NORTH CAROLINA NORTH CAROLINA U.S POPULATION INDUSTRY NATURAL RESOURCES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION YEAR OF ADMISSION 1789 ORDER OF ADMISSION 12TH DATE OF CURRENT STATE CONSTITUTION 1971 CAPITAL RALEIGH POPULATION 7425000 1997 LAND AREA 48718 SQ MI POPULATION DENSITY 147.7 PEOPLE PER SQ MI NICKNAME TAR HEEL STATE OLD NORTH STATE MOTTO ESSE QUAM VIDERI TO BE RATHER THAN TO SEEM GOVERNMENT CONFIGURATION BICAMERAL HOUSES 2 NUMBER OF STATE SENATORS 50 NUMBER OF STATE REPRESENTATIVES 120 NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES IN U.S CONGRESS 12 MAIN INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING AGRICULTURE TOBACCO TOURISM MAJOR NATURAL RESOURCES FERTILE SOIL DENSE FORESTS FELDSPAR KAOLIN GNEISS SAND GRAVEL LIMESTONE
