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  1. Year of Admission: 1817
  2. Order of Admission: 20th
  3. Date of Current State Constitution: 1890
  4. Capital: Jackson
  5. Population: 2,731,000 (1997)
  6. Land Area: 46,914 sq. mi.
  7. Population Density: 57.5 people per sq. mi.
  8. Nickname: Magnolia State
  9. Motto: Virtute Et Armis (By valor and arms)
  10. Government Configuration: Bicameral legislature
  11.       Houses: 2
  12.       Number of State Senators: 52
  13.       Number of State Representatives: 122
  14. Number of Representatives In U.S. Congress: 5
  15. Main Industries: Manufacturing, government, wholesale and retail trade
  16. Major Natural Resources: fertile soil, water, petroleum, natural gas, bentonite, fuller‚Äôs earth, low-grade bauxite