2.  Capital City: Carson City
 Admission to Statehood: October 31,
1864
 Border States: Arizona, California, Idaho,
Oregon, Utah
 Flower: Artemisia Tridentata
 Population: 1,998,257

3.  Capital City: Sacramento
 Admission to Statehood: September 9,
1850
 Border States: Arizona, Nevada, Oregon
 Flower: California Poppy
 Population: 33,871,648

4.  Capital City: Honolulu
 Flower: Hibiscus or Pua Aloalo
 Highest Point: Mauna Kea; 13,796 feet
 Population: 1,211,537
 Lowest Point: Pacific Coast, Sea Level,
3rd

5.  Capital City: Olympia
 Motto: Alki
 Governor: Jay Inslee
 Flower: Rhodedendron Macrophyllum
 Population: 5,894,121

6.  Admission to Statehood: July 26, 1788
 Bird: Blue Bird
 Border States: Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New jersey, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Vermont
 Flower: Rose
 Motto: Excelsior

7.  Motto: Ditat Deus
 Capital: Phoenix
 Admission to Statehood: February 14,
1912
 Governor: Janice K. Brewer
 Population: 5,130,632

8.  Capital: Saint Paul
 Motto: L’Etoile du nord
 Soil: Lester
 Flower: Cypripedium Reginae
 Admission to Statehood: May 11, 1858

9.  Capital: Tallahassee
 Admission to Statehood: March 3, 1845
 Bird: Mockingbird
 Flower: Citrus Sinensis
 Governor: Rick Scott

10.  Capital: Dallas
 University of Texas won NCAA
championship for volleyball.
 Admission to Statehood: December
29,1845
 Agriculture: Cattle, cotton, dairy
products, nursery stock, poultry, sorghum,
corn, wheat
 Flower: Lupins Texensis

11.  Motto: Our liberties we prize and our
rights we will maintain
 Governor: Terry Branstad
 History in State: Civil War
 Flower: Rosa Pratincola
 Capital: Des Moines