North Dakota - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Bismarck November 2, 1889 the 39th state State nickname Name for residents State motto Abbreviation The Peace Garden State North Dakotans Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable ND LAND Total area 183,112 sq km 70,700 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 18th 178,693 sq km 68,994 sq mi Highest point White Butte, Slope Co 1,069 m/3,506 ft Forested land as a share of total area Federally owned land as a share of land area 1.5 percent (2002) 3 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 639,715 (2007 estimate) 48th 0.5 percent (1990-2000) 3.6 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 9.2 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population 55.9 percent (2000) Largest cities (by population) Fargo 90,056 (2006) Bismarck 58,333 (2006) Grand Forks 50,372 (2006) Minot 34,745 (2006) M andan 17,449 (2006) Ethnic groups Whites 92.4 percent (2000) Native Americans 4.9 percent (2000) Blacks 0.6 percent (2000) Asians 0.6 percent (2000) Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 1.5 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 1.2 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 77.6 years (1989-1991) 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 417 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 181 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance Number of students per teacher (K-12) Government spending per student (K-12) Share of students attending private school Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 12.2 percent (2006) 12.7 (2003) $7,721 (2002-2003) 6.3 percent (1999) 88.1 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor John Hoeven (term ends December, 2008) Legislature Senate, 47 members House of Representatives, 94 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 1 Electoral votes 3 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita $26 billion (2006) $29,247 (2004) GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 4.9 percent (2004) Industry Construction 4.6 percent (2004) Manufacturing 10.4 percent (2004) Mining 2.3 percent (2004) Transportation and utilities 6.8 percent (2004) Services Finance, insurance, and real estate G overnment Information technology 14.7 percent (2004) 16 percent (2004) 4 percent (2004) Retail trade Wholesale trade Other services Employment Number of workers Unemployment rate Share of workers in unions 7.6 percent (2004) 8 percent (2004) 21.1 percent (2004) 358,000 (2006 estimate) 3.2 percent (2006 estimate) 7.3 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind 0.7 percent (2005 estimate) Share from hydroelectric 4.2 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 0 percent (2004) Share from thermal 95.1 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 236 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 53.2 percent (2003 estimate) 7.4 books per person (2002) 139,680 km (2005) 86,793 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 919 km (2005) 571 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 5,782 km (2004) 3,593 mi (2004) Airports 8 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
