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North Carolina At A Glance
Last Updated September 15, 2003
The State:
- Profile: Click here for political history and analysis.
- Size: 53,819 square miles
- Population in 2000: 8,049,313; 60.2% urban; 39.8% rural
- Population in 1990: 6,628,637
- Population Change: Up
21.4% 1990-2000; Up
12.7% 1980-1990
- Population Rank: 11th of 50; 2.9% of total U.S. population
- Most Populous Cities:
Charlotte (540,828);
Raleigh (276,093);
Greensboro (223,891);
Durham (187,035);
Winston-Salem (185,776)
- Registered Voters:
2,388,679 D
(48.0%);
1,712,992 R
(34.4%);
872,335 unaffiliated and minor parties
(17.5%)
- Presidential Votes: Click here for analysis and past returns.
- Congressional Redistricting: Click here for additional details. An expanded
map of the current lines is also available.
- State
Senate: 28 D 22 R
- State House: 60 D 60 R
- State Legislative Term Limits: No
Key Elected Officials:
The People:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Race/Ethnic Origin:
5,647,155 (70.2%) white;
1,723,301 (21.4%) black;
112,416 (1.4%) Asian;
95,333 (1.2%) American Indian;
3,165 (0.0%) Pacific islander/Hawaiian;
79,965 (1.0%) two-plus races;
9,015 (0.1%) other;
378,963 (4.7%) Hispanic origin
- Ancestry:
11.7% USA,
8.1% English,
8.0% German,
6.3% Irish,
2.7% Scotch-Irish
- State Natives: 63.0% of residents were born in-state.
- Non-Citizens: 3.9% of residents are foreign-born and not U.S. citizens
- Language Spoken, by Household: 90.7% English;
5.4% Spanish;
2.4% Other Eur.
- Education:
78.1% high school graduates;
22.5% college graduates
- Military Veterans:
792,646 (13.0%);
WWII: (17.3%);
Korea: (12.5%);
Vietnam: (32.3%);
First Gulf War: (13.3%)
The Economy:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Industry:
1.6% agriculture;
8.2% construction;
6.0% finance;
2.3% information;
24.4% manufacturing;
26.9% professional;
4.1% public administration;
14.9% trade;
11.6% other
- Work Force: 29.7% blue collar; 56.0% white collar; 14.3% gray collar
- Work Sector: 78.8% private; 14.5% government; 6.4% self-employed; 0.3% unpaid family workers
- Unemployment: 0.3% unemployed
- Median Household Income:
$39,184
- 12.3% are below the poverty line
- 16.9% less than $15,000
- 27.7% $15-35,000
- 17.7% $35-50,000
- 28.3% $50-100,000
- 6.0% $100-150,000
- 3.4% more than $150,000
Median Home Value: $95,800
- 18.0% less than $50,000
- 35.1% $50-100,000
- 33.7% $100-200,000
- 8.2% $200-300,000
- 3.6% $300-500,000
- 1.5% more than $500,000
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