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  1. Year of Admission: 1787
  2. Order of Admission: 2nd
  3. Date of Current State Constitution: 1968
  4. Capital: Harrisburg
  5. Population: 12,020,000 (1997)
  6. Land Area: 44,820 sq. mi.
  7. Population Density: 269.3 people per sq. mi.
  8. Nickname: Keystone State
  9. Motto: Virtue, liberty and independence
  10. Government Configuration: Bicameral
  11.       Houses: 2
  12.       Number of State Senators: 50
  13.       Number of State Representatives: 203
  14. Number of Representatives In U.S. Congress: 21
  15. Main Industries: Steel, travel and tourism, biotechnology, apparel, advanced materials, agribusiness
  16. Major Natural Resources: fertile soil, anthracite (hard coal), bituminous coal, limestone, sand, gravel, slate