The 50 US States
Each state page has the flag described in plain words, the capital, nickname, state bird and flower, and when the state joined the Union. The northern cardinal is the most common state bird, picked by 7 states.
New Jersey was the first state to ratify the Constitution and Hawaii was the last to join. Need one at random for a road-trip game or a report? Spin the state wheel.
Northeast (9)
- ConnecticutCapital Hartford · bird: American robin
- MaineCapital Augusta · bird: Chickadee
- MassachusettsCapital Boston · bird: Black-capped chickadee
- New HampshireCapital Concord · bird: Purple finch
- New JerseyCapital Trenton · bird: Eastern goldfinch (American goldfinch)
- New YorkCapital Albany · bird: Eastern bluebird
- PennsylvaniaCapital Harrisburg · bird: Ruffed grouse
- Rhode IslandCapital Providence · bird: Rhode Island Red
- VermontCapital Montpelier · bird: Hermit thrush
Midwest (12)
- IllinoisCapital Springfield · bird: Northern cardinal
- IndianaCapital Indianapolis · bird: Northern cardinal
- IowaCapital Des Moines · bird: Eastern goldfinch (American goldfinch)
- KansasCapital Topeka · bird: Western meadowlark
- MichiganCapital Lansing · bird: American robin
- MinnesotaCapital Saint Paul · bird: Common loon
- MissouriCapital Jefferson City · bird: Eastern bluebird
- NebraskaCapital Lincoln · bird: Western meadowlark
- North DakotaCapital Bismarck · bird: Western meadowlark
- OhioCapital Columbus · bird: Northern cardinal
- South DakotaCapital Pierre · bird: Ring-necked pheasant
- WisconsinCapital Madison · bird: American robin
South (16)
- AlabamaCapital Montgomery · bird: Yellowhammer (northern flicker)
- ArkansasCapital Little Rock · bird: Northern mockingbird
- DelawareCapital Dover · bird: Blue Hen Chicken
- FloridaCapital Tallahassee · bird: Northern mockingbird
- GeorgiaCapital Atlanta · bird: Brown thrasher
- KentuckyCapital Frankfort · bird: Northern cardinal
- LouisianaCapital Baton Rouge · bird: Eastern brown pelican
- MarylandCapital Annapolis · bird: Baltimore oriole
- MississippiCapital Jackson · bird: Northern mockingbird
- North CarolinaCapital Raleigh · bird: Northern cardinal
- OklahomaCapital Oklahoma City · bird: Scissor-tailed flycatcher
- South CarolinaCapital Columbia · bird: Carolina wren
- TennesseeCapital Nashville · bird: Northern mockingbird
- TexasCapital Austin · bird: Northern mockingbird
- VirginiaCapital Richmond · bird: Northern cardinal
- West VirginiaCapital Charleston · bird: Northern cardinal
West (13)
- AlaskaCapital Juneau · bird: Willow ptarmigan
- ArizonaCapital Phoenix · bird: Cactus wren
- CaliforniaCapital Sacramento · bird: California quail
- ColoradoCapital Denver · bird: Lark bunting
- HawaiiCapital Honolulu · bird: Nene (Hawaiian goose)
- IdahoCapital Boise · bird: Mountain bluebird
- MontanaCapital Helena · bird: Western meadowlark
- NevadaCapital Carson City · bird: Mountain bluebird
- New MexicoCapital Santa Fe · bird: Greater roadrunner
- OregonCapital Salem · bird: Western meadowlark
- UtahCapital Salt Lake City · bird: California gull
- WashingtonCapital Olympia · bird: Willow goldfinch (American goldfinch)
- WyomingCapital Cheyenne · bird: Western meadowlark