- Born: March 13, 1957
- Residence: Bismarck, N.D. (Born and raised)
- Education: Received his B.A. from Dartmouth College, and M.B.A from Northwestern University.
- Family: Married to Mical (Mikey) Hoeven. They have two children (Marcela and Jack), and two grandsons, Crew and Jaxon.
Religion: Roman Catholicism
Political Party: Republican
Career: Served as governor of North Dakota for a decade
before becoming a senator.
He was executive vice President of First Western Bank (In
Minot from 1986-1993).
From 1993-2000, he was the president and CEO of the Bank of North Dakota. The bank grew
from $900 million to 1.6 billion under his leadership.
Tenure: 2011-Present
He is currently serving his first term. He defeated
Democratic-Non-partisan League candidate Tracy Potter and Libertarian Keith
J.Hanson in November 2, 2010.
North Dakota: “Liberty and Union Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.”
- Capital: Bismarck
- Population: 739,482
- Religious makeup: 67.12%
of the people are religious. Catholic and Lutheran are the most common.
- Race:White: 87.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone: 5.4%Hispanic or Latino: 2.9%Two or more races: 1.9%Black or African AmericanAsian: 1.2%Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander : 0.1%
- Economy: Agriculture and energy.“United States’ largest producer of flaxseed, canola, durum wheat, spring wheat, dry edible beans, honey, lentils, sunflowers, barley and oats. Beef, dairy cattle and hogs are also important to its agricultural economy." One of the top oil producing states, and ranks ninth in wind-generated electricity.
Fun Facts
- North Dakota has the lowest unemployment rate.
- North Dakota is the least visited country in the U.S.
- It's the adopted home of President Theodore Roosevelt.
- North Dakota produces the most honey than any other state.
- There are approximately three times more cattle than people.
- Josh Duhamel is from North Dakota!
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