ELEMENTARY
RESOURCES
ELEMENTARY
RESOURCESPopulation: Approximately 8.2 million (2004)
Median Age: 36 years old
Rank Among States: 11th
Largest Cities (2002):
Charlotte: 581,676
Raleigh: 303,567
Greensboro: 227,793
Durham: 198,688
Winston-Salem: 190,851
SAMPLING OF FAMOUS NORTH CAROLINIANS
Astronauts Mike Smith
Dr. William Thornton
Educators Charlotte
Hawkins Brown
Annie Wealthy Holland
W.L. Moore (Waccamaw-Siouan)
N.C. Newbold
Oscar R. Sampson (Lumbee)
Sequoyah (Cherokee)
Baseball Jim
"Catfish" Hunter
Gaylord Perry
Jim Perry
Basketball Phil
Ford
Bobby Jones
Michael Jordan
Meadowlark Lemon
Danny Manning
Pete Maravich
Curley Neal Dominique Wilkins
James Worthy
Boxing Sugar Ray Leonard
Football Kelvin
Bryant
Roman Gabriel
Sonny Jergenson
Stock Car Dale
Earnhardt
Junior Johnson
Richard Petty
Entertainers
Howard Cosell
Roberta Flack
Eileen Fulton
Ava Gardner
Andy Griffith
Ronnie Milsap
James Taylor
Doc Watson
US Presidents
Andrew Jackson
James K. Polk
Andrew Johnson
Pulitzer Prize Winners
Paul Green
Hatcher Hughes
Reynolds Price
Vermont Royster
Literature Doris
Betts
O. Henry
Guy Owen
Betty Smith
Thomas Wolfe
Religion Billy
Graham
Ann Graham Lott
Franklin Graham
Media David Brinkley
Charles Kuralt Poets
Edward R. Murrow
Tom Wicker
Poets Maya Angelou
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