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  1. Year of Admission: 1959
  2. Order of Admission: 49th
  3. Date of Current State Constitution: 1959
  4. Capital: Juneau
  5. Population: 609,000 (1997)
  6. Land Area: 570,374 sq. mi.
  7. Population Density: 1.1 person per sq. mi.
  8. Nickname: The Last Frontier (unofficial)
  9. Motto: North To the future
  10. Government Configuration: Bicameral legislature
  11.       Houses: 2
  12.       Number of State Senators: 20
  13.       Number of State Representatives: 40
  14. Number of Representatives In U.S. Congress: 1
  15. Main Industries: Oil, gas, tourism, commercial fishing, mining, forestry
  16. Major Natural Resources: fertile soil, oil, natural gas, coal, gold, zinc, tin, water