North Carolina, 2000 census: resident population
North Carolina had 8,049,313 residents in the 2000 census (up 1,420,676, or 21.4 percent, since 1990).
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Power & Politics, "North Carolina, 2000 census: resident population," last checked Nov. 2, 2026, citing U.S. Census Bureau, Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990 (1790 to 1990) and Historical Apportionment Data (2000 to 2020), resident population, https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/ds-population-2000-nc
Power & Politics. (2026, November 2). North Carolina, 2000 census: resident population [Archive record record]. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/ds-population-2000-nc
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note = {Reference number ds-population-2000-nc; official source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990 (1790 to 1990) and Historical Apportionment Data (2000 to 2020), resident population, https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html; last checked November 2, 2026; accessed November 5, 2026}
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