North Carolina was inhabited by Carolina Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan speaking tribes of Native Americans prior to the arrival of Europeans. The earliest evidence of human occupation in North Carolina dates back 10,000 years, found at the Hardaway Site. The Raleigh-Durham-Cary combined statistical area is the second-largest metropolitan area in the state and 32nd-most populous in the United States, with a population of 2,043,867 in 2020, and is home to the largest research park in the United States, Research Triangle Park. The Charlotte metropolitan area, with a population of 2,595,027 in 2020, is the most-populous metropolitan area in North Carolina, the 21st-most populous in the United States, and the largest banking center in the nation after New York City. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its largest city. In the 2020 census, the state had a population of 10,439,388. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and South Carolina to the south, and Tennessee to the west.
The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States.
North Carolina ( / ˌ k ær ə ˈ l aɪ n ə/ ( listen)) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
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