Michigan Ohio West Virginia

Kentucky Indiana Illinois Missouri

Motto : Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you)

Nickname : Wolverine state, The Great Lakes State, The Automotive State,Water-Winter Wonderland

Origin of Name : From Indian word "Michigana" meaning "great or large lake"

Capital : Lansing Population : 9,938,444

Apple Blossom

Wolverine

Petrosky Lighthouse – Mackinac Island

GM Assembly Plant - Detroit

University of Michigan Stadium

Ann Arbor

Area = 97,990 sq mi

Mackinac Bridge – Longest Suspension Bridge in North America

Motto : With God, all things are possible

Nickname : Buckeye state Area = 44,825 sq mi

Origin of Name : From an Iroquoian word meaning great river

Capital : Columbus Population : 11,353,140

Scarlett Carnation

Buckeye

Freedom Square - Cincinnati

Rock and RollHall of Fame -Cleveland

Lake Erie - Cleveland

Ohio River -Cincinnati

Kent State – May 4, 1970

Motto : Montani semper liberi (Mountaineers are always free)

Nickname : Mountain state Area = 24,230 sq mi

Origin of Name : Like Virginia: in honor of Elizabeth, Virgin Queen of England

Capital : Charleston Population : 1,808,344

Rhododendron

Shenandoah River Valley

West Virginia Coal Mine

Blue Ridge Mountains

NewRiver Gorge

Motto : United We Stand, Divided We Fall

Nickname : Bluegrass state Area = 40,434 sq mi

Origin of Name : From an Iroquoian word "Ken-tah-ten" meaning "land of tomorrow"

Capital : Frankfort Population : 4,041,769

Goldenrod

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

Fort Knox

Thoroughbred

ChurchillDowns

Kentucky Bluegrass

Motto : The Crossroads of America

Nickname Hoosier state

Origin of Name : The meaning is "land of Indians"

Capital Indianapolis

Population 6,080,485

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Peony

Connor Prairie Historical Site - Noblesville

Area = 36,418 sq mi

Motto State sovereignty, national union

Nicknames : Prairie State, Land of Lincoln

Origin of Name : From an Indian word and French suffix, meaning "tribe of superior men"

Capital Springfield

Population 12,419,293

Purple Violet

Sears Tower - Chicago

Chicago River- Chicago

Lincoln's Boyhood Home - Springfield

Area = 57,918 sq mi

Motto : Salus populi suprema lex esto (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law)

Nickname : Show-me state Area = 69,704 sq mi

Origin of Name : Named after a tribe called Missouri Indians, meaning "town of the large canoes"

Capital : Jefferson City Population : 5,595,211

Hawthorn Bloom

Gateway Arch – St. LouisBranson

Missouri Mule

Mississippi Riverboat

Mississippi and MissouriRivers Meet – St. Louis