New Hampshire

Capital: Concord

Population: 1,235,786

Entered the Union: June 21, 1788

As the: 9th state

Motto: Live Free or Die

Nickname: Granite State

Origin of Name: From the English county of Hampshire

Major Industries: Electrical machinery, textiles, pulp and paper products, and stone and clay products; dairy and poultry farming, fruit growing, truck vegetables, corn, potatoes, and hay

Historical Sites: Daniel Webster's Birthplace near Franklin and Strawberry Banke, the restored building of the original colonial settlement at Portsmouth

Points of Interest: Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire's largest lake, White Mountain National Forest, and the Old Man of the Mountain granite head profile at Franconia, New Hampshire's official emblem