IDAHO IDAHO U.S POPULATION INDUSTRY NATURAL RESOURCES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION YEAR OF ADMISSION 1890 ORDER OF ADMISSION 43RD DATE OF CURRENT STATE CONSTITUTION 1890 CAPITAL BOISE POPULATION 1210000 1997 LAND AREA 82751 SQ MI POPULATION DENSITY 14.1 PEOPLE PER SQ MI NICKNAME GEM STATE MOTTO ESTO PERPETUA IT IS PERPETUAL GOVERNMENT CONFIGURATION BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE HOUSES 2 NUMBER OF STATE SENATORS 35 NUMBER OF STATE REPRESENTATIVES 70 NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES IN U.S CONGRESS 2 MAIN INDUSTRIES AGRICULTURE MANUFACTURING LUMBER MINING ELECTRONICS TOURISM MAJOR NATURAL RESOURCES FERTILE SOIL SILVER COPPER LEAD ZINC PHOSPHATE ROCK MOLYBDENUM WATER DENSE FORESTS
