|capital=Raleigh
|language=English
|governor=Beverly PerdueRoy Cooper
|gparty=Democrat
|senator1=Richard Burr
|s1phone=(202) 224-3154
|s1email=http://burr.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home Contact
|senator2=Kay HaganThom Tillis|s2party=DemocratRepublican
|s2phone=(202) 224-6342
|s2email=mailtohttp:Senator_Hagan@hagan//www.tillis.senate.gov /public/index.cfm/email-me Contact|population=10,247,632 (2017 estimate)
|date=November 21, 1789 (12th)
}}
'''North Carolina''', in the southeastern region of the [[United States]], on [[November]] 21st, 1789 became the twelfth state to enter into the union. North Carolina was part of the [[Confederate States of America]], 1861-65. The capital of North Carolina is [[Raleigh]] and its largest city is [[Charlotte]]. The current governor of North Carolina is Beverly PerdueRoy Cooper, a [[Democrat]].
North Carolina is the birthplace of two American presidents, [[James Polk]] and [[Andrew Johnson]], both of whom left young. The most prominent recent conservative leader was Senator [[Jesse Helms]].
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the population of North Carolina was 9,943,964 on July 1, 2014, a 4.28% increase since the 2010 U.S. Census; currently North Carolina the eleventh-most populous state in the nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://roofingroger.com/wp-content/uploads/NST-EST2014-01.csv |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|language=English|accessdate=29 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="Hulsink2008">{{cite book|last=Hulsink|first=Willem|coauthors=J. J. M. Dons|title=Pathways to High-Tech Valleys and Research Triangles: Innovative Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Transfer and Cluster Formation in Europe and the United States|accessdate=29 August 2015|date=23 May 2008|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|language=English |isbn=1402083386|page=30|quote=North Carolina is the eleventh-most-populous state in the United States, and it ranks eighth largest in the United States in terms of manufacturing base.}}</ref>
==Politics==
===Federal===
*Sen. [[Thom Tillis]] (R)
*Sen. [[Richard Burr]] (R)
*Sen. [[Kay Hagan]] (D)
*Rep. [[G. K. Butterfield]] [D, NC-01]
*Rep. [[Renee EllmersGeorge Holding]] [R, NC-02]
*Rep. [[Walter B. Jones, Jr.]] [R, NC-03]
*Rep. [[David Price]] [D, NC-04]
*Rep. [[Virginia Foxx]] [R, NC-05]
*Rep. [[Howard CobleMark Walker]] [R, NC-06]*Rep. [[Mike McIntyreDavid Rouzer]] [DR, NC-07]*Rep. [[Larry KissellRichard Hudson]] [DR, NC-08]*Rep. [[Sue Wilkins MyrickRobert Pittenger]] [R, NC-09]
*Rep. [[Patrick McHenry]] [R, NC-10]
*Rep. [[Heath ShulerMark Meadows]] [DR, NC-11]*Rep. [[Melvin WattAlma Adams]] [D, NC-12]*Rep. [[Brad MillerTed Budd]] [DR, NC-13]
===Statewide===
*Governor [[Beverly PerdueRoy Cooper]] (D)*Lt. Governor [[Walter DaltonDan Forest]] (DR)*Attorney General [[Roy CooperJosh Stein]] (D)
*Secretary of State [[Elaine Marshall]] (D)
*State Auditor [[Beth Wood]] (D)
*State Treasurer [[Janet Cowell]] (D)
*Agriculture Commissioner [[Steve Troxler]] (R)
*Insurance Commissioner [[Wayne Goodwin]] (D)
*Labor Commissioner [[Cherie Berry]] (R)
*Public Instruction Superintendent [[June Atkinson]] (D)
==External links==
*[http://bertschlossberg.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-crossing-of-jesse-helms-larry.html#!/2012/11/the-crossing-of-jesse-helms-larry.html The Crossing of Jesse Helms, Larry McDonald, Noelle Anne, and Little Stacy Marie]
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Morland John Kenneth. ''Millways of Kent.'' UNC 1958.
* Powell, William S. ''The First State University.'' 3rd ed. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1992.
* Powell, William S. ''North Carolina Gazetteer.'' Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1968. Avaliable Available as an electronic book with ISBN 0807867039 from NetLibrary.
* Vickers, James. ''Chapel Hill: An Illustrated History.'' Chapel Hill: Barclay, 1985. ISBN 0-9614429-0-5.
====Special topics====
====Since 1920====
* Abrams; Douglas Carl; ''Conservative Constraints: North Carolina and the New Deal'' U. Press of Mississippi, 1992 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=24231467 online edition]
* Badger; Anthony J. ''Prosperity Road: The New Deal, Tobacco, and North Carolina'' U. of North Carolina Press, (1980) [[http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=9700308 online edition]
* Bell John L., Jr. ''Hard Times: Beginnings of the Great Depression in North Carolina, 1929-1933.'' North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1982.
* Clancy, Paul R. ''Just a Country Lawyer: A Biography of Senator Sam Ervin.'' Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 1974. A biography of the U.S. Senator from North Carolina who helped to bring down Joseph McCarthy and Richard Nixon, and who defended civil liberties in many cases but also opposed the Civil Rights movement and the Equal Rights Amendment.