TEXAS By: Riley Hanson
STATE CAPITAL Austin
The Lone Star StateDec 29, 1845/ 28 th NICKNAME AND STATE HOOD The state nickname Statehood
THE STATE BORDER Oklahoma, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana
STATE REGION Southwest region
POPULATION State population is 20,851,820 (2006)
TEXAS LARGEST CITY Houston City- population is 2,099,451 (Census 2010)
THE STATE TREE PECAN TREE
STATE FLOWER BLUE BONNET
STATE BIRD MOCKING BIRD
STATE FLAG
STATE MOTTO “Friendship”
STATE GEMSTONE Blue topaz
THE STATE NICKNAME The Lone Star State
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