2.  Capital City: Sacramento
 Admission to Statehood: September 9,
1850
 Border States: Arizona, Nevada, Oregon
 Flower: California Poppy
 Population: 33,871,648 1st, 12/00

3.  Capital City: Honolulu
 Flower: Hibiscus or Pua Aloalo
 Highest Point: Mauna Kea; 13,796 feet,
6th
 Population: 1,211,537; 42nd, 12/00
 Lowest Point: Pacific Coast, Sea Level,
3rd

4.  Capital City: Carson City
 Admission to Statehood: October 31,
1864
 Border States: Arizona, California, Idaho,
Oregon, Utah
 Population: 1,998,257; 35th, 12/00
 Flower: Artemisia Tridentata

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

6.  Motto: Liberty and Prosperity
 Bird: Eastern Goldfinch
 Border States: Delaware, New York,
Pennsylvania
 Flower: Violet
 Tree: Northern Red Oak

7.  Admission to
statehood: Marc h 3,
1845
 Bird: Mockingbird
 Border States:
Alabama, Georgia
 Tree: Cabbage
Palmetto
 Motto: In God We
Trust

8.  Capital: Phoenix
 Admission to
Statehood: February
14, 1912
 Bird: Cactus Wren
 Flower: Saquaro
cactus blossom
 Tree: Yellow Palo
verde

9.  Motto: North to the
Future
 Tree: Sitka spruce
 Flower: Forget Me
Not
 Bird: Willow
Ptarmigan
 Admission to
Statehood: January
3, 1959

10.  Motto: Sic Semper
Trannis
 Flower: Dogwood
 Bird: Cardinal
 Tree: Flowering
Dogwood
 Admission to
Statehood: June 25,
1788

11.  Tree: Eastern
whitepine
 Bird: Robin
 Flower: Apple
Blossom
 Population:
9,938,443; 8th, 12/00
 Admission to
Statehood: January
26, 1837