalselectrical equipmentpaperpulp/paper products

9. NORTH CAROLINA STATE FLOWER American Dogwood

10. PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA Andrew JohnsonRaleigh1808- 1875U.S. President Kathryn Grayson