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| | | MISSOURI: The Show Me State
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| State Home Page: | | http://www.state.mo.us/ | | Capital: | | Jefferson City | | Year Admitted to Union: | | 1821 - 24th | | Population: | |
5,800,310 (2005) |
| Density: | | 81.2 persons per sq. mi. (27th) | | Per Capita Income: | | $29,094 (30th) | | Land Area: | | 64,697 sq mi (18th) | | Percent of Land Federally Owned: | | 4.7 | | Governor: | | Matt Blunt |
| Lottery start-up year: | | 1986 | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White persons: | | 4,953,465 (85.4%) |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 156,608 (2.7%) |
| African-American or Black persons: | | 667,036 (11.5%) |
| American Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 23,201 (0.4%) |
| Asian, Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 81,204 (1.4%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats in House: | | 163 | | Seats in Senate: | | 34 | | Number of Constitutions: | | 4 | | Effective Date of Present Constitution: | |
Mar. 30, 1945 | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 9 | | Curious Facts:
| | The first Olympics held in the United States occurred in St. Louis in 1904.Missouri is first in the nation in production of lead. Lead deposits led the French to found Sainte Genevieve, the first permanent European settlement in Missouri, about 1750. |
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