Missouri Factoids

Missouri Details and Facts that you may not know.

Date of Statehood: August 10, 1821

Capital: Jefferson City

Nickname: Show Me State

Population: 6,160,281 (2020)

Size: 69,720 square miles

Oldest City: Ste. Genevieve (1735)

Most Populous City: Kansas City (508,394)

Most Populous County: St. Louis (990,414)

Least Populous County: Worth (1,955)

Largest County: Texas (1,179 sq mi)

Smallest County: Hickory (399 sq mi)

Motto: Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto (“The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law”)

Tree: Flowering Dogwood

Flower: White Hawthorn Blossom

Bird: Bluebird

Highest elevation (Taum Sauk Mountain[1]) 1,773 ft

Lowest elevation (St. Francis River at Arkansas border) 230 ft

State Government
• Governor Mike Parson (R)
• Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe (R)

U.S. Senators: Eric Schmitt (R) Josh Hawley (R)
U.S. House delegation 6 Republicans
2 Democrats (list)