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FIRST STATE AREA: 5,294 sq km (2,044 sq mi). POPULATION: 706,000. CAPITAL: Dover, pop. 28,200. ECONOMY: Industry: chemical products, food processing, paper products, rubber and plastic products, scientific instruments, printing and publishing. Agriculture: poultry, nursery stock, soybeans, dairy products, corn. PCI: $22,830. Admission: 1st of 13 original states.
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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., the chemicals and plastics giant, established a gunpowder plant near Wilmington in 1802. Today more than 200,000 companies are incorporated in Delaware, which offers liberal tax laws. The favorable business climate has also spurred growth in banking and financial services. In 1971, in an effort to protect beaches and wetlands, the state legislature passed the nation’s first coastal-zone act banning
waterfront industries that pollute.
Text source: National Geographic Atlas of the World Revised Sixth Edition, 1995
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