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ALABAMA
Alabama is known for being the “Heart of Dixie” start of the confederate states & home to the confederate flag
Abbreviation: AL
Population: 4.4 mil
Region: South
Became the 22nd state in 1819.

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ALASKA
Alaska is known for being “The Last Frontier” and also is the largest state.
Abbreviation: AK
Population: 626,932
Region: Far NW
Became the 49th state in 1949.

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ARIZONA
Abbreviation: AZ
Population: 5.1 mil
Region: Southwest
Became the 48th state in 1912.
Arizona is known for being the Grand Canyon State.
Home to many ghost towns left from the wild west.

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ARKANSAS
Abbreviation: AR
Population: 2.6 mil
Region: South
Became the 25th state in 1836.
Arkansas is known as the Natural State and is also where Pres. Clinton was born.

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CALIFORNIA
Abbreviation: CA
Population: 33 mil
Region: West
Became the 31st state in 1850.
California is known as the Golden State and is the third largest state.

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COLORADO
Colorado is known as the Centennial State, which means 100 years.
Abbreviation: CO
Population: 4.3 mil
Region: West
Became the 38th state in 1876.

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CONNECTICUT
Connecticut is known as the Constitution State because it was the first to make a colonial constitution.
Abbreviation: CT
Population: 3.4 mil
Region: Northeast
Became the 5th state in 1788.

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DELAWARE
Abbreviation: DE
Population: 783,600
Region: Northeast
Became the 1st state in 1787.
Delaware is known for being the very first state.

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Columbia part of D.C. is in reference to Christopher Columbus.
Abbreviation: D.C.
Population: 572,000
Region: Border of South & Northeast
Became the capital on June 11, 1800

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FLORIDA
Florida is known as the Sunshine State. It is also a peninsula.
Abbreviation: FL
Population: 18.5 mil
Region: South
Became the 27th state in 1845.

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GEORGIA
Abbreviation: GA
Population: 9.7 mil
Region: South
Became the 4th state in 1788.
Georgia is known for its peaches and for the song “Georgia On My Mind.”

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HAWAII
Abbreviation: HI
Population: 1.2 mil
Region: West Pacific
Became the 50th state in 1959.
Hawaii is known as the Aloha State and is the birthplace of Pres. Obama.

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IDAHO
Abbreviation: ID
Population: 1.5 mil
Region: West
Became the 43rd state in 1890.
Idaho is known for its potatoes and as the Gem State.

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ILLINOIS
Abbreviation: IL
Population: 12.8 mil
Region: Midwest
Became the 21st state in 1818.
Illinois is the state where Pres. Lincoln started his political career.

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INDIANA
Abbreviation: IN
Population: 6.4 mil
Region: Midwest
Became the 19th state in 1816.
Indiana is known as the Crossroads of America and is also known as the Hoosier state.

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IOWA
Abbreviation: IA
Population: 2.9 mil
Region: Midwest
Became the 29th state in 1846.
Iowa is known as the Hawkeye State.

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KANSAS
Abbreviation: KS
Population: 2.6 mil
Region: Midwest
Became the 34th state in 1861.
Kansas is the Sunflower State and is very agricultural.

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KENTUCKY
Kentucky is known as the Bluegrass State.
Abbreviation: KY
Population: 4 mil
Region: SE
Became the 15th state in 1792.

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LOUISIANA
Abbreviation: LA
Population: 4.4 mil
Region: South
Became the 18th state in 1812.
Louisiana is known as the Sportsman’s Paradise and was recently hit by hurricane Katrina.

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MAINE
Abbreviation: ME
Population: 1.2 mil
Region: Northeast
Became the 23rd state in 1820.
Maine is known as the Pine Tree State.

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MARYLAND
Maryland is known as the Old Line State because of the Mason Dixon Line.
Abbreviation: MD
Population: 5.2 mil
Region: Northeast
Became the 7th state in 1788.

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MASSACHUSETS
Abbreviation: MA
Population: 6.3 mil
Region: Northeast
Became the 6th state in 1788.
Massachusetts is known as the Bay State.

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MICHIGAN
Abbreviation: MI
Population: 9.9 mil
Region: Midwest
Became the 26th state in 1837.
Michigan is known as the Wolverine State.

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MINNESOTA
Abbreviation: MN
Population: 4.9 mil
Region: Midwest
Became the 32nd state in 1858.
Minnesota is known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

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MISSISSIPPI
Abbreviation: MS
Population: 2.8 mil
Region: South
Became the 20th state in 1817.
Mississippi is known as the Magnolia State.

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MISSOURI
Missouri is known as the “Show Me State.”
Abbreviation: MO
Population: 5.5 mil
Region: Midwest
Became the 24th state in 1821.

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MONTANA
Abbreviation: MT
Population: 902,195
Region: West
Became the 41st state in 1889.
Montana is known as Big Sky Country.

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NEBRASKA
Abbreviation: NE
Population: 1.7 mil
Region: Midwest
Became the 37th state in 1867.
Nebraska is known as the Cornhusker State.

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NEVADA
Abbreviation: NV
Population: 1.9 mil
Region: West
Became the 36th state in 1864.
Nevada is known as the Silver State and is also where the Hoover Dam is located.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE
Abbreviation: NH
Population: 1.2 mil
Region: Northeast
Became the 9th state in 1788.
New Hampshire is named after Hampshire, England and is known as the Granite State.

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NEW JERSEY
Abbreviation: NJ
Population: 8.4 mil
Region: Northeast
Became the 3rd state in 1787.
New Jersey is known as the Garden State.

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NEW MEXICO
Abbreviation: NM
Population: 1.8 mil
Region: Southwest
Became the 47th state in 1912.
New Mexico is known as the Land of Enchantment.

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NEW YORK
New York is known as the Empire State.
Abbreviation: NY
Population: 18.9 mil
Region: Northeast
Became the 11th state in 1788.

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NORTH CAROLINA
Abbreviation: NC
Population: 8 mil
Region: South
Became the 12th state in 1789.
North Carolina is known as the Tar Heel State.

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NORTH DAKOTA
Abbreviation: ND
Pop: 642,200 mil
Region: Midwest
Became the 39th state in 1889.
North Dakota is known as the Rough Rider State.

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OHIO
Abbreviation: OH
Population: 11.3 mil
Region: Midwest
Became the 17th state in 1803.
Ohio is known as the Buckeye State and where 7 presidents were born.

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OKLAHOMA
A natural gas producing state, there is even a well on the state capitol grounds..
Abbreviation: OK
Population: 3.4 mil
Region: Southwest
Became the 46th state in 1907.

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OREGON
Oregon is known as the Beaver State and is also known for the Oregon Trail.
Abbreviation: OR
Population: 3.4 mil
Region: West
Became the 33rd state in 1859.

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PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania is known as the Keystone State and was founded by Quaker, William Penn.
Abbreviation: PA
Population: 12.2 mil
Region: Northeast
Became the 2nd state in 1787.

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RHODE ISLAND
Rhode Island is known as the Ocean State. Its name means “Red Island.”
Abbreviation: RI
Population: 1 mil
Region: Northeast
Became the 13th state in 1790.

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SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina is known as the Palmetto State.
Abbreviation: SC
Population: 4 mil
Region: South
Became the 22nd state in 1819.

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SOUTH DAKOTA
Abbreviation: SD
Population: 754,800
Region: Midwest
Became the 40th state in 1889.
South Dakota is known as Mount Rushmore State.
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TENNESSEE
Abbreviation: TN
Population: 5.6 mil
Region: South
Became the 16th state in 1796.
Tennessee is known as the Volunteer State.

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TEXAS
Abbreviation: TX
Population: 20.8 mil
Region: Southwest
Became the 28th state in 1845.
Texas is known as the Lone Star State.

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UTAH
Abbreviation: UT
Population: 2.2 mil
Region: West
Became the 45th state in 1896.
Utah is known as the Beehive State.

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VERMONT
Abbreviation: VT
Population: 608,000
Region: Northeast
Became the 14th state in 1791.
Vermont is known as the Green Mountain State.

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VIRGINIA
Virginia is known as Old Dominion and is where 8 presidents were born.
Abbreviation: VA
Population: 7 mil
Region: Northeast
Became the 10th state in 1788.

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WASHINGTON
Abbreviation: WA
Population: 5.8 mil
Region: West
Became the 42nd state in 1889.
Washington is known as the Evergreen State.

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WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia is known as the Mountain State.
Abbreviation: WV
Population: 1.8 mil
Region: South
Became the 35th state in 1863.

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WISCONSIN
Abbreviation: WI
Population: 5.3 mil
Region: Midwest
Became the 30th state in 1848.
Wisconsin is known as the Badger State and also for its cheese.

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WYOMING
Wyoming is known as the Equality State.
Abbreviation: WY
Population: 493,000
Region: Northwest
Became the 44th state in 1890.