People QuickFacts	North Carolina	USA
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	9,752,073	313,914,040
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	9,535,471	308,747,508
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	2.3%	1.7%
 	Population, 2010    	9,535,483	308,745,538
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	6.5%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	23.7%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	13.2%	13.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.3%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	72.1%	78.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	22.0%	13.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	1.5%	1.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	2.3%	5.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	1.9%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	8.6%	16.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	65.0%	63.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	83.9%	84.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	7.4%	12.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	10.6%	20.3%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	84.1%	85.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	26.5%	28.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	743,377	22,215,303
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	23.4	25.4 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	4,362,740	132,312,404
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	67.8%	66.1%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	17.0%	25.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$152,700	$186,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	3,664,119	114,761,359
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.50	2.60
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$25,256	$27,915
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$46,291	$52,762
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	16.1%	14.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	North Carolina	USA
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	218,104	7,396,628
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	3,234,595	111,970,095
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-4.5	-1.8
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	640,686	22,110,628 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	798,791	27,092,908
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	10.5%	7.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	1.0%	0.9%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.5%	5.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.7%	8.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	28.2%	28.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	205,867,299	5,319,456,312
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	88,795,885	4,174,286,516
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	114,578,173	3,917,663,456
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$12,641	$12,990
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	16,126,939	613,795,732
 	Building permits, 2011     	32,804	624,061

   	Geography QuickFacts	North Carolina	USA
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	48,617.91	3,531,905.43
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	196.1	87.4
 	FIPS Code    	37	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts