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Appendix 1 STATEHOOD FACTS Updated 9/1/09 STATE NICKNAME ABBREVIATION DATE OF STATEHOOD ORDER CAPITAL CITY Alabama Heart of Dixie (unofficial) AL December 14, 1819 22nd Montgomery Alaska The Last Frontier AK January 3, 1959 49th Juneau Arizona Grand Canyon State AZ February 14, 1912 48th Phoenix Arkansas The Natural State AR June 15, 1836 25th Little Rock California Golden State CA September 9, 1850 31st Sacramento Colorado Centennial State CO August 1, 1876 38th Denver Connecticut Constitution State CT January 9, 1788 5th Hartford Delaware First State DE December 7, 1787 1st Dover Florida Sunshine State FL March 3, 1845 27th Tallahassee Georgia Empire State of the South GA January 2, 1788 4th Atlanta Hawaii Aloha State HI August 21, 1959 50th Honolulu Idaho Gem State ID July 3, 1890 43rd Boise Illinois The Prairie State IL December 3, 1818 21st Springfield Indiana Hoosier State IN December 11, 1816 19th Indianapolis Iowa Hawkeye State IA December 28, 1846 29th Des Moines Kansas Sunflower State KS January 29, 1861 34th Topeka Kentucky Bluegrass State KY June 1, 1792 15th Frankfort Louisiana Pelican State LA April 30, 1812 18th Baton Rouge Maine Pine Tree State ME March 15, 1820 23rd Augusta Maryland Old Line State MD April 28, 1788 7th Annapolis Massachusetts Bay State MA February 6, 1788 6th Boston Michigan Wolverine State MI January 26, 1837 26th Lansing Minnesota The North Star State MN May 11, 1858 32nd St. Paul Mississippi Magnolia State MS December 10, 1817 20th Jackson Missouri Show Me State MO August 10, 1821 24th Jefferson City Montana Treasure State MT November 8, 1889 41st Helena Nebraska Cornhusker State NE March 1, 1867 37th Lincoln Nevada The Silver State NV October 31, 1864 36th Carson City New Hampshire Granite State NH June 21, 1788 9th Concord New Jersey Garden State NJ December 18, 1787 3rd Trenton New Mexico Land of Enchantment NM January 6, 1912 47th Santa Fe New York Empire State NY July 26, 1788 11th Albany North Carolina Tar Heel State NC November 21, 1789 12th Raleigh North Dakota Peace Garden State ND November 2, 1889 39th Bismarck Ohio Buckeye State OH March 1, 1803 17th Columbus Oklahoma Sooner State OK November 16, 1907 46th Oklahoma City Oregon Beaver State OR February 14, 1859 33rd Salem Pennsylvania Keystone State PA December 12, 1787 2nd Harrisburg Rhode Island Ocean State RI May 29, 1790 13th Providence South Carolina Palmetto State SC May 23, 1788 8th Columbia South Dakota Mount Rushmore State SD November 2, 1889 40th Pierre Tennessee Volunteer State TN June 1, 1796 16th Nashville Texas Lone Star State TX December 29, 1845 28th Austin Utah Beehive State UT January 4, 1896 45th Salt Lake City Vermont Green Mountain State VT March 4, 1791 14th Montpelier Virginia Old Dominion State VA June 25, 1788 10th Richmond Washington Evergreen State WA November 11, 1889 42nd Olympia West Virginia Mountain State WV June 20, 1863 35th Charleston Wisconsin Badger State WI May 29, 1848 30th Madison Wyoming Equality State WY July 10, 1890 44th Cheyenne Appendix 2 Capitals, Counties, and Government Updated 2021 CAPITAL NO. OF COUNTIES ELECTORAL STATE CAPITAL CITY NO. US REP'S COUNTY OF CAPITAL SINCE (or equivalent) VOTES Alabama Montgomery 1846 67 7 9 Montgomery Alaska Juneau 1900 19 (+1) burroughs 1 3 Burrough of Juneau Arizona Phoenix 1889 15 9 11 Maricopa Arkansas Little Rock 1821 75 4 6 Pulaski California Sacramento 1854 58 52 54 Sacramento Colorado Denver 1876 64 8 10 Denver Connecticut Hartford 1701/1875* 8 (no county gov't) 5 7 Hartford Delaware Dover 1777 3 1 3 Kent Florida Tallahassee 1824 67 28 30 Leon Georgia Atlanta 1868 159 14 16 Fulton Hawaii Honolulu 1959 5 2 4 Honolulu Idaho Boise 1865 44 2 4 Ada Illinois Springfield 1839 102 17 19 Sangamon Indiana Indianapolis 1825 92 9 11 Marion Iowa Des Moines 1857 99 4 6 Polk Kansas Topeka 1861 105 4 6 Shawnee Kentucky Frankfort 1793 120 6 8 Franklin Louisiana Baton Rouge 1882 64 Parishes 6 8 East Baton Rouge parish Maine Augusta 1832 16 2 4 Kennebec Maryland Annapolis 1694 23 (+1 city) 8 10 Anne Arundel Massachusetts Boston 1630 14 9 11 Suffolk Michigan Lansing 1847 83 13 15 Ingham Minnesota St. Paul 1849 87 8 10 Ramsey Mississippi Jackson 1822 82 4 6 Hinds Missouri Jefferson City 1826 114 (+1 city) 8 10 Cole Montana Helena 1875 56 2 4 Lewis and Clark Nebraska Lincoln 1867 93 3 5 Lancaster Nevada Carson City 1861 16 (+1 city) 4 6 Carson City New Hampshire Concord 1808 10 2 4 Merrimack New Jersey Trenton 1790 21 12 14 Mercer New Mexico Santa Fe 1609 33 3 5 Santa Fe New York Albany 1797 62 26 28 Albany North Carolina Raleigh 1792 100 14 16 Wake North Dakota Bismarck 1889 53 1 3 Burleigh Ohio Columbus 1816 88 15 17 Franklin Oklahoma Oklahoma City 1910 77 5 7 Oklahoma Oregon Salem 1859 36 6 8 Marion Pennsylvania Harrisburg 1812 67 17 19 Dauphin Rhode Island Providence 1900 5 (no county gov't) 2 4 Providence South Carolina Columbia 1790 46 7 9 Richland South Dakota Pierre 1889 66 1 3 Hughes Tennessee Nashville 1826 95 9 11 Davidson Texas Austin 1845 254 38 40 Travis Utah Salt Lake City 1856 29 4 6 Salt Lake Vermont Montpelier 1805 14 (no county gov't) 1 3 Washington Virginia Richmond 1780 95 (+38 cities) 11 13 none--independent city Washington Olympia 1889 39 10 12 Thurston West Virginia Charleston 1885 55 2 4 Kanawha Wisconsin Madison 1848 72 8 10 Dane Wyoming Cheyenne 1869 23 1 3 Laramie *Hartford and New Haven were twin capitals from 1701 to 1875. Hartford has been the only capital since 1875. County/local government information per World Book Encyclopedia. Appendix 3 POPULATION AND LAND AREA Updated 2021 2020 CENSUS 2010 CENSUS LAND AREA STATE POPULATION RANK POPULATION RANK SQ. MILES RANK Alabama 5,024,279 24 4,803,982 23 50,750 28 Alaska 733,391 48 721,523 47 570,374 1 Arizona 7,151,502 14 6,412,700 16 113,642 6 Arkansas 3,011,524 33 2,926,229 32 52,075 27 California 39,538,223 1 37,341,989 1 155,973 3 Colorado 5,773,714 21 5,044,930 22 103,729 8 Connecticut 3,605,944 29 3,581,628 29 4,845 48 Delaware 989,948 45 900,877 45 1,955 49 Florida 21,538,187 3 18,900,773 4 53,937 26 Georgia 10,711,908 8 9,727,566 9 57,919 21 Hawaii 1,455,271 40 1,366,862 40 6,423 47 Idaho 1,839,106 38 1,573,499 39 82,751 11 Illinois 12,812,508 6 12,864,380 5 55,593 24 Indiana 6,785,528 17 6,501,582 15 35,870 38 Iowa 3,190,369 31 3,053,787 30 55,875 23 Kansas 2,937,880 35 2,863,813 33 81,823 13 Kentucky 4,505,836 26 4,350,606 26 39,732 36 Louisiana 4,657,757 25 4,553,962 25 43,566 33 Maine 1,362,359 42 1,333,074 41 30,865 39 Maryland 6,177,224 18 5,789,929 19 9,775 42 Massachusetts 7,029,917 15 6,559,644 14 7,838 45 Michigan 10,077,331 10 9,911,626 8 56,809 22 Minnesota 5,706,494 22 5,314,879 21 79,617 14 Mississippi 2,961,279 34 2,978,240 31 46,914 31 Missouri 6,154,913 19 6,011,478 18 68,898 18 Montana 1,084,225 44 994,416 44 145,556 4 Nebraska 1,961,504 37 1,831,825 38 76,878 15 Nevada 3,104,614 32 2,709,432 35 109,806 7 New Hampshire 1,377,529 41 1,321,445 42 8,969 44 New Jersey 9,288,994 11 8,807,501 11 7,419 46 New Mexico 2,117,522 36 2,067,273 36 121,364 5 New York 20,201,249 4 19,421,055 3 47,224 30 North Carolina 10,439,388 9 9,565,781 10 48,718 29 North Dakota 779,094 47 675,905 48 68,994 17 Ohio 11,799,448 7 11,568,495 7 40,953 35 Oklahoma 3,959,353 28 3,764,882 28 68,679 19 Oregon 4,237,256 27 3,848,606 27 96,002 10 Pennsylvania 13,002,700 5 12,734,905 6 44,820 32 Rhode Island 1,097,379 43 1,055,247 43 1,045 50 South Carolina 5,118,425 23 4,645,975 24 30,111 40 South Dakota 886,667 46 819,761 46 75,896 16 Tennessee 6,910,840 16 6,375,431 17 41,219 34 Texas 29,145,505 2 25,268,418 2 261,914 2 Utah 3,271,616 30 2,770,765 34 82,168 12 Vermont 643,077 49 630,337 49 9,249 43 Virginia 8,631,393 12 8,037,736 12 39,598 37 Washington 7,705,281 13 6,753,369 13 66,581 20 West Virginia 1,793,716 39 1,859,815 37 24,087 41 Wisconsin 5,893,718 20 5,698,230 20 54,314 25 Wyoming 576,851 50 568,300 50 97,105 9 330,759,736 309,184,463 3,536,217 District of Columbia 689,545 601,657 61 Totals 331,449,281 309,786,120 3,536,278 NOTE: Land Area shows the number of square miles of land and does not include inland water areas.