NORTH CAROLINA

photo courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Commerce

General Information

Area: 53,818 sq. miles
Persons per Sq. Mile: 189
Population (2009): 9,380,884
Population (2000): 8,049,313
US Rank: 10^th

Largest Cities (2009): (Capital) Raleigh: 405,612; Durham: 229,171;
Charlotte: 704,422; Winston-Salem: 229,828;
Greensboro: 255,124; Fayetteville: 198,071

Economic Index

GDP (in millions of 2009 dollars): $398,902
Civilian Labor Force (2010): 4,461,716
Nonfarm Employment (2010): 3,856,900
Unemployment Rate (2010): 9.8%
Corporate Tax Rate (2011): 6.9%
State Expenditures (Estimated Fiscal 2010 in General Fund): $13,765 million

Exports

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
World	$19,507,118,126	$21,286,290,087	$23,355,818,431	$25,090,543,442	$21,792,953,156	$24,817,408,274
Japan	$1,558,191,437	$1,693,354,586	$1,772,427,610	$1,710,975,009	$1,508,504,058	$1,715,523,160

Japan's Rank As Export Destination for North Carolina Products (2010): 4^th

Major Industry: Tobacco products, textiles, chemical products, electric equipment, machinery, and tourism.

Top Exports in 2010

Product	To World		Product	To Japan
Chemicals	$4,846,901,829		Chemicals	$580,846,635
Non-Electrical Machinery	$3,084,819,412		Beverages And Tobacco Products	$310,933,593
Transportation Equipment	$2,624,416,729		Food and Kindred Products	$215,357,347
Computer and Electronic Products	$2,584,875,368		Transportation Equipment	$127,806,927
Textiles and Fabrics	$1,502,420,365		Paper	$76,323,996

Major Agricultural Commodities: Poultry and eggs, tobacco, hogs, milk, nursery stock, cattle, and soybeans.
Agricultural Exports to the World: $873,202,331
Agricultural Exports to Japan: $4,229,577
Livestock/Marine Exports to the World: $14,520,460
Livestock/Marine Exports to Japan: $95,746

Source: (NASBO, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, MISER,
U.S. Department of Agriculture Statistics Service and the U.S. Census Bureau)