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| | | KENTUCKY: The Bluegrass State
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| State
Home Page: | |
http://www.kentucky.gov/ | | Capital: | | Frankfort | | Year Admitted
to Union: | | 1792 -
15th | | Population: | | 4,173,405 (2005) |
| Density: | | 101.7
persons per sq. mi. (23rd) | | Per Capita
Income: | | $26,352
(40th) | | Land Area: | | 40,409
sq mi (36th) | | Percent
of Land Federally Owned: | | 4.8 | | Governor: | | Ernest L. Fletcher (R) | | Lottery start-up year: | | 1989 | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White
persons: | | 3,772,758 (90.4%) |
| Persons
of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 90,473 (2%) |
| African-American
or Black persons: | | 313,005 (7.5%) |
| American
Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 8,347 (0.2%) |
| Asian,
Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 40,713 (0.9%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats
in House: | | 100 | | Seats
in Senate: | | 38 | | Number
of Constitutions: | | 4 | | Effective
Date of Present Constitution: | | Sept.
28, 1891 | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 6 | | Curious
Facts: | | More than $6 billion worth of gold is held in the underground vaults of Fort Knox. This is the largest amount of gold stored anywhere in the world. |
| | | Cheeseburgers
were first served in 1934 at Kaelin's restaurant in Louisville. | | | | Mammoth
Cave is the world's longest cave and was first promoted in 1816. This makes
it the second oldest tourist attraction in the U.S., preceded only by Niagara
Falls. | | | | Middlesboro is the only city in the U.S. built in a meteor crater. | | Sources
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