Population
Manufacturing
Agriculture
Health & Healthcare
Air Quality
Retail Trade, Banking, & Tourism
Religion
Public Education
Economy
History
Selected North Carolina Chambers of Commerce
General links
Population
The United States Census Bureau-Census Migration Data for 1995-2000
The United States Census Bureau-Current Population estimates for North Carolina and its counties
The United States Census Bureau-US Census population estimates for 2003 for all places
The North Carolina State Demographer-Population estimates for North Carolina counties, municipalities and county projections to 2030 can be found at the NC Demographer's web site.
The North Carolina Progress Board-Analysis of Growth Issues
Manufacturing
Bureau of Economic Analysis-Gross State Product
Employment Security Commision of North Carolina-Employment and Wage Data by Industry
Agriculture
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services-Agricultural Statistics Division, County Estimates
Health & Health Care
State Center for Health Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
US Statistical Abstract-Physicians Data
Air Quality
Air Quality
North Carolina Air Quality
Learn More about Noise Induced Hearing Loss and How It Can Be Prevented
Investigate annual rates of emission in your area by visiting the TRI Explorer
Current status of air quality as defined by the concentration of criteria pollutants
Criteria pollution in NC summarized by the PSI
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Retail Trade, Banking & Tourism
Tourism Information-http://www.nccommerce.com/tourism/econ/
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences-Visitor, Exhibit, and other information on North Carolina's Museum of Natural Sciences
Religion
Glenmary Research Center- site where a copy of Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States, 2000 (one of the primary data sources used in the Religion Chapter) may be purchased.
American Religious Archive-a source for quantitative data on American religion, includes data on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups (individuals, congregations and denominations).
NC-Specific Religion Data from the American Religious Archive
Economy
Policom Corporation-Economic Analysis
Public Education
The North Carolina School Report Cards
The Education Trust
Southern Regional Education Board
The NC Dept. of Public Instruction
http://www.ncpublicschools.org
http://www.cisnc.org/code/dropout.htm
Learn NC - Educational Resource for Teachers, Students, and Parents. A program of the School of Education at UNC Chapel Hill and statewide network of educators using the power of the Internet to improve K-12 education in NC. Tied to the NC Standard Course of Study, the the website offers a wide array of quality resources for K-12 classroom instruction and teacher professional development. Provides lesson plans, new teacher support articles, links to educational and professional development websites for teachers, grade-level media centers for students, field trip ideas for each of the 100 counties in NC, and much more at no charge.
History
http://www.tradingpath.org - A source of information about colonial era trading paths in North Carolina
http://www.museumofthenewsouth.org - Museum of the New South
http://ncmuseumofhistory.org - North Carolina Museum of History
Selected North Carolina Chambers of Commerce
Asheboro/Randolph County Chamber of Commerce
Burlington/Alamance Chamber of Commerce
Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce
Burke County Chamber of Commerce
Cabarrus County Chamber of Commerce
Caldwell County Chamber of Commerce
Chapel Hill/Carrboro Chamber of Commerce
Carteret County Chamber of Commerce
Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce
Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce
Goldsboro/Wayne County Chamber of Commerce
Granville County Chamber of Commerce
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
Greenville/Pitt County Chamber of Commerce
Haywood County Chamber of Commerce
Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Jacksonville/Onslow County Chamber of Commerce
Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce
Laurinburg/Scotland County Chamber of Commerce
Lincolnton/Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce
McDowell County Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce
Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce
Reidsville Chamber of Commerce
Richmond County Chamber of Commerce
Roanoke Valley Chamber of Commerce
Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce
Rowan County Chamber of Commerce
Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce
Smithfield-Selma Chamber of Commerce
Southport-Oak Island Chamber of Commerce
Stanly County Chamber of Commerce
Statesville Chamber of Commerce
Thomasville Chamber of Commerce
Union County Chamber of Commerce
Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce
Wilkes County Chamber of Commerce
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
Winston Salem Chamber of Commerce
General
NC Geographic Data Clearinghouse-As the North Carolina Geographic Information Search Gateway, these pages are designed to bring geographic data producers and users together by allowing producers of geographic data within North Carolina to advertise their data, and by enabling all data users to perform multiple types of data searches.
NC Center for Geographic Information & Analysis-The North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGDC) is the lead public agency for geographic information systems (GIS) in the state. CGIA offers data, products, and services, administers the NCGDC and the state's corporate geographic database, and staffs the GICC. CGIA is located within the Governor's Office of State Planning.
NC Geographic Information Coordinating Council-The Geographic Information Coordinating Council (GICC) fosters cooperation among government agencies, universities and the private sector to improve the quality, access, cost-effectiveness, and utility of geographic information and GIS systems in North Carolina.
The North Carolina Rural Center-North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center
The Way We Lived In North Carolina-Presented by the North Carolina Office of Archives & History, this site provides a comprehensive treatment of NC history, "The Way We Lived," also includes an extensive bibliography of historical publications
Environmental Quality- The following SEQL (Sustainable Environment for Quality of Life) website offers information on the environment and quality of life in a 15-county region around Charlotte. It was produced by the Centralina Council of Governments with support from the US EPA.
Learn NC - Educational Resource for Teachers, Students, and Parents. A program of the School of Education at UNC Chapel Hill and statewide network of educators using the power of the Internet to improve K-12 education in NC. Tied to the NC Standard Course of Study, the the website offers a wide array of quality resources for K-12 classroom instruction and teacher professional development. Provides lesson plans, new teacher support articles, links to educational and professional development websites for teachers, grade-level media centers for students, field trip ideas for each of the 100 counties in NC, and much more at no charge.Reports of the North Carolina Budget & Tax Center:
