U.S. State Geography Guide

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U.S. State Geography Guide

The following list summarizes the primary geographic features of each state, including the capitol, date admitted to the union, area in square miles, population density, highest elevation, lowest elevation, and state height and width in miles.

. U.S. State Geography Guide
				Area		2001 Population
Date Admit.	State	Abr.	Capitol	(sq. miles)	(rank)	(millions)	(rank)	Dens. P/sm	# of Reps.	Highest Point (ft.)	Height (miles)	Width (miles)
1819	Alabama	AL	Montgomery	50,766	28	3.9	22	77	7	2,407	330	200
1959	Alaska	AK	Juneau	570,833	1	0.4	50	1	1	20,320	1,332	2,250
1912	Arizona	AZ	Phoenix	133,510	6	2.7	29	20	8	12,633	390	335
1836	Arkansas	AR	Little Rock	53,187	27	2.3	33	43	4	2,753	240	275
1850	California	CA	Sacramento	156,297	3	23.7	1	152	53	14,494	800	375
1876	Colorado	CO	Denver	103,598	8	2.9	28	28	7	14,433	270	380
1788	Connecticut	CT	Hartford	4,872	48	3.1	25	636	5	2,380	110	70
1787	Delaware	DE	Dover	1,933	49	0.6	47	310	1	448	96	35
1845	Florida	FL	Tallahassee	54,157	26	9.7	7	179	25	345	460	400
1788	Georgia	GA	Atlanta	58,060	21	5.5	13	95	13	4,784	315	250
1959	Hawaii	HI	Honolulu	6,427	47	0.9	39	140	2	13,796	na	1,523
1890	Idaho	ID	Boise	82,413	11	0.9	41	11	2	12,662	480	305
1818	Illinois	IL	Springfield	55,646	24	11.4	5	205	19	1,235	380	205
1816	Indiana	IN	Indianapolis	35,936	38	5.5	12	153	9	1,257	265	160
1846	Iowa	IA	Des Moines	55,965	23	2.9	27	52	5	1,670	205	310
1861	Kansas	KS	Topeka	81,783	13	2.4	32	29	4	4,039	205	410
1792	Kentucky	KY	Frankfort	39,674	37	3.7	23	93	6	4,145	175	350
1812	Louisiana	LA	Baton Rouge	44,520	33	4.2	19	94	7	535	275	300
1820	Maine	ME	Augusta	30,995	39	1.1	38	35	2	5,268	310	210
1788	Maryland	MD	Annapolis	9,838	42	4.2	18	427	8	3,360	250	90
1788	Massachusetts	MA	Boston	7,826	45	5.7	11	728	10	3,491	110	190
1837	Michigan	MI	Lansing	56,959	22	9.3	8	163	15	1,979	400	310
1858	Minnesota	MN	St. Paul	79,548	14	4.1	21	52	8	2,301	400	350
1817	Mississippi	MS	Jackson	47,234	31	2.5	31	53	4	806	340	180
1821	Missouri	MO	Jefferson City	68,945	18	4.9	15	71	9	1,772	280	300
1889	Montana	MT	Helena	145,388	4	0.8	44	6	1	12,799	315	570
1867	Nebraska	NE	Lincoln	76,639	15	1.6	35	21	3	5,426	210	415
1864	Nevada	NV	Carson City	109,895	7	0.8	43	7	3	13,143	485	315
1788	New Hampshire	NH	Concord	8,992	44	0.9	42	100	2	6,288	190	70
1787	New Jersey	NJ	Trenton	7,468	46	7.3	9	978	13	1,803	166	70
1912	New Mexico	NM	Santa Fe	121,336	5	1.3	37	11	3	13,161	390	350
1788	New York	NY	Albany	47,379	30	17.6	2	371	29	5,344	310	330
1789	North Carolina	NC	Raleigh	48,843	29	5.9	10	121	13	6,684	200	520
1889	North Dakota	ND	Bismarck	69,299	17	0.6	46	9	1	3,506	210	360
1803	Ohio	OH	Columbus	41,004	35	10.8	6	263	18	1,550	230	205
1907	Oklahoma	OK	Oklahoma City	68,656	19	3	26	44	5	4,973	210	460
1859	Oregon	OR	Salem	96,187	10	2.6	30	27	5	11,239	290	375
1787	Pennsylvania	PA	Harrisburg	44,892	32	11.9	4	265	19	3,213	180	310
1790	Rhode Island	RI	Providence	1,054	50	0.9	40	854	2	812	40	30
1788	South Carolina	SC	Columbia	30,207	40	3.1	24	103	6	3,560	215	285
1889	South Dakota	SD	Pierre	75,956	16	0.7	45	9	1	7,242	240	360
1796	Tennessee	TN	Nashville	41,154	34	4.6	17	112	9	6,643	120	430
1845	Texas	TX	Austin	262,015	2	14.2	3	54	32	8,749	710	760
1896	Utah	UT	Salt Lake City	82,076	12	1.5	36	18	3	13,528	345	275
1791	Vermont	VT	Montpelier	9,273	43	0.5	48	54	1	4,393	160	80
1788	Virginia	VA	Richmond	39,700	36	5.3	14	134	11	5,729	200	430
1889	Washington	WA	Olympia	66,512	20	4.1	20	62	9	14,410	230	340
1863	West Virginia	WV	Charlston	24,124	41	1.9	34	79	3	4,861	240	130
1848	Wisconsin	WI	Madison	54,424	25	4.7	16	86	8	1,951	300	290
1890	Wyoming	WY	Cheyenne	96,988	9	0.5	49	5	1	13,804	275	365
13	Original Colonies			3,560,383		225.59			435

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Disclaimer: I hope there are no errors.

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This Vaughns 1-Pagers US State Geography Summary web page was updated on 2007-08-27.