NCP Blog: Spotlight on Panel Members in North Carolina

North Carolina was the 12th state to join the union on November 21, 1789. Raleigh is the state capital and Charlotte is its largest city. North Carolina is the 28th largest state in the U.S. and is bordered by the states of Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

 

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the estimated population of North Carolina is 11,046,024 (July 2024 est.); it ranks as the 9th most populous state.

 

 

Official North Carolina State Facts and Symbols

 

Every state has their own unique symbols, from birds to flowers to songs and more! Here are some of North Carolina’s official state facts and symbols:

 

Nickname: The Tar Heel State
Bird: Cardinal
Mammal: Eastern Gray Squirrel
Flower: Flowering Dogwood
Tree: Longleaf Pine
Song: The Old North State
Motto: “Esse Quam Videri” (To Be Rather Than to Seem)

 

Fun Facts about North Carolina

 

North Carolina got the nickname, The Tar Heel State, because workers there used to sell tar, pitch, and turpentine from the state’s Longleaf Pine trees to be used in wooden ships.

 

On December 17, 1903, brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright completed the first successful powered airplane flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

 

The largest mansion in the United States, the Biltmore Estate, is located in Asheville, North Carolina. It has 250 rooms and was built by George Vanderbilt in the late 1800s.

 

North Carolina is the #1 producer of sweet potatoes in the United States and produces about 15 to 20 percent of the nation’s real Christmas trees.

 

The Outer Banks, a chain of barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina, is a popular tourist destination featuring beaches, state parks, and shipwreck-diving sites, with Roanoke Island being the site of the first English settlement in the New World, now known as the “Lost Colony”.

 

Famous people born and/or raised in North Carolina include Michael Jordan (born in Brooklyn, NY, grew up in Wilmington, NC), Andy Griffith, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Julianne Moore, just to name a few.

 

 

NCP Panel Members in North Carolina

 

Let’s learn about your fellow panel members in North Carolina! Here’s how our North Carolina panel members answered some of our state highlight survey questions.

 

 

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