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  1. <text id=93AT0878>
  2. <title>
  3. Delaware--Vital Statistics
  4. </title>
  5. <history>
  6. Compact ALMANAC--United States Directory          
  7. Delaware                                             
  8. </history>
  9. <article>
  10. <source>Compact</source>
  11. <hdr>
  12. Vital Statistics                                                 
  13. </hdr>
  14. <body>
  15. <table>
  16. <row><c format=bold type=a>Nickname<c type=a>The First State
  17. <row><c>Motto<c>Liberty and Independence
  18. <row><c>Flower<c>Peach Blossom
  19. <row><c>Bird<c>Blue Hen Chicken
  20. <row><c>Tree<c>American Holly
  21. <row><c>Song<c>Our Delaware
  22. <row><c>Mineral<c>Sillimanite
  23. <row><c>Beverage<c>Milk
  24. <row><c>Entered the Union<c>December 7, 1787
  25. <row><c>Capital<c>Dover
  26. <row><c format=bold type=a>Land Area (square miles)<c type=a>1,955
  27. <row><c>   Rank in Nation<c>49th
  28. <row><c>1990 Census Population<c>666,168
  29. <row><c>   Rank in Nation<c>46th
  30. <row><c>Density per square mile<c>340.82
  31. <row><c>1992 Estimated Population<c>689,000
  32. <row><c>Number of Representatives in Congress<c>1
  33. <row><c>Capital City<c>Dover
  34. <row><c>   Population<c>27,630
  35. <row><c>   Rank in State<c>2nd
  36. <row><c>Largest City<c>Wilmington
  37. <row><c>   Population<c>71,529
  38. <row><c>Number of Places over 10,000 Population<c>5
  39. </table>
  40. <p>Source: The Book of the States, 1992-93 edition, Vol. 29; The Council of State Governments, Lexington, KY.
  41. </p>
  42. </body>
  43. </article>
  44. </text>
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