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- Year of Admission: 1796
- Order of Admission: 16th
- Date of Current State Constitution: 1870
- Capital: Nashville
- Population: 5,368,000 (1997)
- Land Area: 41,219 sq. mi.
- Population Density: 127.5 people per sq. mi.
- Nickname: Volunteer State
- Motto: Agriculture and commerce
- Government Configuration: Bicameral
- Houses: 2
- Number of State Senators: 33
- Number of State Representatives: 99
- Number of Representatives In U.S. Congress: 9
- Main Industries: Manufacturing, trade, tourism, finance, insurance, real estate
- Major Natural Resources: fluorite, marble, limestone, phosphate, rock, coal, lignite, fertile soil