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C A P I T A L
Raleigh
G O V E R N O R
Beverly Perdue
S E N A T O R S
Richard Burr
Kay Hagan
L I C E N S E P L A T E
L O G O
 C I T I E S
Charlotte: 526,245
Raleigh: 273,203
Greensboro: 208,210
Winston-Salem: 173,568
Durham: 169,177
Fayetteville: 127,558
Cary: 92,972
High Point: 77,586
Wilmington: 75,629
Jacksonville: 73,122
S T A T E F L O W E R
Dogwood
S T A T E T R E E
Pine
S T A T E B I R D
Cardinal
S T A T E G E M
Emerald
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S T A T E S E A L
S T A T E H O O D
November 21, 1789
12th in the Union
S T A T E M O T T O
Esse Quam Videri
(To be rather than to seem)
S T A T E N I C K N A M E
The Old North State or
The Tar Heel State
S T A T E B E V E R A G E
Milk
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P O P U L A T I O N
2000 census:
8,049,313
11th among states
T O T A L A R E A
48,718 Sq Mi
29th among states
F U N F A C T S
The University of North Carolina was the first public university in the United States to open its doors.
The first known miniature golf course was in Fayetteville, NC.
The Halifax Resolves were passed on April 12, 1776 by the Fourth Provincial Congress of North Carolina that met at Halifax County, North Carolina. The Halifax resolves were the first official action by a colony calling for independence.
The first state art museum in the country is located in Raleigh.
The first Pepsi was created and served in New Bern, North Carolina in 1898
S T A T E F L A G
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