MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

STATEHOOD:December 10, 1817
CAPITAL:Jackson
LARGEST CITY:Jackson
CONSTITUTION:20th State
STATES POPULATION:2,730,501
AREA:48,434 sq. mi
BORDER STATES:Alabama - Arkansas - Louisiana - Tennessee
MOTTO:Virtute et armis "By valor and arms."
ECONOMY:
AGRICULTURE:Cotton, poultry, cattle, catfish, soybeans, dairy products, rice.
INDUSTRY:Apparel, furniture, lumber and wood products, food processing, electrical machinery,
transportation equipment.
FLAG:The committee to design a State Flag was appointed by legislative action February 7, 1894, and
provided that the flag reported by the committee should become the official flag.
The committee recommended for the flag "one with width two-thirds of its length; with the union square,
in width two-thirds of the width of the flag; the ground of the union to be red and a broad blue saltier thereon,
bordered with white and emblazoned with thirteen (13) mullets or five-pointed stars,
corresponding with the number of the original States of the Union; the field to be divided into
three bars of equal width, the upper one blue, the center one white, and the lower one extending the whole
length of the flag.
COASTLINE:53 mi.
SHORELINE:359 mi.
GEOLOGY:Land Area; 47,234 sq.mi.
GEOGRAPHIC CENTER:Leake, 9 miles westnorthwest of Carthage.
HIGHEST POINT:Woodall Mtn. 806 feet
LOWEST POINT:Gulf Coast; sea level
INLAND WATER:938 sq.mi.
NICKNAME:Magnolia State
ORIGIN OF STATES NAME:Possibly based on Chippewa Indian words "mici zibi," loosely meaning great river.
TOPOGRAPHY: Low, fertile delta between Yazoo and Mississippi rivers; loess bluffs streching around delta border;
sandy gulf coastal terraces followed by piney woods and prairie; rugged high sandy hills in extreme northeast,
followed by black prairie belt, Pontotoc Ridge, and flatwoods into the North central highlands.
FLOWER:Magnolia magnolia grandiflora
BIRD:Mockingbird
TREE:Magnolia magnolia grandiflora

MISSOURI

STATEHOOD:August 10, 1821
CAPITAL:Jefferson City
LARGEST CITY:Kansas City
CONSTITUTION:24th State
STATES POPULATION:5,402,058
AREA:69,709 sq. mi.
BORDER STATES:Arkansas - Illinois - Iowa - Kansas - Kentucky - Nebraska - Oklahoma - Tennessee
MOTTO:Salus pouli suprema lex esto "The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law"
ECONOMY:
AGRICULTURE:Cattle, soybeans, hogs, dairy products, corn, poultry and eggs.
INDUSTRY:Transportation equipment, food processing, chemical products, electric equipment,
fabricated metal products.
FLAG:Centered on red, white and blue fields is the Missouri state seal. It is encircled by a blue band with
twenty-four stars representing the number of states in 1821. The stars in the inner circle have the same meaning.
Two huge grizzly bears support the circular shield in the center which has three parts:
The motto "United We Stand, Divided we Fall" The right section representing the United States.
The left section containing a moon representing a new state and a grizzly bear standing for courage.
GEOLOGY:Land Area; 68,945 sq.mi.
GEOGRAPHIC CENTER:Miller, 20 miles southwest of Jefferson City
HIGHEST POINT:Taum Sauk Mtn.; 1772 feet
LOWEST POINT:Saint Francis River; 230 feet
INLAND WATER:811 sq.mi.
NICKNAME:Show Me State
ORIGIN OF STATES NAME:Named after Missouri Indian tribe whose name means "town of the large canoes"
PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACE:Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953
TOPOGRAPHY:Rolling hills, open, fertile plains, and well watered prairie north of the Missouri river;
south of the river land is rough and hilly with deep, narrow valleys; alluvial plain in the southeast; low
elevations in the west.
FLOWER:Hawthorn crataegus
BIRD:Bluebird
TREE:American dogwood cornus florida

MONTANA

STATEHOOD:November 8,1889
CAPITAL:Helena
LARGEST CITY:Billings
CONSTITUTION:41st State
STATES POPULATION:878,810
AREA:147,046 sq. mi.
BORDER STATES:Idaho - North Dakota - South Dakota - Wyoming
MOTTO:Oro y plata "Gold and Silver"
ECONOMY:
AGRICULTURE:Cattle, wheat, barley, sugar beets, hay, hogs.
INDUSTRY:Mining, lumber and wood products, food processing, tourism.
FLAG:Under the word "Montana", on a blue field, is the state seal. The seal shows some of Montana's beautiful
scenery and tells what people were doing in pioneer times. The pick, shovel and plow represent mining
and farming. In the background a sun rises over mountains, forests
and the Great Falls of the Missouri river. A ribbon contains the state motto "Gold and Silver".
GEOLOGY:Land Area; 145,388 sq.mi.
GEOGRAPHIC CENTER:Fergus, 11 miles west of Lewistown
HIGHEST POINT:Granite Peak; 12,799 feet
LOWEST POINT:Kootenai River; 1800 feet
INLAND WATER:1657 sq.mi.
NICKNAME:Treasure State
ORIGIN OF STATES NAME:Based on Spanish word for "mountainous"
TOPOGRAPHY:Rocky Mountains in the western third of the state; eastern two-thirds gently rolling northern
great plains.
FLOWER:Bitterroot lewisia rediviva
BIRD:Western Meadowlark
TREE:Ponderosa pine pinus ponderosa

NEBRASKA

STATEHOOD:March 1, 1867
CAPITAL:Lincoln
LARGEST CITY:Omaha
CONSTITUTION:37th State
STATES POPULATION:1,656,870
AREA:77,359 sq. mi.
BORDER STATES:Colorado - Iowa - Kansas - Missouri - South Dakota - Wyoming
MOTTO:Equality before the law
ECONOMY:
AGRICULTURE:Cattle, corn, hogs, soybeans, wheat, sorghum.
INDUSTRY:Food processing, machinery, electric equipment, printing and publishing.
FLAG:A banner for the State of Nebraska shall consist of a reproduction of the great seal of the state,
charged on the center in gold and silver on a field of national blue.
GEOLOGY:Land Area; 76,639 sq.mi.
GEOGRAPHIC CENTER:Custer, 10 miles northwest of Broken Bow
HIGHEST POINT:Panorama Point; 5424 feet
LOWEST POINT:Missouri River, 480 feet
INLAND WATER:481 sq.mi.
NICKNAME:Cornhusker State
ORIGIN OF STATES NAME:Name based on an Oto Indian word that means "flat water," referring to the Platte River
PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACE:Gerald Rudolph Ford, 1974-1977
TOPOGRAPHY:Till plains of the central lowland in the eastern third rising to the Great Plains and hill country
of the north central and northwest.
FLOWER:Goldenrod solidago
BIRD:Western Meadowlark
TREE:Eastern Cottonwood populus deltoides

NEVADA

STATEHOOD:October 31, 1864
CAPITAL:Carson City
LARGEST CITY:Las Vegas
CONSTITUTION:36th State
STATES POPULATION:1,676,809
AREA:110,567 sq. mi.
BORDER STATES:Arizona - California - Idaho - Oregon - Utah
MOTTO:All for our country
ECONOMY:
AGRICULTURE:Cattle, hay, dairy products, potatoes.
INDUSTRY:Tourism, mining, machinery, printing and publishing, food processing, electric equipment.
FLAG:On a cobalt blue background in the upper left quarter is a five-pointed silver star between two sprays
of sagebrush crossed to form a half wreath; across the top of the wreath is a golden scroll
with the words, in black letters, "Battle Born." The name "Nevada" is beneath the star in gold letters.
The current Nevada State Flag design was adopted March 26, 1929, and revised in 1991.
GEOLOGY:Land Area; 109,895 sq.mi.
GEOGRAPHIC CENTER:Lander, 26 miles southeast of Austin
HIGHEST POINT:Boundary Peak; 13,143 feet
LOWEST POINT:Colorado River; 470 feet, 37th
INLAND WATER:667 sq.mi.
NICKNAMES:The Silver State - Sagebrush State - Battle Born State
TOPOGRAPHY:Rugged north-south mountain ranges; southern area is within the Mojave Desert with the
Colorado River Canyon.
FLOWER:Sagebrush artemisia tridentata
BIRD:Mountain Bluebird
TREE:Single leaf pinon and bristlecone pine pinus monophylla - pinus aristata

NEW HAMPSHIRE

STATEHOOD:June 21, 1788
CAPITAL:Concord
LARGEST CITY:Manchester
CONSTITUTION:9th State
STATES POPULATION:1,172,709
AREA:9,351 sq. mi.
BORDER STATES:Maine - Massachusetts - Vermont
MOTTO:Live free or die
ECONOMY:
AGRICULTURE:Dairy products, nursery stock, cattle, apples, eggs.
INDUSTRY:Machinery, electric equipment, rubber and plastic products, tourism.
FLAG:The state flag shall be of the following color and design: The body or field shall be blue and shall bear
upon its center in suitable proportion and colors a representation of the state seal. The seal shall be surrounded
by a wreath of laurel leaves with nine stars interspersed.
COASTLINE:13 mi.
SHORELINE:131 mi.
GEOLOGY:Land Area; 8,992 sq.mi.
GEOGRAPHIC CENTER:Belknap, 3 miles east of Ashland
HIGHEST POINT:Mt. Washington; 6288 feet
LOWEST POINT:Atlantic coast; sea level
INLAND WATER:314 sq.mi.
NICKNAME:Granite State
PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACE:Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857
TOPOGRAPHY:Low rolling coast followed by countless hills and mountains rising out of a central plateau.
FLOWER:Purple lilac syringa vulgaris
BIRD:Purple Finch
TREE:White birch betula papyrifera

NEW JERSEY

STATEHOOD:December 18, 1787
CAPITAL:Trenton
LARGEST CITY:Newark
CONSTITUTION:3rd State
STATES POPULATION:8,052,849
AREA:8,722 sq. mi.
BORDER STATES:Delaware - New York - Pennsylvania
MOTTO:Liberty and Prosperity
ECONOMY:
AGRICULTURE:Nursery stock, horses, vegetables, fruits and nuts, seafood, dairy products.
INDUSTRY:Chemical products, food processing, electric equipment, printing and publishing, tourism.
FLAG:The State flag of New Jersey shall be of buff color, having in the center thereof the arms of the State
properly emblazoned thereon.
COASTLINE:130 mi.
SHORELINE:1,792 mi.
GEOLOGY:Land Area; 7,468 sq.mi.
GEOGRAPHIC CENTER:Mercer, 5 miles southeast of Trenton
HIGHEST POINT:High Point; 1803 feet
LOWEST POINT:Atlantic coast; sea level
INLAND WATER:319 sq.mi.
NICKNAME:Garden State
PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACE:Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889 & 1893-1897
TOPOGRAPHY:Appalachian Valley in the northwest has highest elevations; Appalachian Highlands, flat topped
northeast-southwest mountain ranges; piedmont plateau, low plains broken by high ridges;
coastal plain, covering three-fifths of the state in southeast, gradually rises to gentle slopes.
FLOWER:Violet viola sororia
BIRD:Eastern Goldfinch
TREE:Red Oak quercus borealis maxima

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