The document represents a compilation of statistical data submitted to the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction, Division for Exceptional Children, by the 143 local education agencies (LEAs) in the public schools of North Carolina, by the Department of Human Resources (DHR), and by the Department of Correction (DOC). The document is divided into three major sections: (1) children and services (analyzing the status of exceptional children programs statewide, by regions, and in the LEAs); (2) status of personnel and fiscal resources; and (3) status of state operated programs. Twenty-one tables and nine figures provide statistical data. Current (1982-83) data revealed that, of the 1,100,413 students reported in average daily membership (Fall, 1982) in public schools, 175,837 were identified as eligible exceptional children and were served by an LEA. An additional 2,448 students were eligible for and were provided services by DHR and DOC. The identified exceptional children in the 1982-83 North Carolina public school population. (JW) represented 16.0% of the school population. (JW)