Introduction
Even though the State of North Dakota has defined itself as an official state in the United States as of 2012, the State of North Dakota had not been defined as such within the state constitution prior, unlike the neighboring State of South Dakota. Without a large number of independent services of features in such a rural state, is the State of North Dakota legitimately worthy of being considered a “State?”
Valid Claims
The State of North Dakota is ranked fourth in terms of both the smallest and most sparsely populated states in the union. Only Alaska, Vermont, and Wyoming have smaller populations, and only Montana, Wyoming, and Alaska have sparser populations. Even though the area was firmly identified as part of the “North” by way of strong cultural connections to the neighboring State of Minnesota, in many ways the State of North Dakota is a symptom of the “Manifest Destiny” belief that had ultimately resulted from the fantasy of westward expansion in the development of the modern United States of America.
Today, many of the amenities of the State of North Dakota, even in spite of having a centrally-located state capital city at Bismarck, are located further east in the State along the Minnesota state line (the same situation also occurs within the State of South Dakota, though Rapid City, Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills, and the Badlands are also featured further west in SD). In the western portion of North Dakota, the population counts are often significantly smaller than in South Dakota, though the populations and densities overall remain relatively similar.
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