The state s population is currently projected by the North Carolina Office of State Planning to be 7,733,097 when the 2000 census is taken. North Carolina consists of 48,843 square miles of land and 3,826 square miles of inland water. The total area of 52,669 square miles ranks North Carolina twenty-ninth in area among the states. The Old North State lies on the Eastern Seaboard with half of the population of the United States living within a 500-mile radius of the state. The state s temperate climate has four distinct seasons and is highly acclaimed for its year-round living comforts.
Rainfall is adequate and dispersed over the entire year.
The Young North Carolina Democratic Party has created a platform that shows where they stand. To start with, I will focus on their beliefs about equal rights and opportunity. The YDNC and the Democratic Party support efforts to revitalize active and aggressive civil rights enforcement, guarantee equal pay for equal work, aggressively prosecute hate crimes, strengthen the legal services of the poor, provide civil rights protection for gay men and lesbians and end Defense Department discrimination, and fully enforce the Americans with Disabilities Act to enable people with disabilities to achieve independence and function at their highest possible level. They support the passage of legislation requiring businesses to prove that any employment practice that have a discriminatory impact on women or minorities must bear substantial and manifest relationship to the requirements for effective job performance. The YDNC supports a raise in the minimum wage.