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| | | PENNSYLVANIA: The Keystone State
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| State Home Page: | | http://www.state.pa.us/ | | Capital: | | Harrisburg | | Year Admitted to Union: | | 1787 - 2nd of original 13 | | Population: | | 12,429,616 (2005) |
| Density: | | 274 persons per sq. mi. (9th) | | Per Capita Income: | | $31,706 (24th) | | Land Area: | | 44,820 sq mi (32nd) | | Percent of Land Federally Owned: | | 2.3 | | Governor: | | Edward Rendell (D) | | Lottery start-up date: | | 1972 | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White persons: | | 10,689,470 (86%) |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 509,614 (4.1%) |
| African-American or Black persons: | | 1,317,539 (10.6%) |
| American Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 24,859 (0.2%) |
| Asian, Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 273,452 (2.2%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats in House: | | 203 two-year term | | Seats in Senate: | | 50 four-year term | | Number of Constitutions: | | 5 | | Effective Date of Present Constitution: | |
1968 (Certain sections were revised by convention in 1968.) | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 19 | | Curious Facts:
| | The first commercial broadcast station in the world was KDKA in Pittsburgh, which started daily schedule broadcasting on November 2, 1920.Pennsylvania is the first state of the fifty United States to list their web site URL on a license plate.Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell belong today to the city of Philadelphia, which purchased the property for $70,000 from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1816. |
| | | Pennsylvania has the largest
rural population in the nation. | | | | The Pennsylvania Turnpike,
which crosses the state from east to west, was the nation's first
superhighway. | |
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| Currently, this website features an excellent tutorial on state legislatures, found at: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/wu01/vc/visitor_info/creating/creating.htm
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