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| | | WYOMING: The Equality State
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Home Page: | |
http://www.state.wy.us/ | | Capital: | | Cheyenne | | Year Admitted
to Union: | | 1890 -
44th | | Population: | | 509,294 (2005) (50th) |
| Density: | | 5.1 persons
per sq. mi. (49th) | | Per Capita
Income: | | $32,235
(36th) | | Land Area: | | 97,809
sq mi (9th) | | Percent
of Land Federally Owned: | | 49.8 | | Governor: | | Dave Freudenthal
(D) | | Lottery start-up year: | | N/A | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White
persons: | | 482,811 (94.8%) |
| Persons
of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 34,123 (6.7%) |
| African-American
or Black persons: | | 4,583 (0.9%) |
| American
Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 12,223 (2.4%) |
| Asian,
Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 3,565 (0.7%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats
in House: | | 60 two-year term | | Seats
in Senate: | | 30 four-year term | | Number
of Constitutions: | | 1 | | Effective
Date of Present Constitution: | | July
10, 1890 | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 1 | | Curious
Facts: | | Wyoming is the 9th largest state, but has the fewest people.Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote. |
| | | In 1925,
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected governor of Wyoming and became the first
woman governor in the United States. | | Sources
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