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  • Data for population, population density, ethnicity, per capita income, and land area was found on:
    U.S. Census Bureau web site
    State and County Quick Facts
    http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/

  • A list of governors and the political parties they belong to was found at:
    National Governors Association web site
    http://www.nga.org/governors/1,1169,,00.html

  • The percent of federally owned land was found at:
    U.S. General Services Administration Table: Comparison of Federally Owned Land with Total Acreage by State as of September 30, 1999. (online document)
    http://www.blm.gov/natacq/pls00/pdf/part1-3.pdf

  • The number of House seats and Senate seats was found at:
    The Council of State Governments web site
    Legislative Branch Party Control
    http://www.csg.org/CSG/States/elections/2002/legislative+branch.htm

  • Each state's number of constitutions and effective date of present constitution was printed in:
    Bowman and Kearney's State and Local Government, Fifth Edition
    Table 3.1 on pages 62 and 63
    Information was reprinted in Table 3.1 with permission from The Council of State Governments' The Book of States.


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