NORTH DAKOTA NORTH DAKOTA U.S POPULATION INDUSTRY NATURAL RESOURCES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION YEAR OF ADMISSION 1889 ORDER OF ADMISSION 39 DATE OF CURRENT STATE CONSTITUTION 1889 CAPITAL BISMARCK POPULATION 641000 1997 LAND AREA 68994 SQ MI POPULATION DENSITY 9.3 PEOPLE PER SQ MI NICKNAME PEACE GARDEN STATE MOTTO LIBERTY AND UNION NOW AND FOREVER ONE AND INSEPARABLE GOVERNMENT CONFIGURATION BICAMERAL HOUSES 2 NUMBER OF STATE SENATORS 49 NUMBER OF STATE REPRESENTATIVES 98 NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES IN U.S CONGRESS 1 MAIN INDUSTRIES AGRICULTURE MINING TOURISM MANUFACTURING TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENERGY FOOD PROCESSING MAJOR NATURAL RESOURCES FERTILE SOIL PETROLEUM LIGNITE COAL SAND GRAVEL CLAY