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North Carolina Population, Income, Education, Employment, and Federal Funds
| North Carolina Population |
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Total |
| Year |
| 1980 |
5,880,095 |
| 1990 |
6,628,637 |
| 2000 |
8,049,313 |
| 2009 (latest estimates) |
9,380,884 |
| North Carolina Income |
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Total |
| North Carolina Per-capita income (2008 dollars) |
| 2007 |
34,865 |
| 2008 |
35,249 |
| Percent change |
-2.6 |
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| North Carolina Earnings per job (2008 dollars) |
| 2007 |
45,662 |
| 2008 |
44,357 |
| Percent change |
-2.9 |
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| North Carolina Poverty rate (percent) |
| 1979 |
14.8 |
| 1989 |
13.0 |
| 1999 |
12.3 |
| 2008 (latest model-based estimates) |
14.6 |
| North Carolina Education (Persons 25 and older) |
| |
Total |
| North Carolina Percent not completing high school |
| 1980 |
45.2 |
| 1990 |
30.0 |
| 2000 |
21.9 |
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| North Carolina Percent completing high school only |
| 1980 |
27.8 |
| 1990 |
29.0 |
| 2000 |
28.4 |
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| North Carolina Percent completing some college |
| 1980 |
13.8 |
| 1990 |
23.6 |
| 2000 |
27.2 |
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| North Carolina Percent completing college |
| 1980 |
13.2 |
| 1990 |
17.4 |
| 2000 |
22.5 |
| North Carolina Employment |
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Total |
| North Carolina Total number of jobs |
| 2007 |
5,440,058 |
| 2008 |
5,497,808 |
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| North Carolina Percent employment change |
| 2006-2007 |
1.4 |
| 2007-2008 |
-0.7 |
| 2008-2009 |
-5.3 |
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| North Carolina Unemployment rate (percent) |
| 2008 |
6.2 |
| 2009 |
10.6 |
| North Carolina Federal Funds, FY 2008 |
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Total |
| North Carolina Federal funding, dollars per person |
| North Carolina All Federal funds |
7,454 |
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| North Carolina Federal funding by purpose |
| North Carolina Agriculture and natural resources |
117 |
| North Carolina Community resources |
1,039 |
| North Carolina Defense and space |
446 |
| North Carolina Human resources |
150 |
| North Carolina Income security |
4,739 |
| North Carolina National functions |
964 |
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| North Carolina Federal funding by type of payments |
| North Carolina Grants |
1,378 |
| North Carolina Direct loans |
72 |
| North Carolina Guaranteed/insured loans |
869 |
| North Carolina Retirement/disability payments |
2,787 |
North Carolina Other direct payments to
individuals |
1,183 |
North Carolina Direct payments, not to
individuals |
111 |
| North Carolina Procurement contracts |
627 |
| North Carolina Salaries and wages |
428 |
North Carolina Organic Agriculture
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2008 |
| Number of certified operations |
156 |
| North Carolina Crops (acres) |
5,243 |
| North Carolina Pasture & rangeland (acres) |
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| North Carolina Total acres |
5,243 |
Farm Characteristics
| 1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture |
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2007 |
| North Carolina Approximate total land area (acres) |
31,113,828 |
| North Carolina Total farmland (acres) |
8,474,671 |
| Percent of total land area |
27.2 |
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| North Carolina Cropland (acres) |
4,895,204 |
| Percent of total farmland |
57.8 |
| Percent in pasture |
6.9 |
| Percent irrigated |
4.3 |
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| North Carolina Harvested Cropland (acres) |
4,188,658 |
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| North Carolina Woodland (acres) |
2,201,609 |
| Percent of total farmland |
26.0 |
| Percent in pasture |
13.1 |
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| North Carolina Pastureland (acres) |
941,609 |
| Percent of total farmland |
11.1 |
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North Carolina Land in house lots, ponds,
roads, wasteland, etc. (acres) |
436,249 |
| Percent of total farmland |
5.1 |
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| North Carolina Conservation practices |
North Carolina Farmland in conservation or
wetlands reserve programs
(acres) |
163,676 |
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| Average farm size (acres) |
160 |
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| North Carolina Farms by size (percent) |
| 1 to 99 acres |
69.3 |
| 100 to 499 acres |
24.0 |
| 500 to 999 acres |
3.5 |
| 1000 to 1,999 acres |
2.1 |
| 2,000 or more acres |
1.0 |
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| North Carolina Farms by sales (percent) |
| Less than $9,999 |
64.8 |
| $10,000 to $49,999 |
16.2 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 |
3.2 |
| $100,000 to $499,999 |
7.0 |
| More than $500,000 |
8.7 |
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| North Carolina Tenure of farmers |
| North Carolina Full owner (farms) |
34,526 |
| Percent of total |
65.3 |
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| North Carolina Part owner (farms) |
15,181 |
| Percent of total |
28.7 |
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| North Carolina Tenant owner (farms) |
3,206 |
| Percent of total |
6.1 |
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| North Carolina Farm organization |
Individuals/family, sole
proprietorship (farms) |
45,766 |
| Percent of total |
86.5 |
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North Carolina Family-held corporations
(farms) |
2,241 |
| Percent of total |
4.2 |
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| North Carolina Partnerships (farms) |
4,246 |
| Percent of total |
8.0 |
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| Non-family corporations (farms) |
384 |
| Percent of total |
0.7 |
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North Carolina Others - cooperative, estate or
trust, institutional, etc. (farms) |
276 |
| Percent of total |
0.5 |
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| North Carolina Characteristics of principal farm operators |
| Average operator age (years) |
57.3 |
Percent with farming as their
primary occupation |
45.8 |
| Men |
45,897 |
| Women |
7,016 |
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North Carolina Farm Financial Indicators
| North Carolina Farm income and value added data |
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2008 |
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| North Carolina Number of farms |
52,500 |
| |
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Thousands $ |
| Final crop output |
3,386,586 |
| + Final animal output |
6,436,659 |
| + Services and forestry |
1,207,450 |
| = Final agricultural sector output |
11,030,695 |
| |
| - Intermediate consumption outlays |
6,925,834 |
| + Net government transactions |
224,806 |
| = Gross value added |
4,329,666 |
| |
| - Capital consumption |
627,123 |
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| = Net value added |
3,702,543 |
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| - Factor payments |
870,114 |
| Employee compensation (total hired labor) |
651,697 |
| Net rent received by nonoperator landlords |
-87,836 |
| Real estate and nonreal estate interest |
306,253 |
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| = Net farm income |
2,832,429 |
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North Carolina Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
| NC. Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2009 |
| |
Value of receipts
thousand $ |
| 1. Broilers |
2,429,960 |
| 2. Hogs |
1,877,802 |
| 3. Greenhouse/nursery |
812,615 |
| 4. Tobacco |
745,869 |
| 5. Soybeans |
557,244 |
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| All commodities |
9,187,821 |
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| NC. Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2009 |
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Value
million $ |
| 1. Tobacco unmfd. |
601.8 |
| 2. Live animals and meat |
537.1 |
| 3. Poultry and products |
478.3 |
| 4. Soybeans and products |
313.7 |
| 5. Other |
248.2 |
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| Overall rank |
2,883.0 |
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| NC. Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007 |
| |
Thousands $ |
| 1. Sampson County |
1,196,332 |
| 2. Duplin County |
1,176,272 |
| 3. Wayne County |
501,176 |
| 4. Union County |
410,496 |
| 5. Wilkes County |
389,831 |
| |
| State total |
10,313,628 |
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State Offices
North Carolina Drug Policy, Enforcement and Government Agencies
State Legislative Contact
Legislative Administration Office
General Assembly of North Carolina
Dobbs Building, Room 1072
430 North Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27687
(919) 733-4000
State Drug Program Coordinator
North Carolina Drug Cabinet
116 West Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27603-8006
(919) 733-5002
Attorney General's Office
Department of Justice
P.O. Box 629
Raleigh, NC 27602
(919) 733-3377
Law Enforcement Planning
Governor's Crime Commission
Department of Crime Control and Public Safety
Dobbs Building, Room 1072
430 North Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27611
(919) 733-4000
Crime Prevention Offices
North Carolina Crime Prevention Division
P.O. Box 27687
Raleigh, NC 27611
(919) 733-5522
North Carolina Crime Prevention Officers
Association
P.O. Box 287
Statesville, NC 28677
(704) 878-3183
Statistical Analysis Center
Criminal Justice Analysis Center
Governor's Crime Commission
3824 Barrett Drive, Suite 100
Raleigh, NC 27609-7220
(919) 571-4736
Uniform Crime Reports Contact
Uniform Crime Reports
State Bureau of Investigation
Division of Criminal Information
407 North Blount Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
(919) 733-3171
BJA Strategy Preparation Agency
Governor's Crime Commission
Department of Crime Control and Public Safety
P.O. Box 27687
Raleigh, NC 27611
(919) 733-4000
Judicial Agency
Administrative Office of the Courts
Justice Building
Two East Morgan Street
P.O. Box 2448
Raleigh, NC 27602
(919) 733-7107
Corrections Agency
Department of Corrections
214 West Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27603-1337
(919) 733-4926
RADAR Network Agency
North Carolina Alcohol/Drug Resource Center
3109-A University Drive
Durham, NC 27707-3703
(919) 493-2881
HIV-Prevention Program
HIV/STD Control Branch Head
Department of Environment, Health and Natural
Resources
Communicable Disease Control
HIV/STD Control Branch
P.O. Box 27687
Raleigh, NC 27611-7687
(919) 733-7301
Drug and Alcohol Agency
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Section
Division of MH/DD/SAS
325 North Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
(919) 733-4670
State Coordinator for Drug-Free Schools
Department of Public Instruction
Alcohol & Drug Defense Section
301 North Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC 27601-2825
(919) 715-1676
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North Carolina motorcycle club cited for illegal alcohol sales
The president of a Burlington, North Carolina motorcycle club was cited for alleged illegal alcohol sales after a joint operation by Burlington police and the North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement Agency.
Deputy Chief Greg Seel said the two agencies began an investigation on Sept. 25 into activities at the Two Wheels in Motion Motorcycle Club on Ross Road. Seel said ALE officers and members of the Burlington Police Community Crime Abatement Team executed a search warrant based on information that the club was selling alcohol without proper permits.
As a result, club president Jason Banks, 43, of Evans Street, Burlington, North Carolina was cited for two counts of possessing alcohol with intent to sell without a permit, and three counts of sale of an alcoholic beverage without a permit. Officers seized 170 12-ounce cans of beer, 18 bottles of liquor, music equipment and $26 cash.
Two others were arrested on related outstanding warrants:
Sherry Rene Pettiford, 34, of Kenwick Court, Reidsville, was arrested for failure to appear- felony false pretense.
Dwayne Withers 46, of Silver Avenue, Greensboro was arrested for failure to appear and possession of an alcoholic beverage on an unauthorized premises.
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North Carolina NASCAR driver exceeded alcohol level
NORTH CAROLINA - NASCAR driver Rob Moroso had a blood-alcohol level of more than twice the legal limit for North Carolina when he was killed in a traffic wreck Sunday night when he slid his speeding c
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Alcohol Treatment Centers by City in North Carolina Listed Alphabetically: | | Quick Drug Facts |
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As per the studies made by Harvard School of Public Health, binge drinking is the cause behind a lot of problems including unintentional injuries, unsafe sexual activity, physical ailments, etc.
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