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Enjoy! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Tue, 1 Aug 2006 15:48:00 -0500 Tue, 1 Aug 2006 15:48:00 -0500 Apportionment Population and Number of Representatives, by State: Census 2000   State      Apportionment Population      Number of Apportioned      Change From 1990                                                             Representatives Based on   Census Apportionment                                                                      Census 2000 Alabama                4,461,130                                7                                    0 Alaska                     628,933                                  1                                     0 Arizona                   5,140,683                               8                                   +2 Arkansas                  2,679,733                               4                                    0 California               33,930,798                             53                                  +1 Colorado                4,311,882                                7                                   +1 Connecticut            3,409,535                                5                                    -1 Delaware                785,068                                   1                                    0 Florida                   16,028,890                              25                                  +2 Georgia                  8,206,975                               13                                   +2 Hawaii                   1,216,642                                 2                                     0 Idaho                     1,297,274                                 2                                     0 Illinois                   12,439,042                               19                                  -1 Indiana                  6,090,782                                 9                                    -1 Iowa                       2,931,923                                 5                                    0 Kansas                   2,693,824                                 4                                    0 Kentucky                4,049,431                                 6                                    0 Louisiana               4,480,271                                 7                                    0 Maine                    1,277,731                                 2                                    0 Maryland                5,307,886                                8                                     0 Massachusetts         6,355,568                               10                                    0 Michigan                9,955,829                                15                                   -1 Minnesota              4,925,670                                 8                                    0 Mississippi              2,852,927                                 4                                    -1 Missouri                  5,606,260                                 9                                    0 Montana                905,316                                    1                                    0 Nebraska                1,715,369                                 3                                    0 Nevada                  2,002,032                                 3                                    +1 New Hampshire      1,238,415                                 2                                    0 New Jersey             8,424,354                                13                                   0 New Mexico           1,823,821                                 3                                    0 New York               19,004,973                               29                                  -2 North Carolina        8,067,673                                13                                  +1 North Dakota          643,756                                    1                                    0 Ohio                      11,374,540                               18                                   -1 Oklahoma               3,458,819                                5                                    -1 Oregon                   3,428,543                                 5                                    0 Pennsylvania         12,300,670                               19                                  -2 Rhode Island          1,049,662                                 2                                    0 South Carolina        4,025,061                                6                                    0 South Dakota         756,874                                     1                                    0 Tennessee             5,700,037                                  9                                    0 Texas                    20,903,994                                32                                  +2 Utah                      2,236,714                                   3                                    0 Vermont                609,890                                      1                                    0 Virginia                 7,100,702                                  11                                   0 Washington           5,908,684                                   9                                    0 West Virginia         1,813,077                                  3                                     0 Wisconsin              5,371,210                                   8                                    -1 Wyoming               495,304                                     1                                     0   Total Apportionment Population 281,424,177      Total number of representatives 435 Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/176547/ Tue, 1 Aug 2006 15:48:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/176547/ This is a list of U.S. state nicknames: (official state nicknames in bold) If there are any that I don't have on this list, or any that aren't supposed to be on this list, please let me know.   Alabama Camellia State Cotton State Heart of Dixie Yellowhammer State   Alaska Great Land Last Frontier Land of the Midnight Sun Mainland State   Arizona Apache State Copper State Grand Canyon State   Arkansas Bear State Land of Opportunity Natural State Wonder State   California El Dorado State Golden State Golden West Land of Milk and Honey   Colorado Centennial State   Connecticut Arsenal of the Nation Constitution State Nutmeg State   Delaware Diamond State First State Land of Tax-Free Shopping   Florida Everglade State Orange State Sunshine State   Georgia Empire State of the South Peach State   Hawaii Aloha State Pineapple State Rainbow State   Idaho Gem State   Illinois Land of Lincoln Prairie State   Indiana Crossroads of America Hoosier State Hospitality State   Iowa Cyclone State Tall Corn State Hawkeye State   Kansas Cyclone State Jayhawk State Sunflower State Wheat State   Kentucky Bluegrass State   Louisiana Bayou State Creole State Pelican State Sportsman's Paradise Sugar State   Maine Down East Pine Tree State Vacationland  Lobster State   Maryland Cockade State Free State Monumental State Old Line State Terrapin State   Massachusetts Bay State Colony State Old Colony   Michigan Great Lakes State Mitten State Winter Water Wonderland Wolverine State Motor City   Minnesota Gopher State Land of 10,000 Lakes North Star State Bread and Butter State   Mississippi Hospitality State Magnolia State   Missouri Bullion State Cave State Lead State Ozark State Show Me State   Montana Big Sky Country The Last Best Place Treasure State   Nebraska Beef State Cornhusker State   Nevada Battle-Born State Sagebrush State Silver State   New Hampshire Granite State White Mountain State   New Jersey Garden State   New Mexico The Colorful State The Land of Enchantment   New York Empire State   North Carolina Old North State Tar Heel State Turpentine State   North Dakota Flickertail State Peace Garden State Rough Rider State Sioux State   Ohio Buckeye State   Oklahoma Land of the Red Man Sooner State   Oregon Beaver State Union State   Pennsylvania Keystone State Quaker State   Rhode Island Ocean State Plantation State   South Carolina Palmetto State   South Dakota Coyote State Mount Rushmore State Sunshine State Land of Infinite Variety   Tennessee Butternut State Volunteer State   Texas Lone Star State   Utah Beehive State   Vermont Green Mountain State   Virginia Mother of Presidents Old Dominion   Washington Evergreen State State of Love and Trust   West Virginia Mountain State Panhandle State   Wisconsin America's Dairyland Badger State   Wyoming Cowboy State Equality State http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/165958/ Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:20:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/165958/       Alabama   Alaska           Arizona   Arkansas           California   Colorado           Connecticut   Delaware           Florida   Georgia     http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/155208/ Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:11:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/155208/     Hawaii                                             Idaho                                                     Illinois         Indiana                                              Iowa                                                 Kansas         Kentucky                                    Louisiana                                                     Maine         Maryland                             Massachusetts http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/155203/ Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:46:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/155203/       Michigan         Minnesota         Mississippi           Missouri         Montana       Nebraska           Nevada         New Hampshire         New Jersey http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/154419/ Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:49:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/154419/       New Mexico                               New York                                              NorthCarolina         North Dakota                                     Ohio                                                Oklahoma         Oregon                                   Pennsylvania                                             RhodeIsland         South Carolina                        South Dakota         http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/154086/ Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:42:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/154086/       Tennessee         Texas         Utah       Vermont       Virginia         Washington           West Virginia         Wisconsin       Wyoming     http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/154069/ Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:22:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/154069/ ALABAMA ~ Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere ~ Latin ~ We Dare Defend Our Rights ALASKA ~ North to the Future ARIZONA ~ Ditat Deus ~ Latin ~ God Enriches ARKANSAS ~ Regnat Populus ~ Latin ~ The People Rule CALIFORNIA ~ Eureka ~ Greek ~ I Have Found It COLORADO ~ Nil Sine Numine ~ Latin ~ Nothing Without Providence CONNECTICUT ~ Qui Transtulit Sustinet ~ Latin ~ He Who Transplanted Sustains DELAWARE ~ Liberty and Independence FLORIDA ~ In God We Trust GEORGIA ~ Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation HAWAII ~ Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono ~ Hawaiian ~ The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness IDAHO ~ Esto Perpetua ~ Latin ~ Let it be Perpetual ILLINOIS ~ State Sovereignty, National Union INDIANA ~ The Crossroads of America IOWA ~ Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain KANSAS ~ Ad Astra Per Aspera ~ Latin ~ To the Stars Through Difficulties KENTUCKY ~ United We Stand, Divided We Fall Official Latin Motto ~ Deo Gratiam Habeamus ~ Let Us Be Grateful To God LOUISIANA ~ Union, Justice, and Confidence MAINE ~ Dirigo ~ Latin ~ I Direct MARYLAND ~ Fatti Maschii, Parole Femine ~ Italian ~ Manly Deeds, Womanly Words MASSACHUSETTS ~ Ense Petit Placidam Sub Lebertate Quietem ~ Latin ~ By the Sword We Seek Peace, But Peace Only Under Liberty MICHIGAN ~ Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Cirsumspice ~ Latin ~ If You Seek a Pleasant Peninsula, Look About You MINNESOTA ~ L'étoile Du Nord ~ French ~ The Star of the North MISSISSIPPI ~ Virtute Et Armis ~ Latin ~ By Valor and Arms MISSOURI ~ Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto ~ Latin ~ The Welfare of the People Shall Be the Supreme Law MONTANA ~ Oro y Plata ~ Spanish ~ Gold and Silver NEBRASKA ~ Equality Before the Law NEVADA ~ All For Our Country NEW HAMPSHIRE ~ Live Free or Die NEW JERSEY ~ Liberty and Prosperity NEW MEXICO ~ Crescit Enundo ~ It Grows as it Goes NEW YORK ~ Excelsior! ~ Latin ~ Ever Upward! NORTH CAROLINA ~ Esse Quam Videri ~ Latin ~ To Be Rather Than to Seem NORTH DAKOTA ~ Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable OHIO ~ With God, All Things Are Possible OKLAHOMA ~ Labor Vincit Omnia ~ Latin ~ Labor Conquers All Things OREGON ~ Alis Volat Propriis ~ Latin ~ She Flies With Her Own Wings PENNSYLVANIA ~ Virtue, Liberty, and Independence RHODE ISLAND ~ Hope SOUTH CAROLINA ~ Dum Spiro Spero ~ Latin ~ While I Breathe, I Hope SOUTH DAKOTA ~ Under God the People Rule TENNESSEE ~ Agriculture and Commerce TEXAS ~ Friendship UTAH ~ Industry VERMONT ~ Freedom and Unity VIRGINIA ~ Sic Semper Tyrannis ~ Latin ~ Thus Always to Tyrants WASHINGTON ~ Al-ki ~ Chinook Jargon ~ By and by WEST VIRGINIA ~ Montani Semper Liberi ~ Latin ~ Mountaineers Are Always Free WISCONSIN ~ Forward WYOMING ~ Equal Rights   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/138842/ Mon, 22 May 2006 09:01:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/138842/ Before becoming a state in 1819, Alabama belonged to France, then Great Britain, then Spain. In 1795, the Treaty of San Lorenzo, signed by the United States and Spain, gave the area to the United States. It was then called the Mississippi Territory. The Creek Inidan tribe fought the United States government for its rights to the land, but surrendered in 1814 after seveal defeats. In 1817, the area was known as the Alabama Territory. The territory became the 22nd state in 1819. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/128794/ Thu, 4 May 2006 08:46:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/128794/ The United States bought Alaska from Russia in 1867. At first, many Americans thought the purchase was foolish. Then, in 1880 and again in 1896, gold was discovered in Alaska. This discovery brought thousands of people to the state. In 1942, the Japanese occupied two Alaskan islands during World War II. That same year the United States government built a military supply road to Alaska, called the Alaska Highway. This highway allowed people to move more freely from the lower 48 states to Alaska. After the war, many Americans agreed that Alaska should be given statehood. This was finally accomplished in 1959. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/127630/ Tue, 2 May 2006 10:03:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/50states/127630/