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- Admission to Statehood: November 21, 1789
- Area: 53821 sq.mi, 28th Land 48718 sq. mi., 29th Water 5103 sq.mi., 10th
Coastline 301 mi., 7th Shoreline 3,375 mi., 6th
- Area Codes: 50states List
- Biographies: Famous North Carolinians
- Bird: Cardinal 50states List
- Border States: Regional List Georgia South Carolina Tennessee Virginia
- Cam World: Live Web Cams
- Climate: North Carolina
- Colleges, Universities: 50states List
- Community and Technical Colleges: 50states List
- Community Pages: 50states List
- Constitution: 12th State
- County Profile: Text List 100 Counties
- Courts: Judicial System
- Current Events: News Headlines
- Department of: Education Licensure
- Driving: DMV
- Economy:
- Agriculture: Poultry and eggs, tobacco, hogs, milk, nursery stock, cattle, soybeans.
- Industry: Tobacco products, textile goods, chemical products, electric equipment, machinery, tourism.
- Editorial Cartoons: Cartoonists Index
- Fast Facts: 50states List
- Flag:
That the flag of North Carolina shall consist of a blue union, containing in the center thereof a white star with the letter N in gilt on the left and the letter C in gilt on the right of said star, the circle containing the same to be one-third the width of the union. The fly of the flag shall consist of two equally proportioned bars; the upper bar to be red, the lower bar to be white; that the length of the bars horizontally shall be equal to the perpendicular length of the union, and the total length of the flag shall be one-third more than its width. That above the star in the center of the union there shall be a gilt scroll in semi-circular form, containing in black letters this inscription "May 20th, 1775," and that below the star there shall be a similar scroll containing in black letters the inscription: "April 12th, 1776." Fly this Flag
- Flower: Dogwood Cornus florida
- Genealogical Resources: Cyndi's List Historical Societies
- Geographic Center: Chatham, 10 miles northwest of Sanford
- Governor: Michael F. Easley (D)
- Highest Point: Mt. Mitchell; 6,684 feet, 16th
- Highway Markers: North Carolina Resource Manual
- History: Historical Civil War History Channel
- Largest Cities: Charlotte Raleigh Greensboro Durham Winston-Salem Fayetteville Cary High Point Wilmington Asheville
- Library: North Carolina
- License Plates: North Carolina
- Lowest Point: Atlantic coast; sea level, 3rd
- Maps: DMOZ Blank Outline Map 50states List
- Media: Radio TV
- Motto: Esse quam videri
- To be, rather than to seem
- Museums: The Virtual Library
- National Forest: North Carolina
- Newspapers: North Carolina
- Nickname: Old North State / Tar Heel State
- Origin of state's name: Taken from "Carolus," the Latin word for Charles and named after England's King Charles I
- Pen Pals: Penpalworld.com
- Permanent Residents: Find A Grave
- Population: Quick facts 8,049,313; 11th, 12/00
- Presidental Birthplace:
- Public Records: North Carolina
- Real Estate: Ired.com - North Carolina
- Representatives:
- Road Side America: North Carolina
- Soil: North Carolina - Cecil
- Song: The Old North State 50states List
- words by: William Gaston
- music by: Mrs. E.E. Randolph
- Sports: North Carolina Teams
- State Parks: North Carolina
- Symbols: Geobop's NC Symbols
- Topography: Image Coastal plains and tidewater in two-fifths of state, extending to the fall line of the rivers; piedmont plateau, another two-fifths, of gentle to rugged hills; southern Appalachian Mountains contain Blue Ridge and Great Smokey Mountains.
- Tourism: Tour North Carolina
- Tree: Pine Pinus Plant a Historic Tree, Today!
- Unclaimed Funds: North Carolina
- Veteran Affairs: North Carolina VA Military Links
- Vital Records: North Carolina
- Weather: Raleigh / Durham, Raleigh-Durham International
- Yellow / White Pages:
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