Wow, that not that much more needed. If the economy start to get better NC could see that growth. I guess we will have to see.
NC and SC are both in the top ranks for unemployment rates right now... I'm not sure what is hitting South Carolina, but the Charlotte area, at least, is going to have problems with the banking industry. I don't know if these problems are comparatively worse than those in other states or not.
Conversely, NC gains from Florida's losses.
NC and SC has alot of factories that are closing down. Bev Perdue is trying to work out a plan to replace them factory job with bio-tech jobs/greenjobs, or something like that.
And Mark Sanford is letting the market replace them! 
Seriously, I did find it was interesting that NC wasn't gaining anything. Georgia is growing much faster than North Carolina according to the estimates, and SC is growing about the same rate as North Carolina. The Greenville area is really exploding in SC. We're running out of land in Charleston.
Well, NC is growing fastter then GA and SC. You would think NC would get another seat, if both GA and SC got/getting one.
North Carolina only just barely beat out Utah for the last seat in the 2000 Census. So it had further to grow to gain another seat.
