• Alaska

State Facts

Full Name

State of Alaska

Admitted to the Union (Rank)

January 3, 1959 (49th)

Population 2000 (Rank)

626,932 (48th)

Land Area (Rank)

571,951 square miles; 1,481,347 square kilometers (1st)

Capital

Juneau

Postal Abbreviation

AK

State Nicknames

• The Last Frontier,
• Land of the Midnight Sun

Motto

North to the Future

Song

“Alaska’s Flag” (music by Elinor Dusenbury, words by Marie Drake)

State Symbols

• Flower: Forget-me-not
• Tree: Sitka spruce
• Bird: Willow ptarmigan
• Gem: Jade
• Mineral: Gold
• Sport: Dog mushing
• Fossil: Woolly mammoth

Economy

• Agriculture:
  • Seafood,
  • nursery stock,
  • dairy products,
  • vegetables,
  • livestock
• Industry:
  • Petroleum and natural gas,
  • gold and other mining,
  • food processing,
  • lumber and wood products,
  • tourism