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States of the USA – Part 2 Montana to Wyoming

Facts about the 50 - Part 2 by Mert Arkan

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States of the USA – Part 2

Montana to Wyoming

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Capital: Helena

Nickname: Treasure State

Origin of Name: From the Spanish word meaning “mountain.”

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1889 (41)

2010 Population: 989,415

State Flower: bitterroot

State Bird: Western meadowlark

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Capital: Lincoln

Nickname: Cornhusker State; Beef State

Origin of Name: From an Oto Indian word meaning “flat water”

Year Entered Union (Rank):1867 (37)

2010 Population: 1,826,341

State Flower: goldenrod

State Bird: Western meadowlark

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Capital: Carson City

Nickname: Sagebrush State; Silver State

Origin of Name: Spanish: “snowcapped”

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1864 (36)

2010 Population: 2,700,551

State Flower: sagebrush

State Bird: mountain bluebird

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Capital: Concord

Nickname: Granite State

Origin of Name: From the English county of Hampshire

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1788 (9)

2010 Population: 1,316,470

State Flower: purple lilac

State Bird: purple finch

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Capital: Trenton

Nickname: Garden State

Origin of Name: From the Channel Isle of Jersey

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1787 (3)

2010 Population: 8,791,894

State Flower: purple violet

State Bird: eastern goldfinch

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Capital: New Mexico

Nickname: Land of Enchantment

Origin of Name: From Mexico, “place of Mexitli,” an Aztec god or leader

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1912 (47)

2010 Population: 2,059,179

State Flower: yucca

State Bird: roadrunner

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Capital: Albany

Nickname: Empire State

Origin of Name: In honor of the Duke of York

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1788 (11)

2010 Population: 19,254,630

State Flower: rose

State Bird: bluebird

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Capital: Raleigh

Nickname: Tar Heel State

Origin of Name: In honor of Charles I of England

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1789 (12)

2010 Population: 9,535,483

State Flower: dogwood

State Bird: cardinal

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Capital: Bismarck

Nickname: Sioux State

Origin of Name: From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1889 (39)

2010 Population: 672,591

State Flower: wild prairie rose

State Bird: western meadowlark

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Capital: Columbus

Nickname: Buckeye State

Origin of Name: From an Iroquoian word meaning “great river”

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1803 (17)

2010 Population: 11,536,504

State Flower: scarlet carnation

State Bird: cardinal

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Capital: Oklahoma City

Nickname: Sooner State

Origin of Name: From two Choctaw Indian words meaning “red people”

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1907 (46)

2010 Population: 3,751,351

State Flower: mistletoe

State Bird: scissor-tailed flycatcher

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Capital: Salem Nickname: Beaver State Origin of Name: Unknown. However, it is

generally accepted that the name, first used by Jonathan Carver in 1778, was taken from the writings of Maj. Robert Rogers, an English army officer.

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1859 (33) 2010 Population: 3,831,074 State Flower: Oregon grape State Bird: western meadowlark

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Capital: Harrisburg

Nickname: Keystone State

Origin of Name: In honor of Adm. Sir William Penn, father of William Penn. It means “Penn's Woodland.”

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1787 (2)

2010 Population: 12,702,379

State Flower: mountain laurel

State Bird: ruffed grouse

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Capital: Providence

Nickname: The Ocean State

Origin of Name: From the Greek Island of Rhodes

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1790 (13)

2010 Population: 1,051,302

State Flower: violet

State Bird: Rhode Island red hen

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Capital: Columbia

Nickname: Palmetto State

Origin of Name: In honor of Charles I of England

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1788 (8)

2010 Population: 4,679,230

State Flower: Carolina yellow jessamine

State Bird: Carolina wren

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Capital: Pierre

Nickname: Mount Rushmore State

Origin of Name: From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1889 (40)

2010 Population: 775,933

State Flower: American pasqueflower

State Bird: ring-necked pheasant

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Capital: Nashville

Nickname: Volunteer State

Origin of Name: Of Cherokee origin; the exact meaning is unknown

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1796 (16)

2010 Population: 6,346,105

State Flower: iris

State Bird: mockingbird

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Capital: Austin

Nickname: Lone Star State

Origin of Name: From an Indian word meaning “friends”

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1845 (28)

2010 Population: 25,145,561

State Flower: bluebonnet

State Bird: mockingbird

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Capital: Salt Lake City

Nickname: Beehive State

Origin of Name: From the Ute tribe, meaning “people of the mountains”

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1896 (45)

2010 Population: 2,763,885

State Flower: sego lily

State Bird: California gull

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Capital: Montpelier

Nickname: Green Mountain State

Origin of Name: From the French “vert mont,” meaning “green mountain”

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1791 (14)

2010 Population: 625,741

State Flower: red clover

State Bird: hermit thrush

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Capital: Richmond

Nickname: The Old Dominion

Origin of Name: In honor of Elizabeth “Virgin Queen” of England

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1788 (10)

2010 Population: 8,001,024

State Flower: American dogwood

State Bird: cardinal

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Capital: Olympia

Nickname: Evergreen State

Origin of Name: In honor of George Washington

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1889 (42)

2010 Population: 6,724,540

State Flower: coast rhododendron

State Bird: willow goldfinch

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Capital: Charleston

Nickname: Mountain State

Origin of Name: In honor of Elizabeth, “Virgin Queen” of England

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1863 (35)

2010 Population: 1,852,994

State Flower: rhododendron

State Bird: cardinal

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Capital: Madison

Nickname: Badger State

Origin of Name: French corruption of an Indian word whose meaning is disputed

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1848 (30)

2010 Population: 5,686,986

State Flower: wood violet

State Bird: robin

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Capital: Cheyenne

Nickname: Equality State

Origin of Name: From the Delaware Indian word, meaning “mountains and valleys alternating”; the same as the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania

Year Entered Union (Rank): 1890 (44)

2010 Population: 563,626

State Flower: Indian paintbrush

State Bird: western meadowlark

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Origin of Name: District of Columbia, named after Columbus

Year Established: 1871

2010 Population: 632,323

State Flower: American beauty rose