North Carolina

North Carolina is a one of the state, located in Southern Region (South Atlantic) of United States. The population of the state was 8049313 as per the 2000 census data. Its population in July 2008 was estimated to be about 9222414, It is the 11th most populous in the U.S. state of America. It is spread over 53818.51 miē (139389.3 kmē), of which, 48710.88 square miles (126160.6 kmē ) of it is land and 5107.63 square miles (13228.7 kmē) of it is water, makes it the 28th largest by total area in United States. It is ranks tenth in the size of its inland waterways in United States.

North Carolina United States
Map of North Carolina in United States

As of the census of 2000, there were 8049313 residents, 3132013 households, and 2158869 families in the state. The population density was 165.2 people per square mile (63.78/kmē), making its United States's 17th most densely populated state. There were 3523944 housing units at an average density of 72.3 per square mile (27.92/kmē). It has an average household size was 2.49 persons, and the average family size was 2.98 persons. In the state Population was distributed with 24.4% under the age of 18, 10% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 12% who were 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 96 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.3 males. The median age is 35.3 years, the median age of male residents at 33.8 and the median age of female residents at 36.7. The July 2008 population estimate is 8049313, The racial makeup of the state was 72.11% White, 21.59% Black or African American, 1.24% American Indian, 1.41% Asian, 0.05% Native Hawaiian, 1.28% from two or more races and 2.32% Other races.

North Carolina Population
Population 2000-2008
North Carolina School Enrollment
School Enrollment 2000
North Carolina Races
Races 2000
North Carolina GDP
GDP 2000 - 2008
North Carolina GDP per capita
GDP Per Capita 2008

The median income for a household in the state was $39184, it is United States's 32nd wealthiest state by median household income. The median income for a family in the state was $46335, it would be the 31st highest state by median family income in the U.S. state of America. The per capita income for the state was $20307, making it the 28th wealthiest state by per capita income among the United States. The median income of state was $22276, The median income for males was $26812 versus $18619 for females. The Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates that the total GDP in 2008 was $400.2 billion, it is the ninth wealthiest state in terms of gross domestic product. Per capita personal income in 2008 was $35719.

In 2000, 2043225 pupils and students, of which 49.63% are male and 50.37% are female, 25.38% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, percentage of enrollment student are in, 6.62% nursery or pri school, 5.61% kindergarten, 44.69% elementary school, 20.45% high school and 22.62% College graduate school.

Rank County Total Area mi2 Land Area mi2 Water Area mi2 Population Density mi2 Per capita Income House hold Income Family Income
1 Alamance County 434.77 429.99 4.78 130800 304.2 19391 39168 46479
2 Alexander County 263.14 260.18 2.95 33603 129.2 18507 38684 45691
3 Alleghany County 235.52 234.65 0.87 10677 45.5 17691 29244 38473
4 Anson County 537.13 531.57 5.56 25275 47.5 14853 29849 35870
5 Ashe County 426.78 426.13 0.65 24384 57.2 16429 28824 36052
6 Avery County 247.21 247 0.2 17167 69.5 15176 30627 37454
7 Beaufort County 958.69 827.97 130.72 44958 54.3 16722 31066 37893
8 Bertie County 741.22 699.19 42.03 19773 28.3 14096 25177 30186
9 Bladen County 887.13 874.94 12.19 32278 36.9 14735 26877 33974
10 Brunswick County 1050.01 854.79 195.21 73143 85.6 19857 35888 42037
11 Buncombe County 659.8 655.99 3.81 206330 314.5 20384 36666 45011
12 Burke County 514.89 506.72 8.17 89148 175.9 17397 35629 42114
13 Cabarrus County 364.98 364.39 0.59 131063 359.7 21121 46140 53692
14 Caldwell County 474.29 471.6 2.7 77415 164.2 17353 35739 41665
15 Camden County 305.7 240.68 65.02 6885 28.6 18681 39493 45387
16 Carteret County 1340.53 519.84 820.68 59383 114.2 21260 38344 45499
17 Caswell County 428.43 424.67 3.76 23501 55.3 16470 35018 41905
18 Catawba County 413.51 399.97 13.54 141685 354.2 20358 40536 47474
19 Chatham County 709.05 682.85 26.19 49329 72.2 23355 42851 50909
20 Cherokee County 466.68 455.19 11.49 24298 53.4 15814 27992 33768
21 Chowan County 233.31 172.64 60.67 14526 84.1 15027 30928 36986
22 Clay County 220.6 214.7 5.89 8775 40.9 18221 31397 38264
23 Cleveland County 468.6 464.63 3.97 96287 207.2 17395 35283 41733
24 Columbus County 953.6 936.8 16.8 54749 58.4 14415 26805 33849
25 Craven County 774.14 708.43 65.72 91436 129.1 18423 35966 42574
26 Cumberland County 658.46 652.72 5.74 302963 464.2 17376 37466 41459
27 Currituck County 525.65 261.7 263.95 18190 69.5 19908 40822 46382
28 Dare County 1561.51 383.58 1177.93 29967 78.1 23614 42411 49302
29 Davidson County 566.77 552.15 14.62 147246 266.7 18703 38640 46241
30 Davie County 266.89 265.18 1.7 34835 131.4 21359 40174 47699
31 Duplin County 819.11 817.73 1.38 49063 60 14499 29890 34760
32 Durham County 297.79 290.32 7.47 223314 769.2 23156 43337 53223
33 Edgecombe County 506.58 505.03 1.55 55606 110.1 14435 30983 35902
34 Forsyth County 412.92 409.6 3.32 306067 747.2 23023 42097 52032
35 Franklin County 494.59 492.02 2.57 47260 96.1 17562 38968 44540
36 Gaston County 363.54 356.21 7.33 190365 534.4 19225 39482 46271
37 Gates County 345.6 340.61 5 10516 30.9 15963 35647 41511
38 Graham County 301.6 292.07 9.53 7993 27.4 14237 26645 32750
39 Granville County 536.56 531.12 5.45 48498 91.3 17118 39965 46013
40 Greene County 265.89 265.4 0.49 18974 71.5 15452 32074 36419
41 Guilford County 657.7 649.42 8.28 421048 648.3 23340 42618 52638
42 Halifax County 731.35 725.36 5.99 57370 79.1 13810 26459 33515
43 Harnett County 601.3 595.01 6.29 91025 153 16775 35105 41176
44 Haywood County 554.62 553.66 0.96 54033 97.6 18554 33922 40438
45 Henderson County 375.04 374 1.04 89173 238.4 21110 38109 44974
46 Hertford County 360.42 353.26 7.16 22601 64 15641 26422 32002
47 Hoke County 392.34 391.21 1.12 33646 86 13635 33230 36110
48 Hyde County 1424 612.8 811.2 5826 9.5 13164 28444 35558
49 Iredell County 597.01 575.57 21.44 122660 213.1 21148 41920 49078
50 Jackson County 494.5 490.71 3.79 33121 67.5 17582 32552 40876
51 Johnston County 795.79 791.85 3.94 121965 154 18788 40872 48599
52 Jones County 473.32 471.88 1.44 10381 22 15916 30882 35180
53 Lee County 259.33 257.26 2.07 49040 190.6 19147 38900 45373
54 Lenoir County 402.09 399.85 2.24 59648 149.2 16744 31191 38815
55 Lincoln County 307.03 298.79 8.24 63780 213.5 18877 41421 47752
56 McDowell County 446.41 441.68 4.73 42151 95.4 16109 32396 37789
57 Macon County 519.47 516.47 3 29811 57.7 18642 32139 37381
58 Madison County 451.59 449.42 2.17 19635 43.7 16076 30985 37383
59 Martin County 461.49 461.17 0.32 25593 55.5 15102 28793 35428
60 Mecklenburg County 546.22 526.28 19.94 695454 1321.5 27352 50579 60608
61 Mitchell County 222.14 221.43 0.71 15687 70.8 15933 30508 36367
62 Montgomery County 501.64 491.6 10.04 26822 54.6 16504 32903 39616
63 Moore County 705.67 697.74 7.94 74769 107.2 23377 41240 48492
64 Nash County 542.69 540.27 2.42 87420 161.8 18863 37147 44769
65 New Hanover County 327.92 198.93 128.98 160307 805.8 23123 40172 50861
66 Northampton County 550.61 536.48 14.13 22086 41.2 15413 26652 34648
67 Onslow County 908.56 766.82 141.74 150355 196.1 14853 33756 36692
68 Orange County 401.21 399.84 1.37 118227 295.7 24873 42372 59874
69 Pamlico County 566.23 336.94 229.29 12934 38.4 18005 34084 41659
70 Pasquotank County 289.44 226.88 62.56 34897 153.8 14815 30444 36402
71 Pender County 932.64 870.67 61.97 41082 47.2 17882 35902 41633
72 Perquimans County 328.93 247.17 81.76 11368 46 15728 29538 35212
73 Person County 404.09 392.31 11.78 35623 90.8 18709 37159 44598
74 Pitt County 654.77 651.58 3.19 133798 205.3 18243 32868 43971
75 Polk County 238.6 237.85 0.75 18324 77 19804 36259 45096
76 Randolph County 789.93 787.36 2.57 130454 165.7 18236 38348 44369
77 Richmond County 479.58 473.98 5.6 46564 98.2 14485 28830 35226
78 Robeson County 951.03 948.84 2.19 123339 130 13224 28202 32514
79 Rockingham County 572.33 566.44 5.9 91928 162.3 17120 33784 40821
80 Rowan County 523.86 511.31 12.55 130340 254.9 18071 37494 44242
81 Rutherford County 565.9 564.12 1.78 62899 111.5 16270 31122 37787
82 Sampson County 947.45 945.45 2.01 60161 63.6 14976 31793 38072
83 Scotland County 320.64 319.14 1.5 35998 112.8 15693 31010 39178
84 Stanly County 404.26 395.06 9.2 58100 147.1 17825 36898 43956
85 Stokes County 455.89 451.84 4.05 44711 99 18130 38808 44615
86 Surry County 537.79 536.52 1.27 71219 132.7 17722 33046 38902
87 Swain County 540.64 528.1 12.54 12968 24.6 14647 28608 33786
88 Transylvania County 380.56 378.39 2.17 29334 77.5 20767 38587 45579
89 Tyrrell County 600.3 389.91 210.39 4149 10.6 13326 25684 32468
90 Union County 639.59 637.37 2.22 123677 194 21978 50638 56197
91 Vance County 269.82 253.52 16.31 42954 169.4 15897 31301 36389
92 Wake County 857.26 831.92 25.33 627846 754.7 27004 54988 67149
93 Warren County 443.8 428.7 15.09 19972 46.6 14716 28351 33602
94 Washington County 424.39 348.46 75.93 13723 39.4 14994 28865 34888
95 Watauga County 312.73 312.51 0.22 42695 136.6 17258 32611 45508
96 Wayne County 556.69 552.57 4.12 113329 205.1 17010 33942 40492
97 Wilkes County 759.93 757.19 2.74 65632 86.7 17516 34258 40607
98 Wilson County 374.26 371.09 3.17 73814 198.9 17102 33116 41551
99 Yadkin County 337.49 335.55 1.94 36348 108.3 18576 36660 43758
100 Yancey County 313.11 312.45 0.65 17774 56.9 16335 29674 35879