WISCONSIN FUN FACTS
- STATEHOOD May 29, 1848 (30th State)
- Wisconsin's 150 years of Statehoold 1998
- CAPITAL Madison
- POPULATION 5,688,404 (1/1/2009)
- NICKNAME America's Dairyland (1971)
- MOTTO "Forward" (1851)
- CURRENCY U.S. Dollar
- WISCONSIN QUARTER 2004
- BIRD Robin (1926)
- FLOWER Wood Violet, adopted 1909
- SONG "On, Wisconsin!" (1959)
- AREA 54,375 sq miles (34.8 million acres) land; 1,449 sq miles (982,155 acres) water
- NUMBER OF COUNTIES 72
- HIGHEST POINT Timms Hill, 2,301 ft above sea level
- LOWEST POINT Lake Michigan 581 ft above sea level
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