Learn About Alaska

Population: 640,000
Size: 570,374 square miles
Capital: Juneau

  • State Nickname: The Last Frontier
  • State Motto: North to the Future or Land of the Midnight Sun
  • State Flower: Forget-Me-Not
  • State Tree: Sitka Spruce
  • State Bird: Willow Ptarmigan
  • State Marine Mammal: Bowhead Whale
  • State Land Mammal: Moose
  • State Insect: Four-Spot Skimmer Dragonfly
  • State Fish: King Salmon
  • State Sport: Dog Sledding
  • State Gemstone: Jade
  • State Mineral: Gold