Missouri

Missouri, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe whose Illinois name, ouemessourita, (meaning "those who have dugout canoes"), is the 24th state admitted to the United States. It is a state with both Midwestern and Southern cultural influences, reflecting its history as a border state between the two regions. The state's nickname is the Show-Me State, first recorded in 1894; the state's name is also frequently pronounced "Missourah", a term often used by former U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who was born in the state. The Mississippi and Missouri rivers are the two large rivers associated with the state.

As of 2006, Missouri has an estimated population of 5,842,713, which is an increase of 45,010, or 0.8%, from the prior year and an increase of 246,030, or 4.4, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 137,564 people (that is 480,763 births minus 343,199 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 88,088 people into the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 50,450 people, and migration within the country produced a net increase of 37,638 people.

Motto: "Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto" (Latin: "Let the Welfare of the People be the Supreme Law", compare with King Charles XIII of Sweden (1809) "The welfare of the people my highest law") Wiki

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