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General Information
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- Nickname: Flickertail State; Sioux State; Peace
Garden State
- Motto: Liberty and Union, now and forever, one
and inseparable
- Flower: Wild prairie rose
- Bird: Western meadowlark
- Area: 70,699 square miles (2000; U.S. rank: 19th)
- Elevation: Ranges from 750 feet to 3,506 feet
above sea level
- Climate: Continental, with a wide variety of
temperatures; brief, hot summers; winter blizzards;
semi-arid in the west and 22 inches average rainfall in the
east
- Admitted to Union: November 2, 1889
- Capital: Bismarck
- Head Official: Governor John Hoeven (R) (until
2008)
- Population
- 1980: 653,000
- 1990: 638,800
- 2000: 642,200
- 2004 estimate: 634,366
- Percent change, 1990–2000: 0.5%
- U.S. rank in 2004: 48th
- Percent of residents born in state: 72.5% (2000)
- Density: 9.3 people per square mile (2000)
- 2002 FBI Crime Index Total: 15,258
- Racial and Ethnic Characteristics (2000)
- White: 593,181
- Black or African American: 3,916
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 31,329
- Asian: 3,606
- Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander: 230
- Hispanic or Latino (may be of any race): 7,786
- Other: 2,540
- Age Characteristics (2000)
- Population under 5 years old: 39,400
- Population 5 to 19 years old: 144,064
- Percent of population 65 years and over: 14.7%
- Median age: 36.2 years (2000)
- Vital Statistics
- Total number of births (2003): 7,938
- Total number of deaths (2003): 6,090 (infant
deaths, 57)
- AIDS cases reported through 2003: 57
- Economy
- Major industries: Agriculture, manufacturing,
mining
- Unemployment rate: 3.2% (April 2005)
- Per capita income: $28,521 (2003; U.S. rank: 35)
- Median household income: $38,212 (3-year average,
2001-2003)
- Percentage of persons below poverty level: 11.7%
(3-year average, 2001-2003)
- Income tax rate: Ranges from 2.1% to 5.54%
- Sales tax rate: 5.0% (food and prescription drugs
are exempt)
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