North Carolina Personality Profile

Population (est.):: 11,197,968
Test results:: 363,022

Personality snapshot

Close to the U.S. average on nearly every measure, this state’s test-takers make a fair stand-in for the typical American respondent. Just one type stands out, and only slightly: ESFJs (Consuls) are a little more common than nationally. Diplomats are the largest Role, at 41% – almost exactly the national share.

Respondents split almost evenly between Introverts and Extraverts, and between planners and improvisers, but lean clearly Intuitive. They’re also slightly more Turbulent than the country as a whole, so self-doubt and the drive to improve run a little stronger.

About North Carolina

North Carolina reaches from the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains in the west, across the rolling Piedmont, to the Outer Banks, a chain of barrier islands along the Atlantic. The Wright brothers made the first successful powered airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, and the Research Triangle of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill is a hub for universities and technology.

Capital:: Raleigh
Nickname:: The Tar Heel State
Statehood:: November 21, 1789
Census region:: South

Personality twin

South Carolina

The closest match across all five traits.

Also close: Ohio and Missouri

Twin abroad: United Kingdom

Average personality traits

Energy: 51.3% Introverted
Mind: 57.5% Intuitive
Nature: 52.5% Feeling
Tactics: 50.9% Judging
Identity: 59.1% Turbulent

Out of every 100 test-takers

27 Analysts
41 Diplomats
16 Sentinels
16 Explorers

Personality types

Share of respondents. Shaded types are clearly more (↑) or less (↓) common than in the U.S. as a whole, in their Role’s color: the deeper the shade, the bigger the difference.

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Where does this data come from?
From people who took our free personality test over 12 months, from October 2025 to September 2026. We only use anonymous totals, never anyone’s individual results.
What are places compared with?
Countries are compared with the “average country”: the average of all ranked countries, with each country counting equally – so countries where lots of people take the test don’t outweigh the rest. Regional maps, like Europe’s, use the average of that region’s ranked countries, and U.S. states are compared with the U.S. as a whole.
Which results count?
Each completed test counts once, so someone who takes it twice counts twice. We leave out tests that look skipped or automated, and we score every language version of the test the same way, so places can be compared fairly. A country needs at least 10,000 results – plus enough for its population – to be ranked and shown on our maps.
How are states compared?
Using test results from people in each state, compared with the U.S. as a whole and ranked among all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Population figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Are the results representative?
Not exactly: people choose to take our test online, so test-takers aren’t a perfect cross-section of any country. Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling and Turbulent people are probably a little more common among them everywhere. Because that tilt affects every place in much the same way, comparing places still works. Where very few people take the test, we can’t be as sure, so we don’t rank or map those countries.
Is the test only in English?
No – it’s available in 48 other languages, and results from every language are included.