North Carolina State vital records offices maintain millions of birth records of residents past and present. The State Of North Carolina has 100 counties. North Carolina County Recorders store vital records such as births, deaths and marriages for each of these counties. These details can be obtained by contacting these offices or ordering them online.
The North Carolina Department Of Public Heath maintains vital records for the state including death and birth records, and is situated in Raleigh. This office issues certified copies of birth records from October 1913 onwards.
State Of North Carolina Vital Records Office
NC Vital Records,
1903 Mail Service Center,
Raleigh,
NC 27699-1903
North Carolina Facts And Figures
Also known as the ‘Tar Heel State’ or the ‘Old North State’, NC is the 28th largest state in the US (48,710.88 square miles) and 10th most poulated. In the last census in 2008, it is estimated that 9,222,414 live in North Carolina. This is a 14.6% increase since 2000 (8,046,500). The following statistics are based on this census of 2008:
Population Statistics
| Population (2008 estimate) Population Change (2000 to 2008) Population 2000 estimate |
9,222,414 14.6% 8,046,500 |
Age\Sex Statistics
| Children under 5 years old People under 18 years old People 65 years old and over Female persons Male persons |
7.1% 24.3% 12.4% 51.0% 49.0% |
Race Statistics
| White persons (1) Black persons (1) American Indian and Alaska Native (1) Asian persons (1) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (1) Persons reporting two or more races Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin (2) White persons not Hispanic |
73.9% 21.6% 1.3% 1.9% 0.1% 1.2% 7.4% 67.2% |
Note:
(1) Includes people claiming to be one race only
(2) Hispanics can be a member of any race, so also are included in applicable races
North Carolina State County List
| Alamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Cartere Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe |
Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New Hanover Northampton |
Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pende r Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tyrrell Union Vance Wake Warren Washington Watauga Wayne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancey |
