West Virginia, the USA

State capital: Charleston

Largest city: Charleston

Area: 62,755 km2

Population: 1,855,413

Nicknames: Mountain State

Motto: "Montani semper liberi." ("Mountaineers are always free.")

State flower: Rhododendron

State bird: Cardinal

State tree: Sugar Maple

Virginia, the USA

State capital: Richmond

Largest city: Virginia Beach

Area: 110,785.67 km2

Population: 8,185,866

Nicknames: Old Dominion, Mother of Presidents, Mother of States

Motto: "Sic semper tyrannis." ("Thus always to tyrants.")

State flower: American Dogwood

State bird: Cardinal

State tree: American Dogwood

Kansas, the USA

State capital: Topeka

Largest city: Wichita

Area: 213,096 km2

Population: 2,885,905

Nicknames: The Sunflower State, The Wheat State

Motto: "Ad astra per aspera." ("To the stars through difficulties.")

State flower: Wild Native Sunfloewr

State bird: Western Meadow Lark

State tree: Cottonwood

Illinois, the USA

State capital: Springfield

Largest city: Chicago 

Area: 149,998  km2

Population: 12,869,257

Nicknames: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State 

Motto: "State sovereignty, national unioun." 

State flower: Purple Violet

State bird: Northern Cardinal

State tree: White Oak

Maine, the USA

State capital: Augusta

Largest city: Portland

Area: 91,646 km2

Population: 1,328,188

Nicknames: The Pine Tree State

Motto: "Dirido." ("I lead, I direct.")

State flower: White Pine Cone and Tassle 

State bird: Black-capped chickadee 

State tree:  Eastern White Pine 

Nebraska, the USA

State capital: Lincoln

Largest city: Omaha

Area: 200,520 km2

Population: 1,842,641

Nicknames: The Cornhusker State

Motto: "Equality before the law." 

State flower: Goldenrod

State bird: Western Meadowlark

State tree:  Cottonwood 

Florida, the USA

State capital: Tallahassee

Largest city: Jacksonville

Area: 170,304 km2

Population: 19,057,542

Nicknames: The Sunshine State

Motto: "In God we trust" 

State flower: Orange Blossom 

State bird: Mockingbird

State tree: Palmetto Palm 

Kentucky, the USA

State capital: Frankfort

Largest city: Louisville 

Area: 104,659  km2

Population: 4,369,356

Nicknames: The Bluegrass State

Motto: "Deo gratiam habeamus." ("Let us be grateful to God."); "United we stand, divided we fall."

State flower: Goldenrod

State bird: Cardinal

State tree: Tulip Poplar

Michigan, the USA

State capital: Lansing

Largest city: Detroit

Area: 250,493 km2

Population: 9,876,187

Nicknames: The Great Lakes State, The Wolverine State, The Mitten State, Water Wonderland

Motto: "Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice." ("If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.")

State flower: Apple Blossom

State bird: Robin
State tree: White Pine

California, the USA

State capital: Sacramento

Largest city: Los Angeles

Area: 423,970 km2

Population: 37,691,912 

Nicknames: The Golden State

Motto: "Eureka"

State flower: California Poppy
State bird: California Valley Quail

State tree: Redwood

Alabama, the USA

State capital: Montgomery

Largest city: Birmingham

Area: 135,765 km2

Population:  4,802,740

Nicknames: Yellowhammer State, Heart of Dixie, Cotton State

Motto: "Audemus jura nostra defendere"

State flower: Camellia

State bird: The Golden-winged Woodpecker or Yellowhammer

State tree: Longleaf pine

Delaware, the USA

State capital: Dover

Largest city: Wilmington

Area: 6,452 km2

Population: 907,135

Nicknames: The First State, The Small Wonder, Blue Hen State, The Diamond State

Motto: Liberty and Independence

State flower: Peach Blossom
State bird: Blue Hen Chicken

State tree: American holly

New York, the USA

State capital: Albany

Largest city: New York City

Area: 141,300 km2

Population: 19,465,197

Nicknames: The Empire State

Motto: "Excelsior" ("Ever Upward")

State flower: Rose

State bird: Bluebird

State tree: Sugar maple

Massachusetts, the USA

State capital: Boston

Largest city: Boston

Area: 27,336  km2

Population: 6,587,536

Nicknames: The Bay State, The Old Colony

Motto: "Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem." ("By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty")

State flower: Trailing-Arbutus

State bird: Black-Capped Chickadee

State tree: American Elm

Maryland, the USA

State capital: Annapolis

Largest city: Baltimore

Area: 32,133  km2

Population: 5,828,289

Nicknames: Old Line State, Free State, Little America,
America in Miniature

Motto: "Fatti mashcii, parole femine." ("Manly deeds, womanly words.")

State flower: Black-Eyed Susan

State bird: Baltimore Oriole

State tree: White Oak

New Jersey, the USA

State capital: Trenton

Largest city: Newark

Area: 22,608 km2

Population: 8,821,155 

Nickname: The Garden State

Motto: "Liberty and Prosperity."

State flower: Bogbice Violet

State bird: American Goldfinch

State tree: Red Oak

Texas, the USA

State capital: Austin

Largest city: Houston

Area: 696,241km2

Population:  25,674,681

Nickname: The Lone Star State

Motto: "Friendship."

State flower: Blue Bonnet

State bird: Mockingbird

State tree: Pecan

Wisconsin, the USA

State capital: Madison

Largest city: Milwaukee

Area: 169,639 km2

Population: 5,711,767

Nicknames: The Badger State, America's Dairyland

Motto: "Forward."

State flower: Wood Violet

State bird: Robin

State tree: Sugar Maple 

Ohio, the USA

State capital: Columbus

Largest city: Columbus

Area: 116,096 km2

Population: 11,544,951

Nicknames: The Buckeye State, The Mother of Presidents, Birthplace of Aviation, The Heart of It All

Motto: "With God, all things are possible."

State flower: Red Carnation

State bird: Cardinal

State tree: Buckeye

Iowa, the USA

State capital: Des Moines
Largest city: Des Moines
Area: 145,743 km2

Population: 3,062,309

Nickname: The Hawkeye State

Motto: "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain."
State flower: Wild Rose
State bird: Eastern Goldfinch
State tree: Oak