Date Admitted to the Union:
July 26, 1788 - New York was the 11th state.
New York State Capital:
Albany
State Nickname:
The Empire State
State Motto:
Excelsior (Ever Upwards)
New York State Bird:
Eastern Bluebird
New York State Flower:
Rose
New York State Tree:
Sugar Maple
Cities With Population Over 100,000:
- New York
- Buffalo
- Rochester
- Yonkers
- Syracuse
Ten Famous People From New York :
- Lucille Ball, Actress
- George Eastman, Inventor
- Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States
- Lou Gehrig, Baseball Player
- Julia Ward Howe, Social Reformer
- John Jay, First Supreme Court Chief Justice
- Vince Lombardi, Football Coach
- Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States
- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States
- Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States
