The Midwest
South Dakota
• Capital: Pierre • Total Population: 46 th among states 2010 census - 814, 180 • Population Density in 2010: 10. 7 people per sq mi • Economy: Gross State Product - $39. 9 billion (2010) Personal income per Capita - $36, 935 (2009) • Largest cities in 2010: Sioux Falls Rapid City Aberdeen
• State Slogan: "Great Faces. Great Places. " • Motto: "Under God the people rule" • Origin of State Name: The name Dakota is derived from a Sioux term meaning friends or allies. • Nickname for State: The Mount Rushmore State.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Crazy Horse Memorial
The National Presidential Wax Museum
Iowa
• Capital: Des Moines • Total Population: 30 th among states 2010 census - 3, 046, 355 • Population Density in 2010: 54. 5 people per sq mi • Economy: Gross State Product - $147. 2 billion (2010) Personal income per Capita - $36, 751 (2009) • Largest cities in 2010: Des Moines Cedar Rapids Davenport
• Motto: Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain. • Origin of State Name: The name was taken from the Iowa River, which was named for the Iowa people, a Native American tribe. • Nickname for State: The Hawkeye State. The name is a tribute to Chief Black Hawk, a leader of the Sac people, a Native American tribe. • Nickname for residents: Iowans
Iowa is the nation's third most productive agricultural state
Des Moines
The Iowa Great Lakes
Strawberry Point
Kansas
• Capital: Topeka • Total Population: 33 rd among states 2010 census - 2, 853, 118 • Population Density in 2010: 34. 9 people per sq mi • Economy: Gross State Product - $128. 5 billion (2010) Personal income per Capita - $37, 916 (2009) • Largest cities in 2010: Wichita Overland Park Kansas City
• Motto: Ad Astra Per Aspera, Latin words meaning "To the Stars Through Difficulties" • Origin of State Name: The state is named for the Kansas River, which, in turn, was named for the Kansa people, who once inhabited the northeast area of the state. • Nickname for State: The Sunflower State. The helianthus, or native wild sunflower, grows throughout Kansas. • Nickname for residents: Kansans
Pizza Hut restaurants opened its first store in Wichita, Kansas
Sumner County is known as the Wheat Capital of the World.
Dorothy's House and Land of Oz
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
Michigan
• Capital: Lansing • Total Population: 8 th among states 2010 census - 9, 883, 640 • Population Density in 2010: 174. 8 people per sq mi • Economy: Gross State Product - $372. 4 billion (2010) Personal income per Capita - $34, 025 (2009) • Largest cities in 2010: Detroit Grand Rapids Warren
• Motto: If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you. • Origin of State Name: The name is taken from that of Lake Michigan. • Nickname for State: The Wolverine State. The name refers to the importance of wolverine pelts to early trading posts. • Nickname for residents: Michiganders
Henry Ford, who produced his first experimental car in 1893, founded the Ford Motor Company in 1903.
The Great Lakes
American Museum of Magic
Detroit
Nebraska
• Capital: Lincoln • Total Population: 38 th among states 2010 census - 1, 826, 341 • Population Density in 2010: 23. 8 people per sq mi • Economy: Gross State Product - $89. 6 billion (2010) Personal income per Capita - $38, 081 (2009) • Largest cities in 2010: Omaha Lincoln Bellevue
• Motto: "Equality before the law" • Origin of State Name: Nebrathka, meaning flat water, was the Oto name for the Platte River, which runs through the state. • Nickname for State: The Cornhusker State. Nebraska's nickname refers to its chief agricultural crop. • Nickname for residents: Nebraskans
The Lied Jungle
Carhenge
Marlon Brando (1924 - 2004) Actor who won an Academy Award for his role in The Godfather. Born in Omaha, NE
Ohio
• Capital: Columbus • Total Population: 7 th among states 2010 census - 11, 536, 504 • Population Density in 2010: 282. 3 people per sq mi • Economy: Gross State Product - $483. 4 billion (2010) Personal income per Capita - $35, 381 (2009) • Largest cities in 2010: Columbus Cleveland Cincinnati
• Motto: With God, all things are possible • Origin of State Name: The word Ohio is thought to derive from an Iroquois word meaning either great or beautiful river. • Nickname for State: The Buckeye State. The nickname refers to the many buckeye trees that grew within the state's borders when settlers arrived. • Nickname for residents: Ohioans
The Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first professional baseball team in 1869.
• Ohio was the birthplace of many U. S. presidents, including Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William Mc. Kinley, William Howard Taft, and Warren G. Harding.
Neil Armstrong (1930 - ) The first astronaut to walk on the moon. Born in Wapakoneta, OH
Steven Spielberg (1946 - ) Director of many famous movies. Born in Cincinnati, OH
American Sign Museum
