50 US States |
Name |
Capital City |
Governor |
State Flower |
State Bird |
State Tree |
Population |
Most Populous City |
State Motto |
State of Alabama |
Montogomery |
Bob R. RIley |
Camellia |
Yellowhammer |
Longleaf Pine |
4,599,030 |
Birmingham |
Audernus jura nostra defendere
We Dare Defend Our Rights |
State of Alaska |
Juneau |
Sarah Palin |
Forget-me-not |
Willow Ptarmigan |
Sitka Spruce |
670,053 |
Anchorage |
North to the Future |
State of Arizona |
Phoenix |
Janet Napolitano |
Saguaro Blossom |
Cactus Wren |
Palo Verde |
6,166,318 |
Phoenix |
Ditat Deus
God enriches |
State of Arkansas |
Little Rock |
Mike Beebe |
Apple Blossom |
Mockingbird |
Pine |
2,810,872 |
Little Rock |
Regnat Populus
The People Rule |
State of California |
Sacramento |
Arnold Schwarzenegger |
California Poppy |
California Quail |
California Redwood |
36,457,549 |
Los Angeles |
Eureka! |
State of Colorado |
Denver
|
Bill Ritter |
Rocky Mountain Columbine |
Lark Bunting |
Colorado Spruce or Blue Spruce |
4,753,377 |
Denver |
Nil sine numine
Nothing without Providence |
State of Connecticut |
Hartford |
M. Jodi Rell |
Mountain Laurel |
American Robin |
White Oak |
3,504,809 |
Bridgeport |
Qui transtulit sustinet
He who transplanted will sustain |
State of Delaware |
Dover
|
Ruth Ann Minner |
Peach Blossom |
Blue Hen Chicken |
American Holly |
853,476 |
Wilmington |
Liberty and Independence |
State of Florida |
Tallahassee |
Charlie Crist |
Orange blossom |
Mockingbird |
Sabal Palm |
18,089,888 |
Jacksonville |
In God We Trust |
State of Georgia |
Atlanta |
Sonny Perdue |
Cherokee Rose |
Brown Thrasher |
Live oak |
9,363,941 |
Atlanta |
Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation |
State of Hawai'i |
Honolulu |
Linda Lingle |
Hibiscus or Pua Aloalo |
Nene |
Kukui - Candlenut |
1,285,498 |
Honolulu |
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka Aina i ka Pono
The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness |
State of Idaho |
Boise |
Butch Otter |
Syringa |
Mountain Bluebird |
Western WhitePine |
1,466,465 |
Boise |
Esto perpetua
It is forever |
State of Illinois |
Springfield |
Rod Blagojevich |
Purple Violet |
Cardinal |
White Oak |
12,831,970 |
Chicago |
State Sovereignty, National Union |
State of Indiana |
Indianapolis |
Mitch Daniels |
Peony |
Cardinal |
Yellow-poplar |
6,313,520 |
Indianapolis |
The crossroads of America |
State of Iowa |
Des Moines |
Chet Culver |
Wild Prairie Rose |
Eastern Goldfinch |
Oak |
2,982,085 |
Des Moines |
Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain |
State of Kansas |
Topeka |
Kathleen Sebelius |
Sunflower |
Western Meadowlark |
Cottonwood |
2,764,075 |
Wichita |
Ad astra per aspera
To the stars through difficulties |
Common-wealth of Kentucky |
Frankfort |
Ernie Fletcher |
Goldenrod |
Cardinal |
Yellow-poplar |
4,206,074 |
Louisville |
United we stand, divided we fall |
State of Louisiana |
Baton Rouge |
Kathleen Blanco |
Magnolia |
Eastern Brown Pelican |
Bald Cypress |
4,287,768 |
New Orleans |
Union, justice, and confidence |
State of Maine |
Augusta |
John Baldacci |
Whitepine cone and tassel |
Chickadee |
Eastern White pine |
1,321,574 |
Portland |
Dirigo
I lead |
State of Maryland |
Annapolis |
Martin O'Malley |
Black-eyed susan |
Baltimore Oriole |
White Oak |
5,615,727 |
Baltimore |
Fatti maschii parole femine
manly deeds, womanly words |
Common-wealth of Massachusetts |
Boston |
Deval Patrick |
Mayflower |
Chickadee |
American Elm |
6,437,193 |
Boston |
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem
By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty |
State of Michigan |
Lansing |
Jennifer Granholm |
Apple Blossom |
Robin |
Eastern white pine |
10,095,643 |
Detroit |
Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice
If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.
|
State of Minnesota |
Saint Paul |
Tim Pawlenty |
Pink white lady's slippers |
Common Loon |
Red Pine |
5,167,101 |
Minneapolis |
L'Etoile du nord
The star of the north
|
State of Mississippi |
Jackson |
Haley Barbour |
Magnolia |
Mockingbird |
Southern Magnolia |
2,910,540 |
Jackson |
Virtute et armis
By valor and arms |
State of Missouri |
Jefferson City |
Matt Blunt |
Hawthorn |
Bluebird |
Flowering Dogwood |
5,842,713 |
Kansas City |
Salus populi suprema lex esto
The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law |
State of Montana |
Helena |
Brian Schweitzer |
Bitterroot |
Western Meadowlark |
Ponderosa Pine |
944,632 |
Billings |
Oro y Plata
Gold and SIlver |
State of Nebraska |
Lincoln |
Dave Heineman |
Goldenrod |
Western Meadowlark |
Cottonwood |
1,768,331 |
Omaha |
Equality before the law |
State of Nevada |
Carson City |
Jim Gibbons |
Sagebrush |
Mountain Bluebird |
Bristlecone Pine |
2,495,529 |
Las Vegas |
All for our country |
State of New Hampshire |
Concord |
John Lynch |
Purple Lilac |
Purple Finch |
Paper Birch |
1,314,895 |
Manchester |
Live free or die |
State of New Jersey |
Trenton |
Jon Corzine |
Violet |
Eastern Gold Finch |
Northern Red Oak |
8,724,560 |
Newark |
Liberty and prosperity |
State of New Mexico |
Santa Fe |
Bill Richardson |
Yucca flower |
Roadrunner |
Pinyon tree |
1,954,599 |
Albuquerque |
Crescit eundo
It grows as it goes
|
State of New York |
Albany |
Eliot Spitzer |
Rose |
Bluebird |
Sugar maple |
19,306,183 |
New York |
Excelsior |
State of North Carolina |
Raleigh |
Mike Easley |
Dogwood |
Cardinal |
Longleaf Pine |
8,856,505 |
Charlotte |
Esse quam videri
To be, rather than to seem
|
State of North Dakota |
Bismarck |
John Hoeven |
Wild Prairie Rose |
Western Meadowlark |
American Elm |
635,867 |
Fargo |
Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable. |
State of Ohio |
Columbus |
Ted Strickland |
Scarlet Carnation |
Cardinal |
Ohio buck-eye |
11,478,006 |
Columbus |
With God, all things are possible |
State of Oklahoma |
Oklahoma City |
Brad Henry |
Mistletoe |
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
Redbud |
3,579,212 |
Oklahoma City |
Labor omnia vincit
Labor conquers all things
|
State of Oregon |
Salem |
Ted Kulongoski |
Oregon Grape |
Western Meadowlark |
Douglas Fir |
3,700,758 |
Portland |
Alis Volat Propiis
She Flies With Her Own Wings
|
Common-wealth of Pennsylvania |
Harrisburg |
Ed Rendell |
Mountain Laurel |
Ruffed Grouse |
Eastern Hemlock |
12,440,621 |
Philadelphia |
Virtue, Liberty, and Independence |
State of Rhode Island and Province Plantations |
Providence |
Donald Carcieri |
Violet |
Rhode Island Red |
Red Maple |
1,067,610 |
Province |
Hope |
State of South Carolina |
Columbia |
Mark Sanford |
Yellow Jessamine |
Great Carolina Wren |
Cabbage Palmetto |
4,321,249 |
Columbia |
Animis Opibusque Parati / Dum Spiro Spero
Prepared in mind and resources / While I breathe, I hope
|
State of South Dakota |
Pierre |
Mike Rounds |
Pasque Flower |
Ring-necked Pheasant |
White Spruce |
781,919 |
Sioux Falls |
Under God the people rule |
State of Tennessee |
Nashville |
Phil Bredesen |
Iris |
Mockingbird |
Yellow poplar |
6,038,803 |
Memphis |
Agriculture and Commerce |
State of Texas |
Austin |
Rick Perry |
Blue bonnet |
Mockingbird |
Pecan |
23,507,783 |
Houston |
Friendship |
State of Utah |
Salt Lake City |
Jon Huntsman, Jr. |
Sego Lily |
Common American Gull |
Blue Spruce |
2,550,063 |
Salt Lake City |
Industry |
State of Vermont |
Montpelier |
Jim Douglas |
Red Clover |
Hermit Thrush |
Sugar Maple |
623,908 |
Burlington |
Freedom and Unity |
Commonwealth of Virginia |
Richmond |
Tim Kaine |
Dogwood |
Cardinal |
Flowering Dogwood |
7,642,884 |
Virginia Beach |
Sic Semper Tyrannis
Thus Always to Tyrants |
State of Washington |
Olympia |
Christine Gregoire |
Pink Rhododendron |
Willow Goldfinch |
Western Hemlock |
6,395,798 |
Seattle |
Alki
Bye and bye |
State of West Virginia |
Charleston |
Joe Manchin |
Rhododendron |
Cardinal |
Sugar Maple |
1,818,470 |
Charleston |
Montani semper liberi
Mountaineers are always free
|
State of Wisconsin |
Madison |
Jim Doyle |
Wood Violet |
Robin |
Sugar Maple |
5,556,506 |
Milwaukee |
Forward |
State of Wyoming |
Cheyenne |
Dave Freudenthal |
Indian Paintbrush |
Western Meadowlark |
Cottonwood |
515,004 |
Cheyenne |
Equal rights |
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