"As for gross domestic product, North Carolina’s economy has since the beginning of 2020 posted a compound annual growth rate of 2.8 percent, adjusted for inflation. That’s significantly higher than the national (1.6 percent) and regional (2.1 percent) averages."

"While North Carolina is the number one state to do business in and has an extremely strong economy (NC's GDP is $655 billion as of 2021), they are 26th when it comes to the Cost of Doing Business."

"Toyota USA will invest billions of dollars into a new automotive battery plant in North Carolina -- a project that amounts to the largest capital investment in state history."

"Charlotte's growth was attributed to being a major banking center, the addition of tens of thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions in manufacturing investments."

"Of the state’s 551 municipalities, 337 or 61% had population gains since 2020."

"The overall hub is predicted to bring in more than $1 billion in investment and more than 600 jobs by 2027."