The state of North Carolina (NC) is located in the South Eastern Part of The United States. North Carolina is bordered by Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Virginia, and the Atlantic Ocean. 

Area, 52,586 square miles (136,198 square km).
Population. (2000) 8,049,313, a 21.4% increase since the 1990 census.
The population has seen large growth since 2000. 
Capital, Raleigh.
Largest city, Charlotte.
State dog, Plott Hound 
State gemstone, emerald
State folkdance, clogging
Motto, Esse Quam Videri  (To Be Rather than to Seem). 
State tree, Longleaf pine.
State bird, cardinal
State flower, dogwood

The beautiful state of North Carolina (NC) is located in the warm temperate zone, so it has an abundance of rain along with a mild climate. North Carolina attracts many visitors because of its mild climate, miles of beaches, and of course the mountains. Among some of the popular destinations are Ghost Town in Maggie Valley, Blue Ridge Parkway, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Western North Carolina, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Cape Lookout National Seashore. The state of NC has four national forest with abundance wildlife. Other places of interest include Dismal Swamp, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Kitty Hawk (Wright Brothers), Carl Sandburg Home, Moores Creek, Guilford Courthouse, and the Biltmore House in Asheville, NC.

North Carolina is the leader in the nation for tobacco products and also a major producer of furniture and textiles. North Carolina supplies 40 per cent of the tobacco products for the US, along with other products including hogs, broilers, turkeys, sweet potatoes, greenhouse products, soybeans, eggs, and peanut crop. The furniture industry benefits from the plentiful forest along with the lumber industry. Manufacturing includes textiles, cotton, synthetics, and silk goods, and knit items. North Carolina also produces electrical machinery, chemicals, and computers. High Tech manufacturing in the Research Triangle near Chapel Hill NC has also become well known. North Carolina mineral resources include mica, feldspar, lithium materials, olivine, crushed granite, clays, phosphate, and talc. The coast of North Carolina along with the coastal fisheries, menhaden, crabs, and shrimp are caught. Charlotte NC has become a major United States banking center with related business in that area flourishing.

Real Estate in North Carolina offers a variety of choices. The homes and land for sale in North Carolina (NC) includes beach property, urban homes, mountain log homes, luxury estates, and farmland. Affordable housing can be found throughout the state. North Carolina continues to one of the top states in the country to relocate to. Search North Carolina Listings for homes for sale in NC.