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  1. Year of Admission: 1818
  2. Order of Admission: 21st
  3. Date of Current State Constitution: 1971
  4. Capital: Springfield
  5. Population: 11,896,000 (1997)
  6. Land Area: 55,593 sq. mi.
  7. Population Density: 212.8 people per sq. mi.
  8. Nickname: Prairie State, Land of Lincoln
  9. Motto: State Sovereignty‚Äînational union
  10. Government Configuration: Bicameral legislature
  11.       Houses: 2
  12.       Number of State Senators: 59
  13.       Number of State Representatives: 118
  14. Number of Representatives In U.S. Congress: 20
  15. Main Industries: Services, manufacturing, travel, wholesale and retail trade, finance, insurance, real estate, construction, health care, agriculture
  16. Major Natural Resources: fertile soil, bituminous coal, peat, petroleum, clay, gravel, limestone, sand, sandstone