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)
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