The state flower is the Forget-me-not.
Our state insect is the Four-spotted Skimmer Dragonfly.
Demographics:
Statehood: January 3, 1959, the 49th state
Capital: Juneau
Total Land Area: 571,951 square miles (as of 2000). The largest state in the country, Alaska is one-fifth the size of the combined lower 48 states.
North America's Tallest Mountain: Mount McKinley at 20,320 feet
Total Population: 670,033 (as of 2006)
Largest cities: The Municipality of Anchorage has 270,451 residents or 42 percent of Alaska's population. The Fairbanks North Star Borough has 82,840 residents. The Matanuska-Susitna Borough has 59,322. The Kenai Peninsula Borough has 49,691 residents. The City and Borough of Juneau has 30,711 residents.
State Facts:
State Bird: Alaska Willow Ptarmigan
State Dog: Alaskan Malamute
State Fish: King Salmon
State Insect: Four-spotted Skimmer Dragonfly
State Flower: Forget-me-not
State Tree: Sitka Spruce
State Song: Alaska's Flag Song
Motto: North to the Future
Nickname: The Last Frontier
Interesting Facts:
- Alaska has 22 indigenous languages spoken by the Alaskan Native peoples
- Alaska harvests 62% of all fish caught in the United States. If Alaska were a country, we would be 9th in the world in seafood harvest by volume.
- The famous Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is a 1150-mile race from Anchorage to Nome every year in Alaska.
The US is the only
#Arctic nation without a national strategy. We must boost investment in our Arctic: http://bit.ly/Lmfc0y