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Gubernatorial Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote |
| James B. Hunt, Jr. | Democratic |
1,143,145 |
61.88% |
| Beverly Lake | Republican |
691,449 |
37.43% |
| Bobby Y. Emory | Labor |
9,951 |
0.54% |
| Douglas A. Cooper | Socialist Workers |
2,887 |
0.16% |
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| Demographic Data
1980 Population: | 5,880,095 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 46.6 | persons/km2 | 1970 Population: | 5,084,411 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 40.3 | persons/km2 | Land Area (2000): | 126,161 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 1.5 | % |
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: North Carolina Secretary of State. North Carolina Manual 1985-1986, North Carolina Secretary of State (https://archive.org/stream/northcarolinaman1985nort#page/1306/mode/2up) (accessed 26 Sep 2014)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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