Wisconsin
Wisconsin | |
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Eik-name(s): | |
Motto(s): Forwart | |
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Kintra | Unitit States |
Admittit tae the Union | May 29, 1848 (30t) |
Lairgest ceety | Milwaukee |
Lairgest metro | Milwaukee metropolitan aurie |
Govrenment | |
•Govrenor | Tony Evers(D) |
•Lieutenant Governor | Mandela Barnes(D) |
Legislatur | Wisconsin Legislatur |
•Upper hoose | Senate |
•Lawer hoose | State Assembly |
U.S. senators | Ron Johnson(R) Tammy Baldwin(D) |
U.S. Hoose delegation | 5 Republicans, 3 Democrats (leet) |
Population | |
• Total | 5,778,708 (2,016 est)[6] |
• Density | 40.6/km2(105/sq mi) |
•Median hooseaud income | $55425[7] |
• Income rank | 28t |
Leid | |
Trad. abbreviation | Wis., Wisc. |
Latitude | 42° 30' N tae 47° 05′ N |
Longitude | 86° 46′ W tae 92° 53′ W |
Wisconsin(i/wᵻˈskɒnsᵻn/) is aU.S. statelocatit in the north-centralUnitit States,in theMidwastanGreat Lochsregions. It is mairched biMinnesotatae the wast,Iowatae the soothwast,Illinoistae the sooth,Loch Michigantae the east,Michigantae the northeast, anLoch Superiortae the north. Wisconsin is the23rd lairgest state bi tot auriean the20t maist populous.The state caipital isMadison,an its lairgest ceety isMilwaukee,that is locatit on the wastren shore o Loch Michigan. The state is dividit intae72 coonties.
Wisconsin's geografie is diverse, wi theNorthren HielandanWastren Uplandalang wi a pairt o theCentral Plainoccupyin the wastren pairt o the state an lawlands stretchin tae the shore oLoch Michigan.Wisconsin is seicont taeMichiganin the lenth o its Great Lochs coastline.
Wisconsin is kent as "America's Dairyland"[8]acause it is ane o the naition's leadindairy producers,pairteecularly famous for its cheese. Manufacturin, especially paper products, information technology (IT), an tourism are an aa major contreibutors tae the state's economy.
References
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑Dornfeld, Margaret; Hantula, Richard (2010).Wisconsin: It's my state!.Marshall Cavendish. p. 5.ISBN978-1-60870-062-2.
- ↑Urdang, Laurence (1988).Names and Nicknames of Places and Things.Penguin Group USA,. p. 8.ISBN9780452009073.
"America's Dairyland" A nickname of Wisconsin
CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ↑Kane, Joseph Nathan; Alexander, Gerard L. (1979).Nicknames and sobriquets of U.S. cities, States, and counties.Scarecrow Press. p. 412.ISBN9780810812550.
Wisconsin - America's Dairyland, The Badger State... The Copper State...
- ↑Herman, Jennifer L. (2008).Wisconsin Encyclopedia, American Guide.North American Book Dist LLC. p. 10.ISBN9781878592613.
Nicknames Wisconsin is generally known as The Badger State, or America's Dairyland, although in the past it has been nicknamed The Copper State.
- ↑"Wisconsin State SymbolsArchived2013-10-04 at theWayback Machine"inWisconsin Blue Book 2005-2006,p. 966.
- ↑http:// census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045216/55
- ↑"Median Annual Household Income".The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.Retrieved9 December2016.
- ↑Our Fifty States.
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