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| | | NEW YORK: The Empire State
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| State Home Page: | | http://www.state.ny.us/ | | Capital: | | Albany | | Year Admitted to Union: | | 1787 - 11th of the original 13 | | Population: | | 19,254,630 (2005) |
| Density: | | 401.9 persons per sq. mi. (6th) | | Per Capita Income: | | $36,296 (8th) | | Land Area: | | 49,108 sq mi (30th) | | Percent of Land Federally Owned: | | 0.3 | | Governor: | | Eliot Spitzer |
| Lottery start-up year: | | 1967 | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White persons: | | 14,209,917 (73.8%) |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 3,080,741 (16.1%) |
| African-American or Black persons: | | 3,350,305 (17.4%) |
| American Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 96,273 (0.5%) |
| Asian, Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 1,309,315 (6.8%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats in House: | | 150 two-year term | | Seats in Senate: | | 62 two-year term | | Number of Constitutions: | | 4 | | Effective Date of Present Constitution: | |
Jan. 1, 1895 | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 29 | | Curious Facts:
| | New York was the first state to require license plates for cars.The “New York Post,” founded in 1803 by Alexander Hamilton, is the oldest running newspaper in the United States. The first women's rights convention met at Seneca Falls in 1848. |
| | | New York City was chosen
to be the nation's first capital and was the site of the inauguration
of George Washington as President on April 30, 1789 | | | | The first railroad in
America ran between Albany and Schenectady, a distance of 11
miles | | | | The World Trade Center was attacked in 1993, and destroyed in a second attack on September 11, 2001 | |
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