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A US State is one of the fifty sub-national entitites comprising the United States of America. Each state has its own capital city and...
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| x Alabama |
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Montgomery |
Alabama (formally, the State of Alabama; /ˌæləˈbæmə/ (help·info)) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south,...
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| x Alaska |
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Juneau |
Alaska ( /əˈlæskə/ (help·info), Russian: Аляска Alyaska) is the largest state of the United States of America by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north,...
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| x Arkansas |
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Little Rock |
Arkansas ( /ˈɑrkənsɔː/ (help·info); AR-kən-saw) is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquin name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by...
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| x Arizona |
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Phoenix |
The State of Arizona ( /ærɪˈzoʊnə/ (help·info)) is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix. The second largest city is Tucson, followed in size by the four Phoenix metropolitan area...
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| x Colorado |
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Denver |
The State of Colorado is a state in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Mountain, Southwestern, Midwestern, and Central regions of the United States. The United States Census...
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| x California |
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Sacramento |
California ( /kælɪˈfɔrnjə/ (help·info)) is a state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and, to the south, the Mexican state of Baja...
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| x Connecticut |
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Hartford |
Connecticut ( /kəˈnɛtɪkət/ (help·info)) is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and New York to the west and south (because various islands of...
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| x Delaware |
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Dover |
Delaware /ˈdɛləwɛər/ (help·info) DEL-ə-wair (officially The State of Delaware) is a state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British...
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| x Florida |
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Tallahassee |
Florida ( /ˈflɒrɪdə/ (help·info)) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. It was the 27th state admitted to the United States. Much of the land mass of the...
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| x Hawaii |
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Honolulu |
The State of Hawaii ( /həˈwaɪ.iː/ (help·info) or /həˈwaɪʔiː/ in English; Hawaiian: Mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi) is a state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of...
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| x Iowa |
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Des Moines |
Iowa ( /ˈaɪəwə/ (help·info)) is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland." It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that...
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| x Idaho |
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Boise |
The State of Idaho ( /ˈaɪdəhoʊ/ (help·info)) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans." Idaho was admitted to the Union on 3 July 1890...
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| x Illinois |
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Springfield |
The State of Illinois (pronounced /ˌɪlɨˈnɔɪ/ ( listen) IL-i-NOY), the 21st state admitted to the United States of America, is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern state and the fifth most populous state in the nation. With...
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| x Indiana |
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Indianapolis |
The State of Indiana ( /ɪndiˈænə/ (help·info)) was the 19 U.S. state admitted into the union. It is a Northern state located in the Great Lakes region of the United States of America. With about 6.3 million residents, it is ranked 16 in population...
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| x Kansas |
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Topeka |
The State of Kansas ( /ˈkænzəs/ (help·info)) Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American "Heartland" or "America's Breadbasket" referring to the state's enormous wheat-growing...
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| x Kentucky |
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Frankfort |
The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( /kɨnˈtʌki/ (help·info)) is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern states (in particular the Upland South), but it is sometimes included,...
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| x Louisiana |
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Baton Rouge |
The State of Louisiana ( /luːˌiːziːˈænə/ (help·info) or /ˌluːziːˈænə/ (help·info), French: État de Louisiane, pronounced [lwizjan] (help·info)) is a state located in the southern region (Deep South) of the United States of America. Its capital is...
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| x Maryland |
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Annapolis |
Maryland ( /ˈmɛrələnd/ (help·info)) is a state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....
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| x Michigan |
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Lansing |
Michigan ( /ˈmɪʃɨɡən/ (help·info)) is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Ojibwe term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake".
Michigan is the eighth...
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| x Mississippi |
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Jackson |
Mississippi ( /ˌmɪsɨˈsɪpi/ (help·info)) is a state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes...
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| x Missouri |
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Jefferson City |
Missouri (pronounced /mɨˈzʊəri/ ( listen), and infrequently locally /mɨˈzʊərə/) is a state in the Midwest region of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. Missouri is the 18th most...
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| x Minnesota |
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Saint Paul |
Minnesota ( /mɪnɨˈsoʊtə/ (help·info)) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents. Minnesota was carved out of...
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| x Maine |
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Augusta |
The State of Maine ( /ˈmeɪn/ (help·info)) is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the...
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| x Montana |
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Helena |
Montana ( /mɒnˈtænə/ (help·info)) is a state in the Western United States. The western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island' ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the...
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| x New Hampshire |
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Concord |
New Hampshire ( /nuːˈhæmpʃər/ (help·info)) is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the...
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| x Nevada |
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Carson City |
Nevada ( /nəˈvæːdə/ (help·info)) is a state located in the western region of the United States. The capital is Carson City, Nevada and the largest city is Las Vegas. The state's nickname is the "Silver State," due to the large number of silver...
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| x Nebraska |
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Lincoln |
Nebraska ( /nəˈbræskə/ (help·info)) is a state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and Western United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha.
Nebraska probably gets its name from the archaic Otoe...
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| x New Jersey |
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Trenton |
Transportation in New Jersey is advanced with various modes of travel, influenced by the high population density of the state. New Jersey is situated between Philadelphia and New York City, two major metropolitan centers of the Boston-Washington...
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| x New Mexico |
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Santa Fe |
New Mexico ( /nuːˈmɛksɨkoʊ/ (help·info)) is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. Inhabited by Native American populations for many centuries, it has also been part of the Imperial Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain, part of...
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| x North Carolina |
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Raleigh |
North Carolina has three major Metropolitan Combined Statistical Areas with populations of more than 1 million:
North Carolina has eight municipalities with populations of more than 100,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2007 estimates):
According to the U.S....
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| x North Dakota |
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Bismarck |
North Dakota ( /ˌnɔrθ dəˈkoʊtə/ (help·info)) is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States of America. North Dakota is the 19th largest state by area in the US; it is the 3 least populous, with just over 640,000...
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| x Oregon |
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Salem |
Oregon (pronounced /ˈɒrɨɡən/ ( listen) OR-i-gən) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the...
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| x Ohio |
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Columbus |
Ohio ( /oʊˈhaɪ.oʊ/ (help·info)) is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents. Ohio, whose name was derived from the Seneca word...
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| x Oklahoma |
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Oklahoma City |
Oklahoma ( /ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə/ (help·info)) is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,617,316 residents in 2007 and a land area of 68,667 square miles (177,847 km²), Oklahoma is the 28th most...
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| x Pennsylvania |
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Harrisburg |
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( /ˌpɛnsɨlˈveɪnjə/ (help·info)), often colloquially referred to as PA (its postal abbreviation, which succeeds the archaic Penn. and Penna. as common abbreviations) by natives and Northeasterners, is a state located...
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| x Rhode Island |
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Providence |
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island ( /roʊd ˈaɪlɨnd/ (help·info)), is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area. Rhode Island borders Connecticut to...
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| x South Dakota |
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Pierre |
South Dakota ( /ˌsaʊθ dəˈkoʊtə/ (help·info)) is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. The former territory was admitted to the Union on...
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| x South Carolina |
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Columbia |
South Carolina ( /ˌsaʊθ kærəˈlaɪnə/ (help·info)) is a U.S. state in the Deep South. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13...
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| x Texas |
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Austin |
Texas ( /ˈtɛksəs/ (help·info)) is a state in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. It is bordered by Mexico to the south, New Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas to the northeast, and Louisiana to the east....
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| x Tennessee |
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Nashville |
Tennessee ( /tɛnɨˈsiː/ (help·info)) is a state located in the Southeastern United States. According to the 2008 census, it has a population of 6,214,888, an increase of nearly 9.5% since 2000. Tennessee is the 14th fastest growing state in the US...
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| x Utah |
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Salt Lake City |
The State of Utah (pronounced /ˈjuːtɔː/ or /ˈjuːtɑː/ (help·info)) is a western state of the United States. It was the 45th state admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80 percent of Utah's 2,736,424 people live along the Wasatch...
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| x Virginia |
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Richmond |
The Commonwealth of Virginia ( /vərˈdʒɪnjə/ ) is an American state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of eight U.S....
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| x Vermont |
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Montpelier |
Vermont ( /vərˈmɒnt/ (help·info)) is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd by land area, 9,250 square miles (24,000 km), and 45th by total area. It has a population of 608,827, making it...
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| x West Virginia |
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Charleston |
West Virginia (/ˌwɛstvɚˈdʒɪnjə/ (help·info)) is a state in the Appalachian, Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia on the southeast, Kentucky on the southwest, Ohio on the...
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| x Washington |
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Olympia |
Washington ( /ˈwɑʃiŋtɪn/ (help·info)) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement...
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| x Wisconsin |
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Madison |
Wisconsin ( /wɪˈskɒnsɨn/ (help·info)) (French: Ouisconsin) (officially The State of Wisconsin) is one of the fifty states in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes...
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| x Wyoming |
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Cheyenne |
The State of Wyoming ( /waɪˈoʊmɪŋ/ (help·info)) is a state in the Western United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountain West, while the easternmost section of the state includes...
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| x Georgia |
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Atlanta |
Georgia ( /ˈdʒɔrdʒə/ (help·info)) is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. It was the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be established, in 1733. It...
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| x New York |
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Albany |
The State of New York ( /nuːˈjɔrk/ (help·info)) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut,...
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| x Massachusetts |
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Boston |
Massachusetts is a state in the New England region, on the East coast of the United States.
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