Flag |
Seal |
 Website : www.state.mo.us |
 Capital
: Jefferson
City |
 Highest
point : Taum
Sauk Mountain, 1772 feet |
 Area : 69,709 square miles,
21st largest state |
 Population : 5,595,211
(2000 US Census) |
 Motto
: Salus popull
suprema lex esto (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law) |
 Admitted to
Union : August 10, 1821 |
 State
Song : "Missouri Waltz" |
 State Bird : Blue Bird |
 State Flower : White Hawthorn
Blossom |
 State Tree : Flowering Dogwood |
