July - Week 30 - Wisconsin - Badger State

30  Wisconsin

Date admitted to the US – May 29, 1848
Postal abbreviation – WI
Capital – Madison
Area – 65,497.82 [23rd largest in the US]
Population as of census 2010 – 5,686,986 [20th largest in the US]
Population density per square mile – 105 [25th largest in the US]
Area codes – 262, 414, 608, 715, 920
Zip codes – 53001 - 54990
Number of counties – 72
State nickname –  Badger State
State motto – "Forward"

State Flag of Wisconsin

Fun facts –
-Wisconsin contains 7,446 streams and rivers, stretching 26,767 miles, more than enough to circle the globe at the equator.
-Wisconsin contains 15,210 miles of signed and groomed snowmobile trails.
-Wisconsin is the dairy capital of the United States, and produces more milk than any other state.
-Milwaukee is the home of Harley Davidson Motorcycles.
-The Republican Party was founded in Ripon in 1854.
-Green Bay is the Toilet Paper Capital of the World.

Law Schools
-Marquette University Law School 
-University of Wisconsin Law School

Military facts
Military schools
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