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Louisiana
Motto: "Union, justice, et confidence" - French - "Union, justice, and confidence"
Nicknames: "The Pelican State" - "The Bayou State" - "The Creole State"
Capital: Baton Rouge
Population: 4,496,334 (Estimate by the US Census Bureau 7/01/03); Ranks 24th in US State Population
Size: 380 miles long and 130 miles wide; covers 51,843 square miles - 31st largest of the 50 states
State Bird: Pelican
State Flower: Magnolia
Louisiana was named by Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle, the first European to descend the Mississippi River to the delta. He named the area La Louisianne after Louis XIV of France in 1682.
Louisiana became a state on April 30, 1812. It was the 18th state to be admitted to the Union.
People who live in or come from Louisiana are called "Louisianians" or "Louisianans."
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