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| | | WISCONSIN: The Badger State
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Home Page: | |
http://www.wisconsin.gov/ | | Capital: | | Madison | | Year Admitted
to Union: | | 1848 -
30th | | Population: | | 5,536,201 (2005) |
| Density: | | 98.8 persons
per sq. mi. (24th) | | Per Capita
Income: | | $30,723
(20th) | | Land Area: | | 56,153
sq mi (25th) | | Percent
of Land Federally Owned: | | 5.3 | | Governor: | | James (Jim) Doyle
(D) | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White
persons: | | 4,988,117 (90.1%) |
| Persons
of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 249,129 (4.5%) |
| African-American
or Black persons: | | 332,172 (6%) |
| American
Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 49,825 (0.9%) |
| Asian,
Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 110,724 (2%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats
in House: | | 99 two-year term | | Seats
in Senate: | | 33 four-year term | | Number
of Constitutions: | | 1 | | Effective
Date of Present Constitution: | | May 29,
1848 | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 8 | | Curious
Facts: | | In 1882 the first hydroelectric plant in the United States was built at Fox River.Milwaukee is home of Harley Davidson Motorcycles. |
| | | According
to local legends, Wisconsin contains more ghosts per square mile than any
other state in the nation | | | | The first
circus in the U.S. was in Delavan, Wisconsin | | | | Milwaukee's
Summerfest is the nation's largest music festival, with over 2,500 performers.
| | | | Wisconsin was the first to pass a state law to offer unemployment compensation, in 1932.
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