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| | | LOUISIANA: The Pelican State
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| State
Home Page: | |
http://www.state.la.us/ | | Capital: | | Baton
Rouge | | Year Admitted
to Union: | | 1812 -
18th | | Population: | | 4,523,628 (2005) |
| Density: | | 102.6
persons per sq. mi. (22nd) | | Per Capita
Income: | | $26,038
(47th) | | Land Area: | | 47,751
sq mi (33th) | | Percent
of Land Federally Owned: | | 4.0 | | Governor: | | Kathleen B. Blanco
(D) | | Lottery start-up year: | | 1991 | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White persons: | | 2,899,646 (64.1%) |
| Persons
of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 126,662 (2.8%) |
| African-American
or Black persons: | | 1,497,321 (33.1%) |
| American
Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 27,142 (0.6%) |
| Asian, Pacific
Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 63,331 (1.4%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats in
House: | | 105 four-year term | | Seats in
Senate: | | 39 four-year term | | Number of
Constitutions: | | 11 | | Effective
Date of Present Constitution: | | Jan. 1,
1975 | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 7 | | Curious
Facts: | | In 2005, at least 1,836 people lost their lives in Hurricane Katrina and in the subsequent floods, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane. |
| | | Because of
its many bays and sounds, Louisiana has the longest coastline (15,000 miles)
of any state and 41 percent of the nation's wetlands. | | Sources
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