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North Dakota
Motto: Great Seal: "Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable"
Coat of Arms: "Strength from the soil"
Nicknames: Official - "The Peace Garden State" - "The Sioux State" - "The Land of the Dakotas" - "The Roughrider State"
Capital: Bismarck
Population: 633,837 (Estimate by the US Census Bureau 7/01/03); Ranks 48th in US State Population
Size: 340 miles long and 211 miles wide; covers 70,704 square miles - 19th largest of the 50 states
State Bird: Western Meadowlark
State Flower: Wild Prairie Rose
North and South Dakota were one territory until 1889. Dakota was named for the Dakota, Sioux tribe that lived in the region. Dakota is the Sioux word for "friends" or "allies."
North Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. It was the 39th state to be admitted to the Union.
People who live in or come from North Dakota are called "North Dakotans."
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