2. Alaska
“North to the Future”
State Order: 49
State Song: Alaska’s
flag
Current Governor:
Sean Parnell
Population: 626,932
Unique fact: Alaska
was once owned by
Russia.
3. California
“Eureka I Have Found it”
State Order: 31
State Song: I Love you,
California
Current Governor: Jerry
Brown
Population: 33,871, 648
Unique fact: Its home to
the most famous movie
making cities,
Hollywood.
4. Florida
“In God We Trust”
State Order: 27
State Song: Florida, My
Florida
Current Governor: Rick
Scott
Population: 15,982,378
Unique fact: Very
famous state to the
surfing communities.
5. Georgia
“Wisdom, justice, and moderation”
State Order: 4
State Song: Georgia on
my Mind
Current Governor:
Nathan Deal
Population: 8,186,453
Unique fact: President
Jimmy Carter was born
there.
6. Louisiana
“Union, justice, and confidence”
State Order: 18
State Song: You are my
Sunshine
Current Governor:
Bobby Jindal
Population: 4,468,976
Unique fact: Birthplace
of jazz and the blues.
7. Nevada
“All for our country”
State Order: 36
State Song: Home
Means Nevada
Current Governor:
Brian Sandoval
Population: 1,998,257
Unique fact: Its home
of the famous Las
Vegas.
8. New Jersey
“Liberty and Prosperity”
State Order: 3
State Song: I’m From
New Jersey
Current Governor:
Chris Christie
Population: 8,414,350
Unique fact: The TV
show Jersey Shore is
filmed there.
9. New York
“Excelsior”
State Order: 11
State Song: I Love New
York
Current Governor:
Andrew M. Cuomo
Population: 18,976,457
Unique fact: Home to
one of the biggest
fashion cities in the
world, New York City.
10. North Carolina
“To be, rather than to seem”
State Order: 12
State Song: The Old
North State
Current Governor: Bev
Perdue
Population: 8,049,313
Unique fact: There are
major sports colleges
out there.
11. Virginia
“Thus Always to Tyrants”
State Order: 10
State Song: Carry me
Back to Old Virginia
Current Governor: Bob
McDonnell
Population: 7,078,515
Unique fact: Presidents
like George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, and
James Monroe were born
there.