The 13 Original States
... is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. Concord is the state capital, while Manchester is the most populous city. The state's motto, "Live Free or Die", reflects its role in the American Revolutionary War; its nickname, "The Granite State", refers to its extensive granite formations and quarries. Another nickname - White Mountain State.
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New Hampshire
... is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area. The state takes its name from the eponymous island, though nearly all its land area is on the mainland. Providence is its capital and most populous city. The state was unique among the Thirteen British Colonies in having been founded by a refugee, Roger Williams, who fled religious persecution in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to establish a haven for religious liberty. He founded Providence in 1636 on land purchased from local tribes, creating the first settlement in North America with an explicitly secular government. Nicknames: The Ocean State, Little Rhody.
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Rhode Island
... is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama to the northwest; Georgia to the north; the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean to the east. It is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. The Miami metropolitan area, anchored by the cities of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, is the state's largest metropolitan area. The state's other major population centers include Tampa Bay, Orlando, Cape Coral, and the state capital of Tallahassee. Nickname – Sunshine State.
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Florida
... is a state in the Midwestern United States. The Great Lakes are to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash and Ohio rivers to its south. Its largest metropolitan areas are Chicago and the Metro East region of Greater St. Louis. Other metropolitan areas include Peoria and Rockford, as well as Springfield, its capital, and Champaign-Urbana, home to the main campus of the state's flagship university. The state has a highly diverse economy, with the global city of Chicago in the northeast, major industrial and agricultural hubs in the north and center, and natural resources such as coal, timber, and petroleum in the south. Owing to its central location and favorable geography, the state is a major transportation hub. Nicknames: Land of Lincoln, Prairie State, The Inland Empire State.
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Illinois
... is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. It borders British Columbia and Yukon in Canada to the east and it shares a western maritime border in the Bering Strait with Russia's Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. The Chukchi and Beaufort Seas of the Arctic Ocean lie to the north and the Pacific Ocean lies to the south. Technically a semi-exclave of the U.S., the state is the largest exclave in the world. It is the largest U.S. state by area. The state capital of Juneau is the second-largest city in the United States by area. The former capital Sitka, is the largest U.S. city by area. Nickname - The Last Frontier.
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Alaska
... is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. The state's capital and most populous city, as well as its cultural and financial center, is Boston. Other major cities are Worcester, Springfield and Cambridge. The state is also home to the urban core of Greater Boston, the largest metropolitan area in New England and a region profoundly influential upon American history, academia, and the research economy. Originally dependent on agriculture, fishing, and trade, the state was transformed into a manufacturing center during the Industrial Revolution. Nicknames: The Bay State (official), The Pilgrim State; The Puritan State, The Old Colony State, The Baked Bean State.
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Massachusetts
... is the easternmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. The state's capital is Augusta, and its most populous city is Portland. The state is known for its jagged, rocky Atlantic Ocean and bayshore coastlines; smoothly contoured mountains; heavily forested interior; picturesque waterways; and its wild lowbush blueberries and seafood cuisine, especially lobster and clams. The territory of the state has been inhabited by aboriginal populations for thousands of years after the glaciers retreated during the last ice age. The first English settlement was the short-lived Popham Colony, established by the Plymouth Company in 1607. Nicknames: The Pine Tree State, Vacationland.
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Maine
... is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The state's capital is Richmond. The Blue Ridge Mountains cross the western and southwestern parts of the state. In 1607, the London Company established the Colony as the first permanent English colony in the New World. The state's nickname, the Old Dominion, is a reference to this status. Slave labor and land from displaced native tribes fueled the growing plantation economy, but also fueled conflicts both inside and outside the colony. The state was one of the original Thirteen Colonies in the American Revolution and several key battles were fought there during that war. Another nickname - Mother of Presidents.
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Virginia
... is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies. The state consists of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula resembles the shape of a mitten, and comprises a majority of the state's land area. The Upper Peninsula (often called "the U.P.") is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a five-mile (8 km) channel. The state has the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision in the United States, being bordered by four of the five Great Lakes and Lake St. Clair. It also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds. Nicknames: "The Great Lake State", "The Wolverine State", "Water (Winter) Wonderland".
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Michigan
... is a state in the South Central region of the United States. to the southeast. Houston is the most populous city, while San Antonio is the second most populous in the state. Austin is the second most populous state capital in the U.S. The state is nicknamed the Lone Star State for its former status as an independent republic, and as a reminder of the state's struggle for independence from Mexico. Due to its size and geologic features such as the Balcones Fault, the state contains diverse landscapes. Although it is popularly associated with the U.S. southwestern deserts, less than ten percent of the state's land area is desert. Most population centers are in areas of former prairies, grasslands, forests, and the coastline.
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Texas
... is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. The state is bordered by Rhode Island to its east, Massachusetts to its north, New York to its west, and Long Island Sound to its south. Its capital is Hartford, and its most populous city is Bridgeport. The state is known as the "Constitution State", the "Nutmeg State", the "Provisions State", and the "Land of Steady Habits" (nicknames). The rivers and ports along Long Island Sound have given the state a strong maritime tradition which continues today.
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Connecticut
... is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is the least populous state despite being the 10th largest by area, with the second-lowest population density after Alaska. The state capital and most populous city is Cheyenne. The state's western half is covered mostly by the ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the eastern half of the state is high-elevation prairie called the High Plains. It is drier and windier than the rest of the country. Federal lands include two national parks (Grand Teton and Yellowstone), two national recreation areas, two national monuments, several national forests, historic sites, fish hatcheries, and wildlife refuges. Nicknames: Equality State (official); Cowboy State.
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Wyoming
... is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. To its south and west, the state borders Virginia and West Virginia and the national capital of Washington, D.C. The state's most populous city is Baltimore, and the capital is Annapolis. Among its occasional nicknames are Old Line State, the Free State, and the Chesapeake Bay State. It is named after Henrietta Maria, the French-born queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland during the 17th century. The western portion of the state contains numerous stretches of the Appalachian Mountains, the central portion is primarily composed of the Piedmont, and the eastern side of the state makes up a significant portion of Chesapeake Bay.
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Maryland
... is a state in the Northeastern United States. The state has a varied geography. The southeastern part of the state, known as Downstate, encompasses the most populous city in the United States, Long Island, the most populous island in the United States, and the lower Hudson Valley. The east–west Mohawk River Valley bisects the more mountainous regions, and flows into the north–south Hudson River valley near the state capital of Albany. Central part of the state is anchored by the city of Syracuse; between the central and western parts of the state, it is dominated by the Finger Lakes, a popular tourist destination. Nickname - The Empire State.
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New York
... is a state in the Western United States. With over 38.9 million residents across a total area of approximately 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the most populous U.S. state, the third-largest U.S. state by area, and the most populated subnational entity in North America. The state borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east; it has a coastline along the Pacific Ocean to the west. The Greater Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas in the state are the nation's second and fifth-most populous urban regions respectively. Sacramento is the state's capital. Nickname – The Golden State.
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California
... is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee and North Carolina; to the northeast by South Carolina; to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean; to the south by Florida; and to the west by Alabama. Atlanta, a "beta(+)" global city, is both the state's capital and its largest city. Other major metropolitan areas in the state include Augusta, Savannah, Columbus, and Macon. Nicknames: Peach State; Empire State of the South.
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Georgia
... is an island state in the Western United States, about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) from the U.S. mainland in the Pacific Ocean. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only one which is an archipelago, and the only one in the tropics. The state consists of 137 volcanic islands. Spanning 1,500 miles (2,400 km), the state is physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania. The uninhabited Northwestern Islands make up most of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the largest protected area in the U.S. Two-thirds of people live on O'ahu, home to the state's capital and largest city, Honolulu. Nicknames: The Aloha State (official), Paradise of the Pacific, The Islands of Aloha, The 808 State.
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Hawaii
... is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its largest city, the largest banking center in the nation after New York City. The state is defined by a wide range of elevations and landscapes. From west to east, the state's elevation descends from the Appalachian Mountains to the Piedmont and Atlantic coastal plain. The state's Mount Mitchell at 6,684 ft (2,037 m) is the highest point in North America east of the Mississippi River. Nicknames: The Tarheel State, The Old North State.
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North Carolina
... is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. The state is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" for having more than 14,000 bodies of fresh water covering at least ten acres each; roughly a third of the state is forested, with much of the remainder comprised of prairies and farmland. More than 60% of residents (about 3.7 million) live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, known as the "Twin Cities", which is the state's main political, economic, and cultural hub, Saint-Paul is the capital. The state's official motto, L'Étoile du Nord ("The Star of the North") is the only state motto in French. Other nicknames: North Star State; Gopher State.
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Minnesota
... is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It was named for the first U.S. president. Olympia is the state capital, while the most populous city is Seattle. The majority of the state's residents live in the Seattle metropolitan area, the center of transportation, business, and industry on Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean consisting of numerous islands, deep fjords and bays carved out by glaciers. Nickname - "The Evergreen State" (unofficial).
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Washington, officially the State of Washington
... is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey to its northeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state's name derives from the adjacent Bay, which in turn was named after Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman and the Colony of Virginia's first colonial-era governor. The state's most populous city is Wilmington, and the state's capital is Dover. Nicknames: The First State; The Small Wonder; Blue Hen State; The Diamond State.
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Delaware
... is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The capital is Salem. The state is also one of the most geographically diverse states in the U.S., marked by volcanoes, abundant bodies of water, dense evergreen and mixed forests, as well as high deserts and semi-arid shrublands. The state's only national park, Crater Lake National Park, comprises the caldera surrounding Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States. The state is also home to the single largest organism in the world, Armillaria ostoyae, a fungus that runs beneath 2,200 acres (8.9 km2) of the Malheur National Forest. Nickname - The Beaver State.
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Oregon
... is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered by Tennessee to the north; Georgia to the east; Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south; and Mississippi to the west. The state is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U.S. states. The state is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird. The state is also known as the "Heart of Dixie" and the "Cotton State". The state tree is the longleaf pine, and the state flower is the camellia. The capital is Montgomery, and its largest city by population and area is Huntsville.
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Alabama
... is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. The state capital is Harrisburg. The state's geography is highly diverse. The Appalachian Mountains run through the center of the state; the Allegheny and Pocono mountains span much of Northeastern part of the state; close to 60% of the state is forested. While it has only 140 miles (225 km) of waterfront along Lake Erie and the Delaware River, the state has the most navigable rivers of any state in the nation. Nicknames: Keystone State; Quaker State.
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Pennsylvania
... is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. The state's western boundary is largely defined by the River, or its historical course. Jackson is both the state's capital and largest city. By 1860, the state was the nation's top cotton-producing state and slaves accounted for 55% of the population. It became the site of many prominent events during the civil rights movement, including the Ole Miss riot of 1962, the 1963 assassination of Medgar Evers, and the 1964 Freedom Summer murders. Nicknames: "The Magnolia State" and "The Hospitality State".
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Mississippi