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  1. Year of Admission: 1789
  2. Order of Admission: 12th
  3. Date of Current State Constitution: 1971
  4. Capital: Raleigh
  5. Population: 7,425,000 (1997)
  6. Land Area: 48,718 sq. mi.
  7. Population Density: 147.7 people per sq. mi.
  8. Nickname: Tar Heel State, Old North State
  9. Motto: Esse Quam Videri (To be rather than to seem)
  10. Government Configuration: Bicameral
  11.       Houses: 2
  12.       Number of State Senators: 50
  13.       Number of State Representatives: 120
  14. Number of Representatives In U.S. Congress: 12
  15. Main Industries: Manufacturing, agriculture, tobacco, tourism
  16. Major Natural Resources: fertile soil, dense forests, feldspar, kaolin, gneiss, sand, gravel, limestone