Appendix 1

Basic facts about the states of the USA.

State Capital Year of statehood Nickname Largest city Rank in land area (out of 50 states) Rank in population 

Arizona Phoenix 1912 The Grand Canyon State Phoenix 6 32

Arkansas Little Rock 1836 The Land of Opportunity Little Rock 27 33

California Sacramento 1850 The Golden State Los Angeles 3 1

Colorado Denver 1876 The Centennial State Denver 8 28

Connecticut Hartford 1788 The Constitution State Hartford 48 24

Delaware Dover 1787 The First State Wilmington 49 47

Florida Tallahassee 1845 The Sunshine State Jacksonville 22 8

Georgia Atlanta 1788 The Empire State of the South Atlanta 21 14

Hawaii Honolulu 1959 The Aloha State Honolulu 47 40

Idaho Boise 1890 The Gem State Boise 13 41

Illinois Springfield 1818 The Prairie State Chicago 24 5

Indiana Indianapolis 1816 The Hoosier State Indianapolis 38 12

Iowa Des Moines 1846 The Hawkeye State Des Moines 25 26

Kansas Topeka 1861 The Sunflower State Wichita 14 31

Kentucky Frankfort 1792 The Bluegrass State Louisville 37 23

Louisiana Baton Rouge 1812 The Pelican State

New Orleans 31 20 Maine Augusta 1820 The Pine tree State Portland 39 38

Maryland Annapolis 1788 The Old Line State Baltimore 42 18

Massachusetts Boston 1788 The bay State Boston 45 10

Michigan Lansing 1837 The Wolverine State Detroit 23 7

Minnesota St. Paul 1858 The North Star State Minneapolis 12 19

Mississippi Jackson 1817 The Magnolia State Jackson 32 29

Missouri Jefferson City 1821 The Show Me State St. Louis 19 15

Montana Helena 1889 The Treasure State Billings 14 43 Nebraska Lincoln 1867 The Cornhusker State Omaha 15 35

Nevada Carson City 1864 The Silver State Las Vegas 7 46

New Hampshire Concord 1788 The Granite State Manchester 44 42

New Jersey Trenton 1787 The Garden State Newark 46 9 New Mexico Santa Fe 1912 The Land of Enchantment Albuquerque 5 37

New York Albany 1788 The Empire State Ney York City 30 2

North Carolina Raleigh 1789 The Tar Heel State Charlotte 28 11

North Dakota Bismarck 1889 The Sioux State Fargo 17 45

Ohio Columbus 1803 The Buckeye State Cleveland 35 6 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 1907 The Sooner State

Oklahoma City 18 27 Oregon Salem 1859 The Beaver State Portland 10 30

Pennsylvania Harrisburg 1787 The Keystone State State Philadelphia 33 4

Rhode Island Providence 1790 Little Rhody Providence 50 39

South Carolina Columbia 1788 The Palmetto State Columbia 40 25

South Dakota Pierre 1889 The Coyote State Sioux Falls 16 44

Tennessee Nashville 1796 The Volunteer State Memphis 34 17

Texas Austin 1845 The Lone Star State Houston 2 3

Utah Salt Lake City 1896 The Beehive State Salt Lake City 11 36

Vermont Montpelier 1791 The Green Mountain State Burlington 43 48

Virginia Richmond 1788 The Old Dominion Norfolk 36 13

Washington Olympia 1889 The Evergreen State Seattle 20 22

West Virginia Charleston 1863 The Mountain State Huntington 41 34

Wisconsin Madison 1848 The Badger State Milwaukee 26 16

Wyoming Cheyenne 1890 The Equality State Cheyenne 9 49