Arizona

Capital: Phoenix

Population: 5,130,632

Entered the Union: February 14, 1912

As the: 48th state

Motto: Ditat Deus (God Enriches)

Nickname: The Grand Canyon State

Origin of Name: From the Native American word "Arizonac," meaning "little spring" or "young spring"

Major Industries: Manufacturing, Agriculture, Copper

Historical Sites: Tombstone, site of the famous shootout at the O.K. Corral ; Prescott, the first territorial capital of Arizona ; the Yuma Crossing, first used in the 1600s by Spanish traveling to California

Points of Interest: The Grand Canyon, the Petrified Forest, the Hoover Dam, Monument Valley