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Alabama

Population: 4,858,979
Entered the Union: Dec. 14, 1819 (22nd)
Nickname(s): The Yellowhammer State; The Heart of Dixie; The Cotton State
Motto: "We Dare Defend our Rights"

Alaska

Population: 738, 432
Entered the Union: Jan. 3, 1959 (49th)
Nickname(s): The Last Frontier; The Great Land; The Land of the Midnight Sun
Motto: "North to the Future"

Arizona

Population: 6,828,065
Entered the Union: Feb. 14, 1912 (48th)
Nickname(s): The Grand Canyon State; The Copper State; The Valentine State
Motto: "God Enriches"

Arkansas

Population: 2,978,204
Entered the Union: June 15, 1836 (25th)
Nickname(s): The Natural State; The Bear State
Motto: "The People Rule"

California

Population: 39,144,818
Entered the Union: Sept. 9, 1850 (31st)
Nickname(s): The Golden State; El Dorado State; The Beach State
Motto: "Eureka!" (I Have Found It!)

Colorado

Population: 5,456,574
Entered the Union: Aug. 1, 1876 (38th)
Nickname(s): The Centennial State; Colorful Colorado; Rocky Mountain State
Motto: "Nothing Without the Deity"

Connecticut

Population: 3,590,886
Entered the Union: Jan. 9, 1788 (5th)
Nickname(s): The Constitution State; The Nutmeg State; The Provisions State
Motto: "He Who is Transplanted Still Sustains"

Delaware

Population: 945,934
Entered the Union: Dec. 7, 1787 (1st)
Nickname(s): The First State; The Small Wonder; The Diamond State
Motto: "Liberty and Independence"

Florida

Population: 20,271,272
Entered the Union: Mar. 3, 1845 (27th)
Nickname(s): The Sunshine State; Everglade State; Gulf State
Motto: "In God We Trust"

Georgia

Population: 10,214,860
Entered the Union: Jan. 2, 1788 (4th)
Nickname(s): The Peach State; Empire State of the South; The Goober State
Motto: "Wisdom, Justice, Moderation"

Hawaii

Population: 1,431,603
Entered the Union: Aug. 21, 1959 (50th)
Nickname(s): The Aloha State; Paradise of the Pacific; The Islands of Aloha
Motto: "The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness"

Idaho

Population: 1,654,930
Entered the Union: July 3, 1890 (43rd)
Nickname(s): The Gem State; Little Ida; Spud State
Motto: "Let it be Perpetual"

Illinois

Population: 12,859,995
Entered the Union: Dec. 3, 1818 (21st)
Nickname(s): The Prairie State; Land of Lincoln; Garden of the West
Motto: "State Sovereignty, National Union"

Indiana

Population: 6,619,680
Entered the Union: Dec. 11, 1816 (19th)
Nickname(s): The Hoosier State; Crossroads of America
Motto: "Crossroads of America"

Iowa

Population: 3,123,899
Entered the Union: Dec. 28, 1846 (29th)
Nickname(s): The Hawkeye State
Motto: "Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain"

Kansas

Population: 2,911,641
Entered the Union: Jan. 29, 1861 (34th)
Nickname(s): The Sunflower State; The Wheat State; The Jayhawker State
Motto: "To the Stars Through Difficulty"

Kentucky

Population: 4,425,092
Entered the Union: June 1, 1792 (15th)
Nickname(s): The Bluegrass State; Tobacco State; Hemp State
Motto: "United We Stand, Divided We Fall" / "Let us be Grateful to God"

Louisiana

Population: 4,670,724
Entered the Union: Apr. 30, 1812 (18th)
Nickname(s): The Pelican State; The Bayou State; The Creole State; Sportsman's Paradise
Motto: "Union, Justice, Confidence"

Maine

Population: 1,329,328
Entered the Union: Mar. 15, 1820 (23rd)
Nickname(s): The Pine Tree State; Vacationland; Lumber State
Motto: "I Lead"

Maryland

Population: 6,006,401
Entered the Union: Apr. 28, 1788 (7th)
Nickname(s): The Old Line State; America in Miniature; Queen State
Motto: "Manly Deeds, Womanly Words"

Massachusetts

Population: 6,794,422
Entered the Union: Feb. 6, 1788 (6th)
Nickname(s): The Bay State; The Spirit of America; The Pilgrim State; The Baked Bean State
Motto: "By the Sword We Seek Peace, But Peace Only Under Liberty"

Michigan

Population: 9,922,576
Entered the Union: Jan. 26, 1837 (26th)
Nickname(s): The Great Lakes State; The Wolverine State; The Mitten State; Water Wonderland
Motto: "If You Seek a Pleasant Peninsula, Look About You"

Minnesota

Population: 5,489,594
Entered the Union: May 11, 1858 (32nd)
Nickname(s): The North Star State; Land of 10,000 Lakes; The Gopher State; The Bread and Butter State
Motto: "The Star of the North"

Mississippi

Population: 2,992,333
Entered the Union: Dec. 10, 1817 (20th)
Nickname(s): The Magnolia State; The Hospitality State; The Birthplace of America's Music
Motto: "By Valor and Arms"

Missouri

Population: 6,137,428
Entered the Union: Aug. 10, 1821 (24th)
Nickname(s): Show Me State; Cave State and Mother of the West; Ozark State
Motto: "Let the Good of People be the Supreme Law"

Montana

Population: 1,068,778
Entered the Union: Nov. 8, 1889 (41st)
Nickname(s): Big Sky Country; The Treasure State; The Last Best Place
Motto: "Oro y Plata" (Gold and Silver)

Nebraska

Population: 1,934,408
Entered the Union: Mar. 1, 1867 (37th)
Nickname(s): The Cornhusker State; Tree Planters State; Antelope State
Motto: "Equality Before the Law"

Nevada

Population: 3,080,156
Entered the Union: Oct. 31, 1864 (36th)
Nickname(s): The Silver State; The Sagebrush State; The Battle Born State
Motto: "All for Our Country"

New Hampshire

Population: 1,359,711
Entered the Union: June 21, 1788 (9th)
Nickname(s): The Granite State; The White Mountain State; The Live Free or Die State
Motto: "Live Free or Die"

New Jersey

Population: 8,882,190
Entered the Union: Dec. 18, 1787 (3rd)
Nickname(s): The Garden State; The Cornerstone State; The Crossroads of the Revolution
Motto: "Liberty and Prosperity"

New Mexico

Population: 2,096,829
Entered the Union: Jan. 6, 1912 (47th)
Nickname(s): The Land of Enrichment; Land of Sunshine
Motto: "Crescit Eundo" (It Grows as it Goes)

New York

Population: 19,453,561
Entered the Union: July 26, 1788 (11th)
Nickname(s): The Empire State, Excelsior State
Motto: "Excelsior" (Ever Upward)

North Carolina

Population: 10,488,084
Entered the Union: Nov. 21, 1789 (12th)
Nickname(s): Tarheel State; Old North State
Motto: "Esse Quam Videri" (To be, Rather Than to Seem)

North Dakota

Population: 762,062
Entered the Union: Nov. 2, 1889 (39th)
Nickname(s): Peace Garden State; Roughrider State; Flickertail State; Heaven on Earth
Motto: "Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable"

Ohio

Population: 11,689,100
Entered the Union: Mar. 1, 1803 (17th)
Nickname(s): The Buckeye State; Birthplace of Aviation; The Heart of It All
Motto: "With God, All Things Are Possible"

Oklahoma

Population: 3,956,971
Entered the Union: Nov. 16, 1907 (46th)
Nickname(s): Native America; Land of the Red Man; Sooner State
Motto: "Labor Omnia Vincit" (Work Conquers All)

Oregon

Population: 4,217,737
Entered the Union: Feb. 14, 1859 (33rd)
Nickname(s): The Beaver State; Pacific Wonderland; Webfoot State
Motto: "Alis Volat Propriis" (She Flies With Her Own Wings)

Pennsylvania

Population: 12,801,989
Entered the Union: Dec. 12, 1787 (2nd)
Nickname(s): Keystone State; Quaker State; Railroad State
Motto: "Virtue, Liberty and Independence"

Rhode Island

Population: 1,059,361
Entered the Union: May 29, 1790 (13th)
Nickname(s): The Ocean State; Little Rhody; Smallest State
Motto: "Hope"

South Carolina

Population: 5,148,714
Entered the Union: May 23, 1788 (8th)
Nickname(s): Palmetto State; Iodine Products State
Motto: "Dum Spiro Spero" (While I Breathe, I Hope)

South Dakota

Population: 884,659
Entered the Union: Nov. 2, 1889 (39th)
Nickname(s): Artesian State; Blizzard State; The Mount Rushmore State
Motto: "Under God the People Rule"

Tennessee

Population: 6,829,174
Entered the Union: June 1. 1796 (16th)
Nickname(s): Volunteer State; Big Bend State; Butternut State
Motto: "Agriculture and Commerce"

Texas

Population: 28,995,881
Entered the Union: Dec. 29, 1845 (28th)
Nickname(s): Lone Star State
Motto: "Friendship"

Utah

Population: 3,205,958
Entered the Union: Jan. 4, 1896 (45th)
Nickname(s): Beehive State; Crossroads of the West; Friendly State
Motto: "Industry"

Vermont

Population: 623,989
Entered the Union: Mar. 4, 1791 (14th)
Nickname(s): Green Mountain State
Motto: "Freedom and Unity"

Virginia

Population: 8,535,519
Entered the Union: June 25, 1788 (10th)
Nickname(s): The Old Dominion; Mother of States; Mother of Presidents
Motto: "Sic Semper Tyrannis" (Thus Always to Tyrants)

Washington

Population: 7,614,893
Entered the Union: Nov. 11, 1889 (42nd)
Nickname(s): Evergreen State
Motto: "Alki" (By and By)

West Virginia

Population: 1,792,147
Entered the Union: June 20, 1863 (35th)
Nickname(s): Mountain State; Almost Heaven; Panhandle State
Motto: "Montani Sepmer Liberi" (Mountaineers Are Always Free)

Wisconsin

Population: 5,822,434
Entered the Union: May 29, 1848 (30th)
Nickname(s): Badger State; The Copper State; The Dairy State
Motto: "Forward"

Wyoming

Population: 578,759
Entered the Union: July 10, 1890 (44th)
Nickname(s): Equality State; Cowboy State; Forever West
Motto: "Equal Rights"

District of Columbia

Washington D.C.

Population: 705,749
Nickname(s): DC; The District
Motto: "Justitia Omnibus" (Justice for All)

Territories of the United States

American Samoa

Population: 55,212
Nickname(s): Heart of Polynesia
Motto: "Samoa, Muamua Le Atua" (Samoa, Let God Be First)

Guam

Population: 168,485
Nickname(s): Tano y CHamoru (Land of the CHamoru)
Motto: "Tano l' Man CHamoru" (Land of the CHamorus)

Northern Mariana Islands

Population: 53,883
Nickname(s): Hafa Adai (Hello); America's Best Kept Secret
Motto: "Gi Talo Gi Halom Tasi" (In the Middle of the Sea)

Puerto Rico

Population: 3,193,694
Nickname(s): Isla del Encanto (Island of Enchantment)
Motto: "Joannes Est Nomen Ejus" (John is His Name)

U.S. Virgin Islands

Population: 106,405
Nickname(s): St. Croix; St. Thomas; St. John
Motto: "United in Pride and Hope"

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