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Missouri, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning "canoe", is a Midwestern state of the United States with Jefferson City as its capital. The state's nickname is the Show-Me State; the U.S. Post Office abbreviation for Missouri is MO and the state public university's main branch is located in Columbia. The Mississippi and Missouri rivers are the two large rivers which flow through this state. Missouri is also nicknamed "the puke state" because Missourians in the early 19th century were referred to as "pukes" the same way someone from Indiana is called a "hoosier"

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State motto:
"Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto"
("Let the Welfare of the People be the Supreme Law") ¹

Largest City

Largest metropolitan area

Saint Louis

Governor

Matt BluntMatt Blunt (b. 1971), was elected Governor of Missouri on November 2, 2004. He is the son of House Majority Whip Roy Blunt. After graduating from high school, Blunt was accepted into the United States Naval Academy where he received a bachelor's degree in

AreaThis article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. Article area (geometry) is more mathematical. Area is a quantity expressing the size of a region of space. Surface area refers to the summation of the areas of the exposed sides of an objec
- Total

- Land

- Water

- % water

Ranked 21stHere are three lists of the U. states in order of their area . Source All data is provided by the United States Census Bureau and is current as of 2000. Total area # Alaska 1,717,854 km² (663,267 miles²) # Texas 695,621 km² (268,581 miles²) # California 4
180,693 km²To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here surface areas between 100,000 km² and 1,000,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. Areas smaller than 100,000 km² 100,000 km² is equal to: 38,600 square mil
(69,709 mile²)
178,590 km²Square kilometre (symbol km is an SI unit of surface area. It is one of the SI derived units. 1 km² is equal to: the area of a square measuring 1 kilometre on each side 1 000 000 m² 100 hectares 0. 386 102 square miles (statute) 247. 105 381 acres Convers
(68,898 mile²)
2,101 km²Square kilometre (symbol km is an SI unit of surface area. It is one of the SI derived units. 1 km² is equal to: the area of a square measuring 1 kilometre on each side 1 000 000 m² 100 hectares 0. 386 102 square miles (statute) 247. 105 381 acres Convers
(811 mile²)
1.16%

PopulationFor the use of the word population in statistics, see statistical population. In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. Populations are studied in
- Total ( 2000)
- Density

Ranked 17th
5,595,211
31/km² (80.27 mile²)

Admittance into Union
- Order
- Date

24th
August 10, 1821

Time zone

Central: UTC-6/ -5

Latitude
Longitude

36°N to 40°35'N
89°6'W to 95°42'W

Width
Length
Elevation
- Highest
- Mean
- Lowest

385 km (240 miles)
480 km (300 miles)

540 meters (1772 feet)
240 meters (800 feet)
70 meters ( 230 feet )

ISO 3166-2:

US-MO

¹ Compare with King Charles XIII of Sweden ( 1809):
"The welfare of the people my highest law".

USS Missouri was named in honor of this state.

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