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The United States of America


Name Abbrev Approximate
Population
Capital Most Populous
City
Nickname
1 Alabama AL 4,600,000 Montgomery Birmingham Yellowhammer State
2 Alaska AK 680,000 Juneau Anchorage Last Frontier
3 Arizona AZ 6,300,000 Pheonix Grand Canyon State
4 Arkansas AR 2,800,000 Little Rock Natural State
5 California CA 36,500,000 Sacremento Los Angeles Golden State
6 Colorado CO 4,800,000 Denver Centennial State
7 Connecticut CT 3,500,000 Hartford Bridgeport Constitution State
8 Delaware DE 860,000 Dover Wilmington First State
9 Florida FL 18,200,000 Tallahassee Jacksonville Sunshine State
10 Georgia GA 9,500,000 Atlanta Peach State
11 Hawaii HI 1,200,000 Honolulu Aloha State
12 Idaho ID 1,500,000 Boise Gem State
13 Illinois IL 12,800,000 Springfield Chicago Land Of Lincoln
14 Indiana IN 6,300,000 Indianapolis Hoosier State
15 Iowa IA 3,000,000 Des Moines Hawkeye State
16 Kansas KS 2,800,000 Topeka Wichita Sunflower State
17 Kentucky KY 4,200,000 Frankfort Louisville Bluegrass State
18 Louisiana LA 4,300,000 Baton Rouge New Orleans Pelican State
19 Maine ME 1,300,000 Augusta Portland Pine Tree State
20 Maryland MD 5,600,000 Annapolis Baltimore Old Line State
21 Massachusetts MA 6,500,000 Boston Bay State
22 Michigan MI 10,000,000 Lansing Detroit The Great Lakes State
23 Minnesota MN 5,200,000 Saint Paul Minneapolis North Star State
24 Mississippi MS 2,900,000 Jackson Magnolia State
25 Missouri MO 5,900,000 Jefferson City Kansas City Show-Me State
26 Montana MT 960,000 Helena Billings Treasure State
27 Nebraska NE 1,800,000 Lincoln Omaha Cornhusker State
28 Nevada NV 2,600,000 Carson City Las Vegas Silver State
29 New Hampshire NH 1,300,000 Concord Manchester Granite State
30 New Jersey NJ 8,700,000 Trenton Newark Garden State
31 New Mexico NM 2,500,000 Santa Fe Albuquerque Land of Enchantment
32 New York NY 19,300,000 Albany New York City Empire State
33 North Carolina NC 9,000,000 Raleigh Charlotte Tar Heel State
34 North Dakota ND 640,000 Bismark Fargo Peace Garden State
35 Ohio OH 11,500,000 Colombus Buckeye State
36 Oklahoma OK 3,600,000 Oklahoma City Sooner State
37 Oregon OR 3,700,000 Salem Portland Beaver State
38 Pennsylvania PA 12,500,000 Harrisburg Philadelphia Keystone State
39 Rhode Island RI 1,000,000 Providence Ocean State
40 South Carolina SC 4,400,000 Columbia Palmetto State
41 South Dakota SD 800,000 Pierre Sioux Falls Mount Rushmore State
42 Tennessee TE 6,100,000 Nashville Memphis Volunteer State
43 Texas TX 24,000,000 Austin Houston Lone Star State
44 Utah UT 2,600,000 Salt Lake City Beehive State
45 Vermont VT 620,000 Montpelier Burlington Green Mountain State
46 Virginia VA 7,700,000 Richmond Virginia Beach The Old Dominion
47 Washington WA 6,500,000 Olympia Seattle Evergreen State
48 West Virginia WV 1,800,000 Charleston Mountain State
49 Wisconsin WI 5,600,000 Madison Milwaukee America's Dairyland
50 Wyoming WY 520,000 Cheyenne Equality State

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