http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...&pgtype=article&abt=0002&abg=0#North_Carolina North Carolina has been one of the fastest-growing states along the East Coast. As recently as 1980, 76 percent of residents were natives, and the next-largest source of state residents was South Carolina. Today, there are twice as many North Carolina residents born in New York as were born in South Carolina.