2. California (Golden state)
Capitol City is Sacramento.
Admission to statehood was September 9th 1850.
Area: 163707 sq.mi., 3rd Land 155973 sq.mi., 3rd Water 7734
sq.mi., 6th Coastline 840 mi., 3rd Shoreline 3,427 mi., 5th
It’s border states are Arizona, Oregon and Nevada.
37th President Richard Nixon was born 1913 in Yorba Linda, California.
3. Florida (Sunshine state)
• Capital City: Tallahassee
• Location: 30.457N, 84.281W
• Area: 65758 sq.mi., 22th Land 53997
sq.mi., 26th Water 11761 sq.mi., 3rd Coastline
1350 mi., 2nd Shoreline 8,426 mi., 2nd
• Bird: Mockingbird
• Border States Regional List Alabama Georgia
4. Colorado (colorful Colorado)
• Capital City: Denver
• Location: 39.768N, 104.872W
• Admission to Statehood: August 1, 1876
• Area: 104100 sq.mi., 8th Land 103730
sq.mi., 8th Water 371 sq.mi., 46th
• Border States: Regional
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5. Texas
• Capital City: Austin
• Location: 30.305N
• Admission to Statehood: December
29, 1845, 97.750W
• Area: 268601 sq.mi., 2nd Land 261914
sq.mi., 2nd Water 6687 sq.mi., 9th
• Border States: Regional
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6. Nevada
• Capital City: Carson City
• Location: 39.148N
• Admission to Statehood: October 31, 1864
, 119.743W
• Area: 110567 sq.mi., 7th Land 109806 sq.mi., 7th Water 761
sq.mi., 35th
• Border States: Regional
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7. New Mexico
• Capital City: Santa Fe
• Location: 35.678N, 105.954W
• Admission to Statehood: January 6, 1912
• Area: 121593 sq.mi., 5th Land 121359
sq.mi., 5th Water 234 sq.mi., 49th
• Border States: Regional
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8. Virginia (come to Virginia)
• Capital City: Richmond
• Location: 37.531N, 77.474W
• Admission to Statehood: June 25, 1788
• Area: 42769 sq.mi., 35th Land 39598 sq.mi., 37th Water
3171 sq.mi., 15th Coastline 112 mi., 15th Shoreline 3,315
mi., 8th
• Border States: Regional List Kentucky Maryland North
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9. Michigan
• Capital City: Lansing
• Location: 42.709N, 84.553W
• Admission to Statehood: January 26, 1837
• Area: 96810 sq.mi., 11th Land 56809 sq.mi., 22nd Water
40001 sq.mi., 2nd Great Lakes 38,192 sq.mi., 1st
• Border States: Regional List Illinois Indiana Minnesota
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10. Alaska
(beyond your dreams with in your
• Capital City: Juneaureach)
• Location: 58.388N, 134.133W
• Admission to Statehood: January 3, 1959
• Area: 656,425 sq.mi., 1st Land 570,374
sq.mi., 1st Water 86,051 sq.mi., 1st Coastline
6640 mi., 1st
• Courts: Judicial System
11. Hawaii (the islands of aloha)
• Capital City: Honolulu
• Location: 21.318N, -157.922W
• Admission to Statehood: August 21, 1959
• Area: 10932 sq.mi., 43rd Land 6423
sq.mi., 47th Water 4508 sq.mi., 13th Coastline
750 mi., 4th Shoreline 1,052 mi., 17th
• Courts: Judicial System