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
