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- Capital: Raleigh
- Estimated 2006 population: 8,856,505
- Change from 2000: +807,192
- Births 2000-2006: 749,959
- Deaths 2000-2006: 456,198
- Internal migration 2000-2006: +347,005
- International migration 2000-2006: +180,986
- 2005 housing units: 3,940,554
- Housing units change from 2000-2005: +397,196
- Land area: 48,711 square miles
- State nickname: Tar Heel State
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