North Carolina

North Carolina
North Carolina
	State
Kintra	Unitit States
Afore stateheid	Province o North Carolina
Admittit tae the Union	November 21, 1789 (12t)
Lairgest ceety	Charlotte
Lairgest metro	Charlotte metro aurie
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Roy Cooper (D)
• Lieutenant Governor	Dan Forest (R)
Legislatur	General Assembly
• Upper hoose	Senate
• Lawer hoose	Hoose o Representatives
U.S. senators	Richard Burr (R); Thom Tillis (R)
U.S. Hoose delegation	10 Republicans; 3 Democrats (leet)
Population
• Total	9,943,964 (2,014 est)
• Density	82.7/km2 (212.2/sq mi)
• Median hooseaud income	$54082
• Income rank	38t
Leid
• Offeecial leid	None (Inglis de facto)
• Spoken leid	As o 2000 Inglis 90.70%; Spaingie 6.18%;
Latitude	33° 50′ N to 36° 35′ N
Longitude	75° 28′ W to 84° 19′ W

North Carolina is a state in the Unitit States o Americae, on the east coast. Nor Carolina haes the 10t maist indwallers o aa the States o the U.S., an is the 28t lairgest state bi aurie. The state is dividit intae 100 coonties. The caipital is Raleigh, that alang wi Durham an Chapel Hill is hame tae the lairgest resairch pairk in the Unitit States (Research Triangle Park). The maist populous municipality is Charlotte, that is the third lairgest bankin centre in the Unitit States efter New York City an San Francisco.^[4]

The state haes a wide range o elevations, frae sea level on the coast tae 6,684 feet (2,037 m) at Munt Mitchell, the heichest pynt in North Americae east o the Mississippi River.^[5] The climate o the coastal plains is strangly influenced bi the Atlantic Ocean. Maist o the state faws in the humid subtropical climate zone. Mair nor 300 mile (500 km) frae the coast, the wastren, muntainous pairt of the state haes a subtropical hieland climate.