Portal:Missouri/State facts
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- Nickname: The Show-Me State
- Capital: Jefferson City
- Governor: Matt Blunt (R)
- Total area: 180,533 square kilometers (69,704 square miles)
- Population (2006 census est): 5,878,415
- Date admitted to the Union: 1821
- Senators: Kit Bond (R), Claire McCaskill (D)
State symbols:
- Animal: Missouri Mule
- Bird: Eastern Bluebird
- Fish: Channel Catfish
- Flower: Hawthorne
- Insect: Honeybee
- Tree: Flowering Dogwood
- Fossil: Crinoid
- Rock: Mozarkite
- Mineral: Galena
- Song: Missouri Waltz
- Dance: Square dance
