{"id":172,"date":"2012-06-29T21:03:29","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T21:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitefix.net\/clients\/Generic\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2018-11-17T17:03:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-17T17:03:00","slug":"at-a-glance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/StLouis3\/?page_id=172","title":{"rendered":"At a Glance"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEMOGRAPHICS \/ AT A GLANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Missouri State Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Population<\/strong>
\n5,987,580<\/p>\n

Total Area<\/strong>
\n69,709 square miles<\/p>\n

Land Area<\/strong>
\n68,898 square miles<\/p>\n

Water Area<\/strong>
\n811 square miles<\/p>\n

Capital<\/strong>
\nJefferson City<\/p>\n

Highest Point\u00a0 <\/strong>
\nTaum Sauk Mountain at 1772 feet<\/p>\n

Lowest Point\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>
\nSaint Francis River at 230 feet<\/p>\n

Largest Cities\u00a0 <\/strong>
\nKansas City, Saint Louis, Springfield, Independence, Columbia, Saint Joseph, Lee’s Summit, Saint
\nCharles, Saint Peters, Florissant<\/p>\n

Area Codes<\/strong>
\n314, 417, 573, 636, 660, 816<\/p>\n

Topography\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>
\nRolling hills, open, fertile plains, and well-watered prairie north of the Missouri river; south of the river land is rough and hilly with deep, narrow valleys; alluvial plain in the southeast; low elevations in the west.<\/p>\n

Border States<\/strong>
\nArkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee<\/p>\n

Statehood<\/strong>
\nAugust 10, 1821<\/p>\n

State Motto<\/strong>
\nSalus populi suprema lex esto (Let the good of the people be the supreme law.)<\/p>\n

State Song<\/strong>
\n“Missouri Waltz”<\/p>\n

State Tree<\/strong>
\nFlowering Dogwood<\/p>\n

State Animal<\/strong>
\nMissouri Mule<\/p>\n

State Bird<\/strong>
\nBluebird<\/p>\n

State Flower<\/strong>
\nHawthorn<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mississippi River Facts<\/strong>
\nThe City of St. Louis lies on the western bank of the Mississippi River, about 10 miles from the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. This prime location has made St. Louis the busiest inland port on the Mississippi River. Through St. Louis, the river is approximately 2,000 feet wide and flows at 3.5 miles per hour. Stretching 2,348 miles from Minnesota to Louisiana, the river’s upper portion contains 29 locks and dams. An average of 80 million tons of cargo \u2014 including grain, coal, petroleum products, iron and steel \u2014 pass through St. Louis annually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DEMOGRAPHICS \/ AT A GLANCE Missouri State Facts Population 5,987,580 Total Area 69,709 square miles Land Area 68,898 square miles Water Area 811 square miles Capital Jefferson City Highest Point\u00a0 Taum Sauk Mountain at 1772 feet Lowest Point\u00a0\u00a0 Saint Francis River at 230 feet Largest Cities\u00a0 Kansas City, Saint Louis, Springfield, Independence, Columbia, Saint Joseph, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/StLouis3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/StLouis3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/StLouis3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/StLouis3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/StLouis3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/StLouis3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":605,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/StLouis3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions\/605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/StLouis3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}