North Carolina State Facts – Part I
1. State Capital – Raleigh 2. State nickname – Tar Heel State; OldNorthState 3. Date Joined Union rank – 12th 4. Population – 9,535,483 (2010 Census) 5. Population rank – 10th 6. Physical Size – 53,819 sq. mi. 7. Physical Size rank – 28th 8. Population density – 179 per sq. mi. 9. Population density rank – 15th 10. Number of counties – 100 11. Largest county by population –…