DELAWARE DELAWARE U.S POPULATION INDUSTRY NATURAL RESOURCES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION YEAR OF ADMISSION 1787 ORDER OF ADMISSION 1ST DATE OF CURRENT STATE CONSTITUTION 1897 CAPITAL DOVER POPULATION 732000 1997 LAND AREA 1955 SQ MI POPULATION DENSITY 366.9 PEOPLE PER SQ MI NICKNAME FIRST STATE DIAMOND STATE MOTTO LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE GOVERNMENT CONFIGURATION BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE HOUSES 2 NUMBER OF STATE SENATORS 21 NUMBER OF STATE REPRESENTATIVES 41 NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES IN U.S CONGRESS 1 MAIN INDUSTRIES CHEMISTRY AGRICULTURE FINANCE POULTRY SHELLFISH TOURISM AUTO ASSEMBLY FOOD PROCESSING TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT MAJOR NATURAL RESOURCES FERTILE SOIL CLAY SAND GRAVEL STONE BRANDYWINE BLUE GRANITE
