2. Capital city: Bismarck
Admission of statehood: November 2,1889
State Flower: Wild Prairie Rose
Origin of state's name: Dakota is the Sioux Indian
word for "friend“
Largest Cities:
Fargo, Bismarck, Grand, Forks, Minot
Mandan, Dickinson, Jamestown, West
Fargo, Williston, Wahpeton.
Slogan: Legendary
3. Capital City: Sacramento
Flower: California poppy
State bird: California valley quail
Average population: 37,253,956
Ten largest cities in California: Los Angeles, San
Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Long
Beach, Fresno, Sacramento, Oakland, Santa
Ana, Anaheim
State Slogan: Eureka
4. Capital city: Honolulu
Official language: English and Hawaiian
Time Zone: Hawaiian Time Zone. Hawaii does
not observe Daylight Saving Time.
Date entered the union: August 21, 1959
Area code:808
State slogan: the islands of aloha
5. Capital city: Phoenix
Admission to Statehood: February 14, 1912
Area Codes: 480 – 520 - 602 – 623 – 928.
Bird: Cactus Wren
It’s the 48th state.
State slogan: The Grand Canyon State.
6. Capital city: Boise
Admission to Statehood: July 3, 1890
Bird: Mountain Bluebird
Industry: Food processing, lumber and wood
products, machinery, chemical
products, paper products, silver and other
mining, tourism.
Flower: Syringa
State Slogan: Great potatos. Tasty
Destinations.
7. Capital City: Saint Paul
Admission to Statehood: May 11th, 1858
Flower: Pink and white lady’s-slipper
Located: Midwestern United States.
Bird: Common Loon
State slogan: Land of 10,000 lakes
8. Capital city: Oklahoma city
State flower: Mistletoe
State Bird: scissor tailed flycatcher
Admission to Statehood: November 16, 1905
Area Codes: 405 – 580 – 918
State Slogan: Native America
9. Capital city: Austin
Admission to Statehood: December 29, 1845
State flower: blue bonnet
Area Codes: 210 – 214 – 254 – 281 – 361 – 409 –
469 – 512 – 682 – 713 - 806 – 817 – 830 – 832 – 903
– 915 – 936 – 940 – 956 – 972 – 979 .
State bird: mockingbird
Slogan: state of the arts
10. State capital: Des Moines
Admission to statehood: December 26, 1846
State flower: wild prairie rose
State bird: Eastern goldfinch
Area codes: 319, 515, 563, 641,712
Slogan: Fields of Opportunities
11. State capital: Montgomery
Flower: Camellia
Admission to statehood: December 14th 1819
Bird: yellowhammer
Area Codes: 205, 251, 256 334
Slogan: Alabama the beautiful.