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Hawaii (HI) 43-bananapancakes

Capital: Honolulu
Largest City: Honolulu
Area: 10,931 sq. mi. (43rd in US)
Population: 1,360,301 in 2010 (40th in US)

Nicknames: Aloha State, Rainbow State, Paradise of the Pacific, Youngest State

Motto: Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘aina i ka pono (“The life of the land is perpetuated by righteousness”)
Song: “Hawai’i pono’i” by Kalakaua/Berger
Colors: (by island) Red, Pink, Golden Yellow, Purple, Green, Orange, White, Gray

Flower: Hibiscus (Hibiscus brackenridgei)
Bird: Nene
Tree: Kukui (Aleurites moluccana)
Dance: Hula
Team Sport: Outrigger canoe paddling
Marine Mammal: Humpback Whale
Mammal: Hawaiian monk seal
Gem: Black coral
Fish: Humuhumunukunukuapua’a
Individual Sport: Surfing

Admission to Union: August 21, 1959 8 months ago

Alaska (AK)

Capital: Juneau
Largest City: Anchorage
Area: 663,268 sq. mi. (1st in US)
Population: 698,473 in 2009 (47th in US)

Nicknames: Last Frontier, Seward’s Folly, Land of the Midnight Sun, Great Land

Motto: North to the future
Song: “Alaska’s Flag” by Dusenbury/Davis
Colors: None adopted

Flower: Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides)
Bird: Willow Ptarmigan
Tree: Sitka Spruce (Pinus palustris)
Dog: Alaskan malamute
Insect: Four-spot skimmer dragonfly
Sport: Dog mushing
Marine Mammal: Bowhead whale
Fish: King salmon
Fossil: Woolly mammoth
Mammal: Moose
Mineral: Gold
Language: English

Admission to Union: January 3, 1959 9 months ago