About The 12th District of North Carolina

Since its inception, the boundaries of the 12^th District have been tinkered with and challenged; however, the U. S. Supreme Court in 2001 upheld their constitutionality and hopefully they will be stable until the 2010 census.  Of the people in the area, the richness of its ethnic diversity (47% white/Caucasian, 45% black/African American, 7% Hispanic/Latino and 2% Asian) and economic enrichment reflect the bounty of opportunities, which are second to none.

Click here for a list of ZIP codes within the 12th District.

Points of Interest in the 12^th District

• North Carolina’s largest airport, Charlotte/Douglas International Airport

• North Carolina’s tallest building, the Bank of America building of Charlotte

• North Carolina’s only professional football stadium, the Bank of America Stadium, home of the Carolina Panthers

• North Carolina’s only professional basketball stadium, the Charlotte Coliseum, home of the Charlotte Bobcats and the Charlotte Sting.

• Historic Old Salem in Winston Salem and Historic Salisbury

• The International Home Furnishings Market in High Point

• The “Big Chair” in Thomasville

• The traditional Lexington Barbecue Festival and the new one emerging in Greensboro

• The Transportation Museum in Spencer

• Designation of the NASCAR Museum for Charlotte

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center (W. G. "Bill" Hefner" VAMC) of Salisbury, NC is a hub for veterans
  activities in this area of the state with a hospital, outpatient clinics and nearby satellite facilities in
  Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Greensboro.  Veterans Affairs State Nursing Home for veterans is also on the VAMC-Salisbury site.

• Veterans Affairs National Cemetery has two sites. The original cemetery adapted from a civil war memorial to the dead with a museum is full and was expanded to the property on the campus
  of the VAMC with a crematory remains wall to be opened in the near future.

The 12^th District’s higher education options for learning are as diverse as its industries.  Its four year colleges and universities are Bennett College for Women (Greensboro), Brookstone College (Charlotte), Catawba College (Salisbury), Davidson College (Mecklenburg County), High Point University (High Point), Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte), Johnson & Wales University (Charlotte), Livingstone College (Salisbury), North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (Greensboro, North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston Salem), the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte), Wake Forest University (Winston Salem), Winston-Salem State University (Winston Salem).  Of these, Bennett College, NC A&T SU, J. C. Smith University, and Winston-Salem State University are proud Historically Black Colleges and Universities. 

Health care is the largest employer in the area and the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston Salem, is one of four medical schools in the state of North Carolina.  The districts many technical and community colleges provide direct workforce preparation as well as links to vital and emerging industries.

Corporate headquarters can be found in the 12^th District for Bank of America, Duke Energy, Goodrich, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Lexington Home Brands, Meinekee Discount Mufflers, RF Micro Devices, Targacept Pharmaceuticals, Thomasville Furniture, TransTech Pharma and Wachovia Bank.  Other familiar names include Food Lion (founded in Salisbury, NC), Cheerwine Soft Drinks (founded in Salisbury, NC), and R. J. Reynolds (based in Winston Salem from the land of tobacco).

For more demographic information on the 12^th District please go to the U. S. Census District Profile.