States
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The following states are in alphabetical order. Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to rearrange these states from highest to lowest population. In addition, you should upload a picture that epitomizes your state. Also, you should write please don't cut and paste) a brief paragraph selling your state as the best place in the world. Your sales pitch must include an external link to a prominent resource website for your state.
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Rank State Name
1 California Dhawan
California, who doesn't know about it? The home to Hollywood, Los Angeles, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gary Coleman (yup, what you talkin about Willis). California is also the most populated state in the United States, making campaigners try harder in it. California is known for its glamorous lifestyle and a large tourism sector.
HISTORY
California was admitted into the United States during the Mexican cession to fulfill the idea of manifest destiny shared by the American people. Manifest Destiny was the idea that America must expand and possess the entire North American continent to spread the ideals of democracy.
WILD LIFE
California is home to one of the richest and most diverse populations of wild life in America. California boasts several superlatives in its collection of flora; the largest trees, the tallest trees, and the oldest trees.It also boasts a wide range of flora and fauna. California is part of the Nearctic ecozone and spans a number of terrestrial ecoregions.
California's large number of endemic species includes relic species which have died out elsewhere, such as the Catalina Ironwood (Lyonothamnus floribundus). Many other endemics originated through differentiation or adaptive radiation, whereby multiple species develop from a common ancestor to take advantage of diverse ecological conditions (such as the California lilac (Ceanothus).
43 Texas
2 Texas
3 New York
What can I say? New York has the best city in the world, New York City - the home of the meanest squirrels in the world. The Big Apple is the center for the United Nations and is the economic center of the world. More importantly though, it's one of the hottest cities for travelers to visit! It has the Empire State Building, Central Park (probably the only place where you'll see a tree in the city), and Radio City Music Hall just to name a few. Also, being one of the largest and the most populous city in the world, there's always something new to see even for locals like me, who are there a dozen or so times a year. I'm still amazed every time I visit. One hint from experience though. Be careful if you climb the Statue of Liberty because it's not the safest staircase to climb.
4 Florida Grove
Florida is the best.
It’s the retirement home of the world, and if so many people end up there it must be pretty good. Not to mention
Disney!
6 Pennsylvania Wankel
Home to our nation's symbols of heritage, The Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and the Franklin Institute, Pennsylvania is a jewel. With the greatest recreation in the country including skiing in the Poconos 
Pennsylvania State Website
7 Ohio Vaccariello
Ohio is a cool state because it is home to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. It also has groovy cities such as Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and Toledo.
8 Michigan
The Great Lake State
Located scenically in the Midwest, Michigan is bordered by four of the five Great Lakes. They are Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. It is the ONLY Bi-peninsular state, separated by the Straits of Mackinac and connected by the Mackinac Bridge. The State has been a cultural inspiration for many people, including the album pictured in this description by Sufjan Stevens (who incidentally happens to be a native Michiganian). Do you enjoy cherries? Michigan is the biggest producer of cherries in the United States! Perhaps you enjoy your cherries sitting comfortably in a chair by a lake. While you are Michigan, you will never be more than 6 miles away from a natural water source. So, as Sufjan Stevens said, "SAY YES! TO MICHIGAN!"
9 Georgia Gupta
There are many great places to visit in Georgia. Other than the obvious famous captiol of Atlanta, you can go to numerous attractions. They include the Georgia Aquarium, Stone Mountain Park, Six Flags, and Pebble Hill Plantation.
Georgia is home to 63 parks, 48 of which are state parks and 15 that are historic sites in addition to many state wildlife preserves. Georgia has a very successful economic structure. Georgia's 2005 total gross state product was $364 billion.
If Georgia were a stand-alone country, it would be the 18th largest economy in the world.
''''GEORGIA IS DA BEST!!!!''''
10 North Carolina Tomaszewski T.
11New Jersey Steiner
New Jersey is a beautiful state that gets a bad rap, mostly from the oil refineries that you have to drive past. In fact, it’s really the “garden state” and home of Jersey tomatoes.
12 Virginia
13 Massachusetts McGunnigle
14 Washington
15 Indiana- Home to one of the most repetative yet vaguely entertaining sports known to man and the few extra terestrials that choose to study us because of the boredom that envelopes the universe.(Sarcasm) This is the Indiana 500 and acquires crowds of great enthusiasm known to the people as Hoosier Hysteria. Hoosier is the title that you will acquire upon entering this state which refuses to totally conform to the polygonic shape of a rectangle but stills chooses to maintain some regularity just as a young student will shrink under the school teacher's gaze but still wishes to express its rebeliousness by sticking out its tongue while the professor's back is turned. If that does not do it for you, there is a very nice lake located to the north!!!
Lamson
16 Arizona Corbin
32 Arkansas Degani
Arkansas is a beautiful southern state, with a temperate climate (Highs in the summer of about 90 degrees Fahrenheit, and lows in the winter of about 50 degrees).There are many great lakes for fishing, and historical Civil War sites to visit. Arkansas is famous for its "Hot Springs National Park," a formation of natural springs that have been used for over two hundred years by visitors and residents alike. The capital is Little Rock, a medium sized city, famous for the "Little Rock Nine."
22 Colorado DiGrigoli
Population: 4,301,261
Size: 104,185 mi2
Capital: Denver
State Motto: N/A
Flower: Rocky Mountain Columbine
Bird: Lark Bunting
Sports Teams:
• Soccer
• Ice Hockey
• Basketball
• Baseball
• Lacrosse
• Football
Random Facts:
• There are 15 different National Parks
28 Connecticut Drayer
Connecticuit, located in New England, is the home of prestigious Yale University. Connecticuit has a full array of seasons, with cold winters and warm summers. When the autumn comes around, the trees turn beautiful colors. Connecticuit also has a grand history, becoming a british colony in 1633. The state was the 5th admitted into the Union; on January 9, 1788 it joined Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Georgia as members of the United States.
39 Idaho Horan
Population: 1,293,953
Size: 83,642 sq mi
Capital: Boise
State Motto: Let it be perpetual
Flower: Syringa
Bird: Mountain Bluebird
State Song: Here We Have Idaho
Random Facts: Idaho's legislature is part-time
26 Kentucky LeWine
Kentucky: Bluegrass music, horse racing, and mint juleps. A paradise on earth.
31 Louisiana Loo
Louisiana is the best state south of some imaginary line delineating north-south. It’s mostly swamp, which is really interesting if you fly over on a sunny day and notice the sun’s reflection in the “forests” below. It’s known for music, floods, and parties.
40 Maine is located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States of America. Maine is widley known for its breathtaking scenery and its mouthwatering seafood crusine. Maine experiences warm, humid summers and very cold winters with the accumulation of large amounts of snowfall. Lopez
20 Maryland Madigan
21 Minnesota 
The twelfth-largest state by area in the U.S., it is the 21st most populous, with just over five million residents as of 2006. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union in 1858. The state is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes," and those lakes and the other waters for which the state is named, together with state and national forests and parks, offer residents and tourists a vigorous outdoor lifestyle.
Monalto
23 Alabama Bogler click here for more information
24 Mississippi Nikpour
17 Missouri Ramirez
aka SHOW ME STATE
In the middle of nowhere and landlocked. Has the cool city of St. Louis that is considered the gateway to the west.
Sports Teams
Baseball: St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals
Football: St. Louis Rams and Kansas City Chiefs
Hockey: St. Louis Blues
Soccer: Kansas City Wizards
27 Nebraska Smirlis
27 Oregon Velte
Oregon, Home of the Western Meadolark, is the most beautiful state ever. Also home to Mount Hood, the exciting hiking hot-spot, and the portland blazers, Oregon is the place to be for fun and exciting sports. The Official Oregon Website 
35 Nevada Spahn
Gambling & great scenery; what's not to like? Dr. Spahn is my hero!!!!
41 New Hampshire 
Spira
Live free or die, do you know what I mean?
30 Iowa Leacock 
With 94.9% Caucasian population, it is one of the whitest states in the union.
OK, seriously, Iowa is primarilily a farming state, it is
First in pork production
First in corn production
First in egg production
Second in soybean production
Second in red meat production
33 Kansas
Edited by Sungsu Lee
Kansas is a great state to be. Kansas has a population of 2.7 million, 33rd most populous state, and is located in the great central plains of the United States. Kansas is one of the major oil and natural gas producers in the US, and the economy is mainly based on transportation equipment, commercial and private aircraft, and agricultural products.
The Government of Kansas is also very progressive, and made significant advances as a state.
More Information can be found at wikipedia.
Konza Prarie.
Kansas City Skyline
28 Oklahoma Varughese
Other than this, I know nothing of Oklahoma. The following is information I'll assume is true, so bear with me. Oklahoma is located in the South-Central part of the U.S. I'm not going to put up a map, so deal with it. It's located above Texas. It joined the Union in 1907.
37 Nebraska Smirlis
Nebraska (IPA: /nəˈbɹæ.skə/) is a state located on the Great Plains of the United States of America. Nebraska gets its name from a Chiwere word meaning "flat water", after the Platte River that flows through the state.[2] Once considered part of the Great American Desert, it is now a leading farming state. Nebraskans have practiced scientific farming to turn the Nebraska prairie into a land of ranches and farms. Much of the history of the state is the story of the impact of the Nebraska farmer. Nebraskans are sometimes colloquially referred to as "Cornhuskers" (which is derived from the state nickname).
43 Rhode Island Waszmer
Population: 1,067,610
Size: 1,214 mi2
Capital: Providence
State Motto: Hope
Flower: Violet
Bird: Rhode Island Red (chicken)
Sports Teams:
• Pawtucket Red Sox, AAA (minor league baseball) affiliate of the Boston Red Sox
• Providence Bruins, AHL (minor league hockey) affiliate of the Boston Bruins
• Newport Gulls, NECBL (New England Collegiate Baseball League)
• Providence Friars, Division 1 NCAA Basketball Team of Providence College
• Rhode Island Rams*, Division 1 NCAA Basketball Team of the University of Rhode Island
Random Facts:
• There are 39 cities and towns in Rhode Island.
40 South Carolina Winters
South Carolina is for vacations. If you like vacations, go to South Carolina!
41 South Dakota
42 Hawaii JGutierrez
Hawaii is "Da BIG Kahuna!!" Hawaii became the 50th state of the U.S.A. on August 21, 1959. It was also known as the Sandwich Islands.
42 Tennessee
43 Texas
44 Montana
"We've got mountains!"
Visit our official website: Montana State Website
44 Utah
Come to Delaware and enjoy all that we have to offer.delaware
47 Alaska Bryant
Alaska is the largest state in the U.S.A. being approximately twice the size of the second largest state, Texas. Its state bird is the Willow Ptarmigan (shown below) and the state song is Aaska's Flag.
Alaska is also for the most part, a frigid wasteland. If you enjoy frostbite and death then Alaska is the state for you.
48 West Virginia
48 North Dakota Tomaszewski J.
- Its more up than South Dakota
Mr. T was right (as usual) hardly anybody lives here!!
49 Wisconsin
50 Wyoming
0 Illinois sucks I hate it, despite the maps it is not real. California is though. It rocks. 1 California The best state with the biggest population I California has amazing houses, drama (Hollywood), the big Hollywood sign and has all the actors and actresses. This is the taco of America. The official language of south California is Spanish, so "ola senorita". Chicks are everywhere.... as Borat would say "very nice". In California gambling is very big, and everyone wins. You can start out with one dollar and end up with 1,000,000 dollars. There is no work here, and you get payed by the state. You can chillax on the beach while drinking a magarita. It is all fun and games
