The Mount Rushmore State
- State Site:Official Web Site of the State of South Dakota
- Capital City:
- Capitol: About the Capitol
- Abbreviations:
- Postal: SD
- Traditional: S. Dak. or S.D.
- Admission to Union:
- Adoption Records: South Dakota Adoption Records
- Ancestry / Genealogy:
- Apartments: South Dakota Apartments
- Area:
- Area Codes: South Dakota Area Codes
- Biographies: Notable South Dakotans
- Bird:
- Birth Records: Birth Certificates
- Border States:
- Citizens: South Dakota Citizens
- Climate: Climatology For South Dakota
- Constitution: South Dakota Constitution, 39th state to enter the Union.
- County Profile: South Dakota Counties
- Courts: South Dakota Unified Judicial System
- Current Events: South Dakota News
- Death Records: Death Certificates
- Department of: Agencies and Services
- Driving: Driver Licensing
- Economy:
- Agriculture: Livestock and livestock products are the most important agricultural
products produced in the state. South Dakota is a leading beef cattle, hogs, lambs, sheep and wool
producing state. Chickens, eggs, geese and turkeys are also raised in South Dakota. Milk is also an
important source of agricultural income. Leading South Dakota crops are corn, soybeans and wheat. South
Dakota is a leading producer of spring wheat, flaxseed, hay, oats, rye and sunflower seeds.
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- Manufacturing: Leading manufactured products in the state are computer and
computer components. A large computer company is located in South Dakota. Ranking second in the
manufacturing category is food processing (meat processing and packing, poultry processing, dairy
processing, milling flour, livestock feed). Machinery (agricultural and construction equipment),
transportation equipment (truck trailers, motor vehicle parts), and fabricated metal products
(architectural and structural metal) are also produced in the state.
- Services: The finance, insurance and real estate industry is the most valuable
industry group in South Dakota. Several large financial companies have operations located in the state.
Ranking second is the community, business and personal services group. Private health care, law firms,
motels and repair shops are sources of income in this sector. Wholesale trade (groceries, farm products)
and retail trade (automobile dealerships, discount stores, food stores, restaurants) is the third-ranking
industry group in South Dakota.
- Mining: Granite, clays, limestone, crushed stone, sand and gravel and petroleum are South
Dakota's most important mined products. Other mined products are gypsum and natural gas. Until the
Homestake Mine in Lead was closed in 2001, South Dakota was a leading producer of gold. Gold mining
activity still exists in the state but on a minor scale.
- Flag:
- Fishing:
- Floral Emblem:
- Genealogical Resources:
- Geographic Center: South Dakota Geography
- Governor:
- Highest Point: Harney Peak, 7,242 feet above sea level.
- Highway Markers: South Dakota
- History:
- Hunting:
- Judiciary: South Dakota Unified Judicial System
- Largest Cities: 10 Largest Cities
- Legislature: South Dakota State Legislature
- Library: South Dakota State Library
- License Plates: South Dakota
- Lottery: South Dakota Lottery
- Lowest Point: Big Stone Lake, 966 feet above sea level
- Maps: South Dakota Maps
- Marriage: South Dakota Marriage Certificates
- Media:
- Motor Vehicles: Motor Vehicles Division
- Motto:
- Museums: South Dakota Museums
- National Forests:
- National Parks: National Parks in South Dakota
- Natural Resources: Natural resources. South Dakota's most valuable natural resource is its
fertile soil, but the state also has rich mineral resources. The Black Hills support the states forest reserves.
- Newspapers: South Dakota
- Nickname: for South Dakota
- Non-transients: Find A Grave
- Origin of State's name: South Dakota
- Political Cartoons: PoliticalCartoons.com
- Population:
- Representatives:
- Road Side America: South Dakota
- Senior Citizens:
- Song: Hail, South Dakota
- State Parks: South Dakota State Parks
- State Quarter: South Dakota
- Symbols: South Dakota Symbols
- Tax Forms: (No Income Tax)
- Topography: State Topography Image: South Dakota
- Travel:
- Tree:
- Unclaimed Funds: Unclaimed Property
- Veteran Affairs: Division of Veterans Affairs
- Vital Records: Data, Statistics and Vital Records
- Voting: Elections Information
- Weather:
- Web Cams: South Dakota Webcams
- Zip Codes:
- Zoos:
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