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| | | NORTH DAKOTA: The Flickertail State
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| State Home Page: | | http://www.state.nd.us/ | | Capital: | | Bismarck | | Year Admitted to Union: | | 1889 - 39th | | Population: | |
636,677 (2005) |
| Density: | | 9.3 persons per sq. mi. (47th) | | Per Capita Income: | | $28,521 (42nd) | | Land Area: | | 70,703 sq mi (17th) | | Percent of Land Federally Owned: | | 4.0 | | Governor: | | John Hoeven (R) | | Lottery start-up year: | | N/A | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White persons: | | 587,653 (92.3%) |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 10,187 (1.6%) |
| African-American or Black persons: | | 5,093 (0.8%) |
| American Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 33,745 (5.3%) |
| Asian, Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 4,457 (0.7%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats in House: | | 94 four-year term | | Seats in Senate: | | 47 four-year term | | Number of Constitutions: | | 1 | | Effective Date of Present Constitution: | |
Nov. 2, 1889 | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 1 | | Curious Facts:
| | International Peace Garden, which lies partly in North Dakota and partly in Manitoba, Canada, honors the long friendship between the two nations. |
| | | With some 365 species of
commonly seen songbirds, shorebirds, birds of prey, wading birds,
upland birds, and more nesting waterfowl than any other state. | |
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