Missouri

For the river, see Missouri River.

State of Missouri
Flag of Missouri Seal
Nickname(s): The Show-Me State
Motto(s): Salus populi suprema lex esto
Official language	English
Capital	Jefferson City
Largest city	Kansas City
Largest metro	St. Louis
Area	Ranked 21st
- Total	69,709 sq mi (180,693 km2)
- Width	240 miles (385 km)
- Length	300 miles (480 km)
- % water	1.16
- Latitude	36°N to 40°35'N
- Longitude	89°6'W to 95°42'W
Number of people	Ranked 17th
- Total	5,595,211
- Density	80.27/sq mi  (31/km2) Ranked 27th
Height above sea level
- Highest point	Taum Sauk Mountain 1,772 ft (540 m)
- Average	800 ft  (240 m)
- Lowest point	Saint Francis River 230 ft (70 m)
Became part of the U.S.	August 10, 1821 (24th)
Governor	Eric Greitens (R)
U.S. Senators	Roy Blunt (R) Claire McCaskill (D)
Time zone	Central : UTC-6/-5
Abbreviations	MO, US-MO
Website	www.mo.gov

Missouri is one of the 50 states in the United States. Its capital is Jefferson City. Its largest cities are Kansas City and Saint Louis. Some other cities are Columbia (which is where the University of Missouri is), and Springfield.

Missouri officially became a state on August 10, 1821.

Missouri's edges touch a total of eight states. It is touched on the north by Iowa; on the east, across the Mississippi River, by Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee; on the south by Arkansas; and on the west by Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska (Kansas and Nebraska are across the Missouri River).

Related pages

• List of counties in Missouri

Other websites

• Missouri Government, http://www.mo.gov/.
• Missouri Digital Heritage, Missouri Government, http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/.
• Missouri's African American History, Missouri Government, http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/africanamerican/.
• Missouri State Tourism Office, http://www.visitmo.com/.
• Energy & Environmental Data for Missouri, US: DoE, http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/state/state_energy_profiles.cfm?sid=MO.
• real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Missouri, USGS, http://www.usgs.gov/state/state.asp?State=MO.
• U.S. Census Bureau
  • "Missouri", QuickFacts (geographic and demographic information), US: Census, http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/29000.html..
• Missouri State Facts, USDA, http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/state-fact-sheets/state-data.aspx?StateFIPS=29&StateName=Missouri#.U8Us1rEXtQs.
• "http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Main_Page American Library Association Government Documents Roundtable", List of searchable databases produced by Missouri state agencies, http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Missouri.
• Missouri at the Open Directory Project
• Missouri History, Geology, Culture, UM system, http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=umlib;cc=umlib;tpl=home.tpl.
• Historic Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of Missouri, UM system, http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?page=index;c=umcscsanic.
• 1930 Platbooks of Missouri Counties, UM system, http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?c=platic;.
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• "Totals", Population estimates, US: Census, 2011, http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/totals/2011/.
• "States metropolitan areas cities", Population (estimates & projections), US: Census, http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/population/estimates_and_projections--states_metropolitan_areas_cities.html.

Preceded by Maine

List of U.S. states by date of statehood Admitted on August 10, 1821 (24th)

Succeeded by Arkansas