state (U.S. states), n.All

Maine is the only one-syllabled U.S. state

Q is the only letter in the alphabet not appearing in the name of any U.S. state.

Hawaii is the only U.S. state never to report a temperature of zero degrees F or below

Alaska is the most eastern and western state in the U.S

Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee commercially

New York is the first state to require cars to have license plates

The State (U.S. states) is based on this rule of thumb: the easier it is to draw the shape of the state, the harder it is to live in that state. Culture's attracted to squiggles.

The State (U.S. states) is a separate and independent sovereign, and sometimes they need to act like it.

Maine is the closest U.S. state to Africa

Missouri ties with Tennessee as the most neighborly state, bordered by 8 states.